Commonly in small rear wheel drive vehicles, it's a one piece driveshaft.
Starting at the rear end, you have a universal, the driveshaft, another
universal, the yoke, which indeed does couple to the transmission output
shaft via splines. This is where the shaft is allowed to move because of
flex in the rear suspension.

Yep, that's the more common version of a slip yoke. Like this:

http://www.motorera.com/dictionary/pics/S/slip_yoke.jpg



However, sometimes there is a slip yoke built into the rear of the propeller
shaft. Here's a Ford version:

http://www.ford-trucks.com/article/i...SlipYoke03.jpg

And another on a Jeep Cherokee:

http://polytropia.com/images/cherokee/AxleMount.JPG

The latter two are similar to what John and I have.

RG wrote:
Commonly in small rear wheel drive vehicles, it's a one piece driveshaft.
Starting at the rear end, you have a universal, the driveshaft, another
universal, the yoke, which indeed does couple to the transmission output
shaft via splines. This is where the shaft is allowed to move because of
flex in the rear suspension.

Yep, that's the more common version of a slip yoke. Like this:

http://www.motorera.com/dictionary/pics/S/slip_yoke.jpg



However, sometimes there is a slip yoke built into the rear of the propeller
shaft. Here's a Ford version:

http://www.ford-trucks.com/article/i...SlipYoke03.jpg

And another on a Jeep Cherokee:

http://polytropia.com/images/cherokee/AxleMount.JPG

The latter two are similar to what John and I have.


Gotcha! I wasn't following you for some reason. So the yoke at the rear
differential slides, too? I know it didn't on my Jeep Cherokee (1995).
I'm going to look at my new Dodge truck this evening!

Gotcha! I wasn't following you for some reason. So the yoke at the rear
differential slides, too? I know it didn't on my Jeep Cherokee (1995). I'm
going to look at my new Dodge truck this evening!

Yep, it slides and can bind, and when it binds and then lets loose, you get
the clunk.

RG wrote:

Gotcha! I wasn't following you for some reason. So the yoke at the rear
differential slides, too? I know it didn't on my Jeep Cherokee (1995). I'm
going to look at my new Dodge truck this evening!

Yep, it slides and can bind, and when it binds and then lets loose, you get
the clunk.




What happens in your bedroom should stay in your bedroom.

On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:03:45 -0700, "RG" wrote:



Gotcha! I wasn't following you for some reason. So the yoke at the rear
differential slides, too? I know it didn't on my Jeep Cherokee (1995). I'm
going to look at my new Dodge truck this evening!

Yep, it slides and can bind, and when it binds and then lets loose, you get
the clunk.


And the clunk always makes me look in the rear view to see who just
rear ended me - albeit softly!
--

John H

RG wrote:

Gotcha! I wasn't following you for some reason. So the yoke at the rear
differential slides, too? I know it didn't on my Jeep Cherokee (1995). I'm
going to look at my new Dodge truck this evening!

Yep, it slides and can bind, and when it binds and then lets loose, you get
the clunk.


Of all the vehicles I've owned that were rear wheel, or four wheel
drive, none of them had slip splines at the rear differential.