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I rebuilt the B&T in my ‘65 three years ago with a
kit from Joe Suchy. I debated whether or not to convert it to a slip yoke and
spoke with no less than ‘Akron’ Arlan Vanke, who had a summer home not far from
me. When asked about durability,
he told me “The B&T set up worked and held up well with
the Max Wedge cars, and it’ll do the job in your street car.” Nothing has
happened to prove him wrong. My $.02 worth...............
From: Bill Parker
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: Driveshaft Source - Conversion from ball and
trunion I've been wondering about these points myself after reading the reasoning
for the rear slip yoke at that link. I don't think I've ever had or seen a
torqueflite tailshaft housing crack in all these decades of messing with Mopars
so that doesn't ring very credible. I'm sure it isn't impossible, maybe
Roland will have some additional insight on this. The possible downside it
seems to me of having the slip yoke in the rear, is that it is now way out there
at the end of the shaft, so after the wear to the slip yoke and the dings and
arrows to the tube of a few years of driving (as in typical 4 wheel drive shafts
with a few years of service), would this placement exacerbate any wobble?
I do see the attractiveness of using this to make it a bolt in
replacement. If a regular slip yoke works on a tail shaft which originally
had a B&T setup, one could simply come up with a complete used Mopar shaft
of an appropriate length, unbolt the B&T flange, and use the late model
shaft, skipping the expensive modified shaft; I don't think this is the case
though I haven't ever tried it.
Bill & Kathi Parker, South Central Indiana, harboring of bunch of old
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