Topic: the two thridmember into stock drive shaft....

[vaj70cruiser]

ok.... everyone has anyone ever had this problem before hand? will the situation was, the four bolts that was on the end of the drive shaft that suppose to bolt onto the flage of the thridmember are not alige. Only two bolts can be bolt onto the flage hoe and the other two i had a hard time getting to alige. does anyone had a cube what going on. was it that i had a wider rear end from a 86 up and the stock shaft end from my 85 pickup won't match or what's the problem here? will its a toyota to toyota here we are talking about,  i need help....thanks ....

 it a 85 pickup xtra cab-with stock two piece driveshaft-with IFS wider rear end and thirdmember....

[KYOTA]

from what I decifered out of that  you need to rotate the d-line flange 45 degrees while its against the pinion flange, mark, centerpunch and and re-drill new holes. cake.

[Skinny_Pedal]

85 should be the same bolt pattern as your 86. if your using the 10mm bolts they will be snug. if your using the 8mm they will be loose in the new style pattern. thats what i get from that. are you sure you cant get all four to line up?

[WHITE_TRASH]

There is an oddball flange out there that Im not sure what it came from exactly.  Its basically a square version of the 84+ flanges.  It doesnt fit the CV flange or any other that Ive run across. 

You can either drill the flange to have the correct pattern or swap it with your old rear end.

[79coyotefrg]

There is an oddball flange out there that Im not sure what it came from exactly. Its basically a square version of the 84+ flanges. It doesnt fit the CV flange or any other that Ive run across.

You can either drill the flange to have the correct pattern or swap it with your old rear end.

yea i have one of the weird things,  the holes are the right size and all but its like they drilled 9 oclock and 3 oclock then moved the flange a bout 5 degrees and then drilled 6 oclock and 12 oclock   

[jvministries]

please give a little more discription of what you are talking about

If I read correctly you swapped a wider rear axle from an 86 into your 85
and the pattern doesn't line up on the new flange

what third is in the new housing v6 or 4cyl third?
you could just swap your old third into the new housing.
but if the new third is a v6 third you would want to keep that instead of the 4 cyl third
just for kicks is your 85 a turbo? if it is it had a v6 third

that was all just to clear things up about what you were trying to communicate
the simple answer is to just redrill the flange like mentioned above.
I run double drilled flanges on my junk.
I broke a rear ring gear in my 84 and found a third from an 79 that had a different flange pattern.
So I just rotated it 45degrees and redrilled it. easy enough. now my 79/84 flange will fit either or.

I was going to swap yokes on the shaft but the above was easier.