1968 Dodge Dart Driveshaft

1968 Dart 270 said

Man! That sounds like an expensive headache. this is exactly why I'd rather pay to buy the correct factory original driveshaft that Chrysler made to fit the car then play around measuring things and trusting a shop to cut my 7 1/4" driveshaft to the correct length and for it to work after. It's also cheaper to buy a factory driveshaft that someone took out of a stock car with an a904 and 8 3/4". Chrysler engineered and manufactured the part and it obviously worked in the sane car with the same setup.

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I was thinking about going that route for round 2 after round one I went too short, but had I done that I still would have been too short. Granted I have +2 leafs and the pinion angle shims shoved the axle back a little too so it was bound to be different, but had not learned that yet. But I am using a V8 on conversion mounts on a slant 6 K frame so getting a factory shaft length for application may or may not have worked with or without my other variables… So glad I didn’t do that used factory spec shaft route, I would have wound up buying THREE times instead of TWO…

Which headache do YOU prefer, learning how to measure proper to get a proper length shaft on one try or randomly buy used shafts and hope you are lucky enough not to have a vibration… because if vibration… you have to measure proper anyway and then buy again…