- Location
- REDLANDS, CA. (SoCal)
Due to some clearance with a Currie high pinion 9" (8.8) I ended up searching for options to allow my drive shaft and exhaust to live in harmony. Other than the pinion sitting slightly higher than a D30, the change in the routing of the exhaust. The pre-cats forced the "Y" to be lower, because of the low pinion front axle there were no issues. I moved the coupling flange to just in front of the catalytic converter, rerouted the down pipes so that the "Y" is not at the side of the oil pan but more or less wrapping around to the bottom. Everything looked pretty good sitting in the driveway, even on a short test run in some rocks. WRONG. On a real trail where there is velocity and inertia involved, there was some self clearance(ing) going on; unfortunately not enough.
This brings me to the point of this post. After searching for options to replace that monster of a companion flange and the u-joint adapter plate that sticks out even further; I found no other yoke options in my search of mod tech. If you go to the Currie site they lead you to believe that their 1350 yoke is custom made and the only other option in existence. This is in fact untrue. There's a shop in Vegas that had 1330 yokes, better but still to big.I found a shop on the web that stocks a 1310 pinion yoke for the 8.8. Sixty five bucks and that is with the u-bolts and nut. The real bonus was that they were 25 miles from me so I could have it NOW!
This will give me ~3/4" more room for axle movement and I just may be in great shape.
Although there may be other suppliers, I was unable to find anything other than questions. This post may appear ten times longer than it needs to be, it should come up easily on a relevant search or even an irrelevant one.
Inland Empire Driveline
Ontario, Ca.
Hope this helps somebody,
TIM
This brings me to the point of this post. After searching for options to replace that monster of a companion flange and the u-joint adapter plate that sticks out even further; I found no other yoke options in my search of mod tech. If you go to the Currie site they lead you to believe that their 1350 yoke is custom made and the only other option in existence. This is in fact untrue. There's a shop in Vegas that had 1330 yokes, better but still to big.I found a shop on the web that stocks a 1310 pinion yoke for the 8.8. Sixty five bucks and that is with the u-bolts and nut. The real bonus was that they were 25 miles from me so I could have it NOW!
This will give me ~3/4" more room for axle movement and I just may be in great shape. Although there may be other suppliers, I was unable to find anything other than questions. This post may appear ten times longer than it needs to be, it should come up easily on a relevant search or even an irrelevant one.
Inland Empire Driveline
Ontario, Ca.
Hope this helps somebody,
TIM
