correct angle for a drive shaft with 2 joints

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Bob if you read post 12 you could have saved the typing cramps

That's my point. The angle on the drive shaft is set in stone, unless he moves something.
What was the point of saying his v drive might lean forward 2*. How would he go about changing that. By relocating the strut or changing the prop shaft angle? By changing the v drive angle to an 8* from a 10? or a 10* from a 12 which ever the case may be?

From the time I started rigging my boat, until I was setting the engine and making plates, I never gave a thought to the drive shaft or u joint angles. Why would I?
It the boat isn't currently rigged, then you just rig it. Period. Worry about the drive shaft and U joints angle when you get there.

Curious. You say the strut isn't set. Is the shaft hole plugged? Or is he willing to fill it if he moves the strut or angle?
If the hole is filled, you know why nobody asks where the hole goes? Yep, it goes where the shaft would hit the boat. Drive shaft angle is pretty much the same.
U joint angle is a little different, but you deal with that when you get there.


OR ..... as I asked, is he considering rigging this boat around a drive shaft angle and that's why the question is being ask.