98tdi

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putting this into my 03 silverado soon.. 2wd reg cab
came from a 1.5 ton altec boom truck with a 6.0
what do i do with the tail section of this trans? just buy a regular 80e tail housing?
this is a park/emergency brake type lock on the tail shaft, for heavy trucks?

Gadgetized

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Yeah, just get a regular tail that is the 99up good one. Before you get too involved,measure the tail and make sure the output shaft is the same length. I assume it is, but measure to make sure. If it isn't, that is the last piece in the tranny to be removed if you want to change it.

silver-mod-o

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Slap a conversion U joint in and run that hoe

Vince B

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Get me the code on the sticker by the cooler lines that starts with a number followed by a 3 digit letter code. Ill look up the factory build list to see if the output shaft will work with a factory tail. Also if you remove the housing I would like to see a picture of the shaft as well. Shoot me a pm with this info or to notify me that you updated the thread.

Johnmaster

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I was under the impression the shaft in these was way too long to work with a regular tail housing, regular slip yoke. Not a fact, just something I thought I remembered when talking to Jake at Jake's performance. He set me straight on what different transmissions would work in my rclb without getting a new shaft made.

98tdi

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hope one of these help!
call one of my buddies today and he said there is only one output shaft for two wheel drive transmissions. so it should work? but i would like some clarification!

1FastBrick

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That's definitely wrong, there is at least 2 different shafts. One with a bolt on Yoke and one with a Slip Yoke. I believe they are both slightly different lengths as well.


I am sure Vince can set every one straight

Johnmaster

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Bolt on yoke has short splines that stop about 2-3/8 from the end, slip yoke should be splined all the way (commonly found in vans i guess), and then i believe yours which should be a couple inches longer. Measure overall length of the trans to the back of the shaft and post it up. I bet it is in the 33-34+ range...

98tdi

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Yessir it measures about 34" front to back, and about 7" on just the tail housing...
does this mean im in trouble?!!

1989k1500

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I just measured my 80e, its ~32 from the bell housing to the tip of the tailshaft.