Do you think this will work?

[jknight16]

As mentioned in one of my prior posts, I have installed a 9" rear in my 69, but the guy who built the rear-end left the companion flange yoke in it. So, originally I was going to replace the yoke with a more typical 1330 or whatever, and then do what is necessary to get the driveshaft to mate up.

However, I was sniffing around Currie's site and I found this item:

http://www.currieenterprises.com/cestore/productsre.aspx?id=1043

It's a companion flange adapter, that mounts to my big round companion flange and allows the driveshaft and u-joint I currently have to still work. Does anyone see any problems with doing it this way? Am I really taking the easy way out at the expense of performance/reliability?

Thanks guys

[jknight16]

Ugh, nevermind guys, I just got a call back from Currie and they say it won't fit the old style companion flange I have. So nevermind that, guess I'll have to go the expensive route on this one and replace the yoke.

[big gear head]

If you can get the other half of the companion flange that is on your 9 inch the you can use it. They just take a comon u joint.

[jknight16]

I ended up having a new driveshaft built with the end that matches up with the companion flange yoke on my 9". The guys at D_ick's driveshaft in Phoenix had it built in a couple hours and now that it's installed I'm glad I went that direction. The companion flange assembly looks like it would be quite strong, but I'm no engineer so who knows.

Thanks for all your input,

JK