Technical Torque Tube Question

We all know that rear transmission yokes slip in and our to compensate for rear housing movement, how did these issues work with torque tubes? Thanks.

 

They pivot on the back of the transmission, they dont have slip yokes. The rules for open drivelines don't apply to torque tubes.

 

Chevy torque tubes DO have a slip joint on the front-needed for parallel rear leaf spring set up.Ford doesn't,think of the torque tube as one long suspention link

 

the complicated Chevy torque tube, and it's splines, etc.

 

The exact center of the Ujoint is the exact center of the torquetube ball, so they have the same pivot point. The Ford rearend rotates from that point.

Since Chevys move in a different arc due to the parallel leaf springs, they need the slip splines to allow the rearend to be free from the transmission.

 

Thanks, I was just curious