Did Dodge use spacers on the drive shaft support bearing bracket?
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Did Dodge use spacers on the drive shaft support bearing bracket?
This looks like somebody "customized" this. The support bearing is holding the drive shaft almost 3/4" too low, so its way out of straight. Worries me the universal's are seeing stress they don't need.
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I've seen that on 'big' trucks but never noticed on 1 tons. I know some people that stretch or shorten frames will intentionally make the drive-line just a tad out of being perfectly true to MAKE the u-joints work and flex. They claim that they will seize up if they are in perfect alignment. I've lengthened and shortened a fair amount of trucks in my day, but I'm sure none of them were so perfect that I had to worry about the drive-line being in perfect alignment! 
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Thank you for this post. Most appreciated !
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The reason I noticed it was that when I changed support bearing the center of the bearing was lower on the new one. I worried that a previous owner had used the wrong bearing and had shimmed it down to work.
This was the old one:
This is the new one: Anchor part# 6038 ID 1.5478 w/spicer 1480-1550
The reason I noticed it was that when I changed support bearing the center of the bearing was lower on the new one. I worried that a previous owner had used the wrong bearing and had shimmed it down to work.
This was the old one:
This is the new one: Anchor part# 6038 ID 1.5478 w/spicer 1480-1550
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