Re: '41 Clipper transmission questions

Posted by Dave Kenney On 2009/7/18 11:22:57

Denny, I am almost certain that the driveshafts will be different. The shaft without overdrive does not have the two part slip joint but is a solid piece with the spline on the end of the shaft attached to the front universal which slides into the tailstock. Am I right? The OD driveshaft has two parts with the splined slip joint a few inches back from the front universal I can climb under my car and measure the overall trans +O/D, length, O/D length or driveshaft length to see if the measurements are the same as yours but I can't see how the shafts would interchange. The 41-47 parts book shows two different driveshaft part #'s for the two types of transmissions and also the universal joints have different part #'s. Does the transmission end your universal shaft yoke slide into the transmission with a short splined shaft or is the driveshaft two piece?