I have put escort axle into chassis and drive flange is not in the centre, but the axle is in the centre. does this matter and is this normal ?.

Haven't got a live axle myself but think this has been covered before and it's normal . May be worth doing a search?

yep thats normal the flange is offset on the axle. propshafts should be at a slight angle i believe it is to reduce wear on the u/j's, im sure someone will correct me if i am wrong

HI just took a look at mine today and mine is more to the n/s (drivers side)
so if thats what yours is then it must be a ok

Mine's the same too.

Yep it's fine. The proshaft needs to be at an angle otherwise it'll knacker the U/J's i was lead to believe.

Mines further over to one side.

First off I worked at one of the Uk leading prop suppliers for years.

The important point with prop alignment is that the flanges at each end are parrallel (they can be off set up or down or side to side) So the simplist way is to have each flange vertical and square to the centre line of the car.

Or put it another way the uj at each end is working at the same angle. This is because the UJ is not a constant velocity device. The prop speed actaully varies as it spins but the UJ`s at each end cancel out this variation in speed.

You do not point the diff flange up to the gearbox, or the gearbox across to an offset diff flange.

If a shaft is running absolutly straight then the UJ`s will wear faster. If there is a slight offset (flanges still parrallell) the needle rollers actually rotate in the bearing cup. On a straight shaft they dont and this leads to brinelling.

I hope this helps,

John