Take a look under a 55 Chevy passenger car sometime! The pinion is offset at least 2" from the centerline of the frame, and millions of them were produced. I have no idea why that was done, but a driveline can handle some pretty radical side-to-side deflection without any problems.
Jerry


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Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
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