4L80E too much transmission?

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12-26-2015, 09:57 AM

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You can calculate how long to make it. I had my rear driveshaft made before I did the swap.

Same here!!

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12-26-2015, 01:10 PM

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You can calculate how long to make it. I had my rear driveshaft made before I did the swap.

How, by subtracting the extra length of the 80E compared to the 60E from the driveshaft?

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12-26-2015, 01:56 PM

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No, its more complicated than that..but it has been known to work... Find one of the sites that you can order a custom shaft from and look at the measurement sheets... They typically want a measurement from theback of the trans/tcase where the seal mates to theflange of teh yoke on the diff and a few others i have even seen where they want to know whAt the fully compressed and extended height of rear suspension is...