Drive shaft / drive shafts

bmerkley58 · Post by **bmerkley58** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:25 am

I would like to know what the drive shaft set up was from the factory when a short wheel base truck had a T85N overdrive transmission.
Did they use one drive shaft or did they use the two drive shaft and carrier bearing set up?

Bob

Post by **FORDification** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:04 am

SWB trucks never had a two-piece driveshaft AFAIK. It wasn't necessary.

SportCustom · Post by **SportCustom** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:50 pm

I have an original t85n truck and the drive shaft is a one piece but does have a slip yoke on one end. This slip yoke allows for about 3-4 inches of adjustment. Heres a pic of the yoke I was referring to.

Todd

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:32 pm

SportCustom wrote:I have an original t85n truck and the drive shaft is a one piece but does have a slip yoke on one end. This slip yoke allows for about 3-4 inches of adjustment. Heres a pic of the yoke I was referring to.

http://www.fordification.com/galleries/ ... nshaft.jpg

Todd

what is the total collasped length on that thing from center of u joint to center of u joint?

SportCustom · Post by **SportCustom** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:21 am

I can get some measurments when I get home tonight.....

SportCustom · Post by **SportCustom** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:05 pm

58 1/8th center of u-joint to center of u-joint

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:27 pm

thank you. no ifi can find the one i have around here i can remeasure it again.

bmerkley58 · Post by **bmerkley58** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:01 pm

Thanks for all the information. When I first tried to determine the drive shaft length the transmission wasn't bolted to the bellhousing and I somehow came up with a length of 72 inches center to center at the u-joints. This seemed very long and I heard you generally don't want the drive shaft to be over 60 inches long so that is why I thought maybe it required two drive shafts. Obviously I figured wrong because I re-measured and came up with 58 1/4 inches center to center at the u-joints.

Bob

BobbyFord · Post by **BobbyFord** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:53 pm

Should be a D0TZ-4602-AA driveshaft.

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:15 am

SportCustom wrote:58 1/8th center of u-joint to center of u-joint

i found mine earlier and i just measured it. it must be for what i thought it was for . a front drivesahft for a 4x4 because it is 52 inches collasped from center of ujoint to center of ujoint. thanks for the confirmation on that again.

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