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Angles for front and rear end on t-bucket

What angles Bob, the radius rods? king pin incline and the rear end pinion yolk?
 
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I thought rear was supposed to be 3 degrees down. When torque was applied rear tries to go up making angle closer to 0 degrees. Oops! Posted while diagram was being posted! I have been doing it wrong for years! My bad.
 
I thought rear was supposed to be 3 degrees down. When torque was applied rear tries to go up making angle closer to 0 degrees. Oops! Posted while diagram was being posted! I have been doing it wrong for years! My bad.
That is what you do on all out drag cars with big slicks on it. Point the pinion down and when you leave the line the rear end rotates up and makes it zero degrees. This cuts the amount of power needed to turn the ujoints.
 

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