Of course the hole's not big enough, so it's off to the drill press. NEXT thought is, weld a little bar stock into the BOTTOM side, so it'll drop into the spring back, and the pin in the axle tube will drop in the top half, thereby solidly anchoring it into the pack. And yes, they are STEEL shims.
Did I mention Ted has COOL tools?
A little drilling, welding, and grinding later, we have a GOOD shim!
Of course, night arrives at 7pm now - earlier, when it's cloudy... and now it's time for re-assembly.
If you remember these sorts of scenes from your Saturday morning cartoon youth...
Then this is the Poz, cursing the birth of the Dodge Brothers...
By 8:30 though, we had 'er buttoned up. Sure enough, the 8 degree shims proved to be the right call!
Other than running over a chock on the way up the driveway, which scared the CRAP out of me, the drive home was FLAWLESS!!! No more grinding of U-joints into a fine powder - and the new double-cardon driveshaft can finally perform as it ought!!!
Doesn't solve ALL the problems yet, but it solved the BIGGEST one to even making it DRIVEABLE in RWD!!! Thanks Pozman!!!
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