Brent look at the balancing weight which is readily apparent in your photo.
Do you think that that weight is appropriate now given that you have lopped
off an inch and a half from the middle of the shaft? For the love of God at
least take the shaft to a shop with the equipment and expertise to fabricate
drive shafts, and have a proper tubing welded into the middle of it.

Earle

"Brent Bogrees" <bogrees.1@osu.edu> wrote in message
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> Hey Bill,
>
> I took a picture of the driveshaft today from the side. The pinion
> angle looks parallel with the transfer case. I think the pictures
> before were from funny angles that gave an optical illusion of sorts.
> http://www.chrr.ohio-state.edu/~bogr...on%20Angle.jpg
>
> -Brent Bogrees
> '89 Jeep Wrangler YJ 2.5L TBI - 33x10.5 BFG MT's
> '94 Jeep Cherokee Sport 4.0L - 31x10.5 BFG AT's
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>
>
> L.W.(ßill) ------ III <----------@***.net> wrote in message
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> > Hi Brent,
> > Denial is not just a river in Egypt. This is your excuse to make a
> > new driveshaft with a Constant Velocity Universal Joints. Because your
> > you output and pinion angles are not parallel:
> > http://www.----------.com/axle_53_medium.jpg A site that will explain
> > why: http://www.4x4wire.com/tech/pinionangle/
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > mailto:--------------------
> >