Author Topic: TH-350 Tailstock swap!!!!  (Read 1456 times)

Offline kperk

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TH-350 Tailstock swap!!!!
« on: March 20, 2017, 04:27:30 PM »
Hello!!

I have an 84 C1500 with a 355 and a TH-350 with a 9" tailstock and a stock converter.  I am making this truck into a little street/strip project, and a buddy of mine has a freshly rebuilt TH-350 with a shift kit and stall converter in it for DIRT cheap! BUT it has a shorter tailstock!! Am I pooched OR can I just simply swap the tailstocks or am I basically have to completely rebuild the tranny?

Any info or insight would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!

Thank you!

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Re: TH-350 Tailstock swap!!!!
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2017, 04:59:35 PM »
The tailshaft housing correlates to the output shaft length. It would be cheaper to have your driveshaft resized.
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Re: TH-350 Tailstock swap!!!!
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2017, 09:43:40 AM »
i ran into the same issue in my 86. the th350 in it was burnt up it had the 9". my buddy had a 6" so i had to find a new/used driveshaft. ended up finding a 2 piece in a bone yard and use that one
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Re: TH-350 Tailstock swap!!!!
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2017, 11:11:55 AM »
Just change the driveshaft and move the transmission crossmember. 

Pretty easy to do.
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