OK, I goofed. Took the driveshaft out of my 99 sport 2wd to replace both U joints and once I took the slip yoke U joint out and set the shaft aside, I couldn't identify which end of the driveshaft it was originally attached to.

Physically it will attach to either end of the shaft as the u joints are the same. However, I'm not sure if there is a difference.

Does the forward / rearward orientation of the driveshaft make a difference?
Thanks

 

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I'll bite. The shaft by itself is effectively just a length of balanced pipe so why would fore and aft orientation matter?

If I'm wrong, surely someone will chime in.

 

They are balanced as one piece. So yea it matters what end it is....