here is a wierd question
why are the yolks at each end of a first generation camaro driveshaft offset approximately 15 - 20 degrees
a friend of mine asked me about this
I said I wasn't sure, but would post it here to see if anyone had the answer
I had seen quite a few of these driveshafts and was always curious to the answer to this myself

Because the rear and the trans are offset the same.......ntk Next question.

that isn't the answer mr. scott clk
if you have the driveshaft laing on the ground
and the one ends yolk would be parallel to the ground
the other end will be turned about 20 degrees from parallel

I was kidding. LIGHTEN UP .......nk1 LOL

Are you saying that the yokes are offset when mounted in the car (i.e.: not parallell with the center line of the car), or are the yokes offset on the shaft? Got any pictures?

Cornholio wrote:Are you saying that the yokes are offset when mounted in the car (i.e.: not parallell with the center line of the car), or are the yokes offset on the shaft? Got any pictures?

they are offset on the shaft
normally on the shaft they will both be in phase at both ends
if one end was at 90 degrees from horizontal the other one would be the same 90 degrees
on the first gen camaros though
if one end is 90 degrees from horizontal the other end is 70 to 75 degrees from horizontal
I have no pics
I will get some next time I am down there though

ACLineman wrote:I was kidding. LIGHTEN UP .......nk1 LOL

:D how's that go "lighten up francis"
I was just kidding with you bro
just wanted to see what you would say if I called you Mr. Scott pok

Tom's 68 conv wrote:just wanted to see what you would say if I called you Mr. Scott pok

I was contemplating using my moderator powers when I saw that. "Keep it clean".

Never noticed or heard of that yoke angle, but there must be a reason for it. I'm just guessing here, but I suspect that it's some kind of feature that reduces vibrations. If the transmission and the pinion are on the same axis, you can get vibrations. Could it be something they added because they couldn't offset the rear end yoke and the transmission enough because of the limited space?