My recently purchased 158" had its previous service performed by what must have been a genius. He, or she, countless times jacked it up by the transmission crossmember. This caused not only the crossmember to get chewed up, but also bent and twisted it. https://1994roadtrek210.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/capture_2017-04-15-23-14-07.png?w=648 Likewise, another serious problem created by this shortsightedness was the fact the the transmission and driveshaft got pushed up into the floorboard of the van.
I managed to take the crossmember off and beat it back to a somewhat better position (my universal joint right after the transmission now has more than an inch of clearance from the seamed rib in the floorboard, which it previously used to hit on occasion making an awful racket like a hammer pounding on the floorboard).
Nevertheless my carrier bearing further down the driveshaft does not sit perpendicular (as I'm guessing it should) to the vans floor, but at an angle (I presume from having the driveshaft pushed up near the crossmember). https://1994roadtrek210.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/carrier-bearing1.jpg?w=648
Can anyone confirm this for me? That indeed the carrier bearing should be perpendicular, and not slightly angle with the bottom of it leaning towards the front of the van? Likewise, does anyone know the distance between the top of the first universal joint on the driveshaft out of the transmission when its joint is at one of its tallest of four points, and the seam of the floorboard? ...I think I may need to pound out the crossmember a bit more, or buy another if I can find it at a reasonable price.
I managed to take the crossmember off and beat it back to a somewhat better position (my universal joint right after the transmission now has more than an inch of clearance from the seamed rib in the floorboard, which it previously used to hit on occasion making an awful racket like a hammer pounding on the floorboard).
Nevertheless my carrier bearing further down the driveshaft does not sit perpendicular (as I'm guessing it should) to the vans floor, but at an angle (I presume from having the driveshaft pushed up near the crossmember). https://1994roadtrek210.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/carrier-bearing1.jpg?w=648
Can anyone confirm this for me? That indeed the carrier bearing should be perpendicular, and not slightly angle with the bottom of it leaning towards the front of the van? Likewise, does anyone know the distance between the top of the first universal joint on the driveshaft out of the transmission when its joint is at one of its tallest of four points, and the seam of the floorboard? ...I think I may need to pound out the crossmember a bit more, or buy another if I can find it at a reasonable price.
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