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First Vehicle... *pictures*

Aaatsa 208.
I can't remember how much lift you said you've got, but if its Superlift 4", the fr drive shaft spacer will work fine.
Something to consider; if for any reason you do need a new fr D-shaft, then it would be worthwhile to consider "clocking" the T-case up. If you do clock it up to "flat", you'll need a longer and wider flex D-shaft.
My clocking session is all planned, except for the time to do it. The pic is my '85 NP208.:D

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The steering is very tight...I am able to maneuver around parking lots folowing my mom in her tahoe (all stock) and don't ever have to back up or shoot again. Of course that could be from some spiffy driving too ;)
I don't have any bump steering issues and so far haven't had any problems to answer your question.

Roadnotca thanks for the pictures, I have a little red tag on the transfer case that says new gears from a local shop and I thought that it said np203 but I bet the grease turned the 8 into a 3 ;)

Thanks again guys.

-Avery
 
Hey guys I was looking at the underside of my truck today after school investigating what my teacher had told me and I wanted your opinion. He said that hands down my leak was coming from my transfer case which brings about a few questions for me....
1) is the fluid in the tc separate from everything else or does is share w/ oh say the transmission? I checked my transmission fluid on level ground idling and in park like the stick said to and it was full, in fact it was a little over-full. So if it doesn't share then I've got a problem because it could be super low on fluid, if it does share then I'm ok but I need to get the leak fixed.
2) I was looking at it and we noticed that the output shaft to the rear driveline was pretty long and I wasn't sure how long it was supposed to be. With the lift it probably pulled it out is what I was thinking and if so then that could be causing part of my leaking problem too. Here's some pictures to show you what I mean.
I also noticed that I have never posted under the hood so heres some of those too.
Thanks again!

-Avery

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Group; Driveshaft. SubGroup; Rear Driveshaft. Lift; X inches.
Yeah, as you lift the rear, the slip yoke is pulled-out of the T-case. The way to prepare for the new rear D-shaft is to lift the rear first, then measure the new length from T-case to the Diff.
Have you had this truck up to speed, by that I mean as fast as you will ever drive? 60-70-80 MPH. What happens is as the angle increases at the trunnions, the stock D-shaft gets grumpy. When it gets really pissed, it strikes out. Yours is exagerated more by the SWB. There may be one but I don't know of a "spacer" to fix the rear D-shaft length.
Through all of that, your leak will get fixed.:D
 
Yeah I've had it up to about 65 which is as fast is it's capable of going. I didn't feel anything besides the huge lugs slapping the highway.
So what your saying is if I get the proper length driveshaft for the rear and push that back in it'll probably take care of my leak?
Oh and do they share fluid?

-Avery
 
Avery4jc said:
Yeah I've had it up to about 65 which is as fast is it's capable of going. I didn't feel anything besides the huge lugs slapping the highway.
So what your saying is if I get the proper length driveshaft for the rear and push that back in it'll probably take care of my leak?
Oh and do they share fluid?

-Avery
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You'll replace the seal when you install the new D-shaft:haha:
Trans and T-case share when/if the seals are sloppy and climbing and descending, but normally no; lucky they both use ATF. I'll scan and post exploded diagrams of the Tranny & T-case, probably by 15:00 today.
 
ok, I get what your saying. If you find them great otherwise I can search for them too when I get home from school.

-Avery
 
Im running 38.5 tsl/sx on my 79 k5 w/ 10" of lift, and i have had no problems running that w/ my 12 bolt w/ 3.73's. so far so good, ill let ya know when it breaks!
 
Avery4jc said:
sounds good, hey post up a picture if possible. :wink1:

Oh and roadnotca look what I found...
http://www.drivetrain.com/208transfercasesillust.htm


-Avery
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HuhHo(!), paydirt with that link! There's another free catalog you'll want, LMCtruck.
I'm still experimenting with scanning the parts book, its on green paper and the system is pixelating it into a huge chunk of data.
 
roadnotca said:
HuhHo(!), paydirt with that link! There's another free catalog you'll want, LMCtruck.
I'm still experimenting with scanning the parts book, its on green paper and the system is pixelating it into a huge chunk of data.
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i agree LMC is a great book....tons of parts available
 
that's kindof what I meant because that's what I have been using it for.more as a reference than anything
 
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