Clutch/flywheel advice.

[shumpertdavid]

Did it start with the install of solid engine mounts. You've got 1 of 2 problems, either the engine and transmission is too far back, or the rear end is forward.

[Baron Von Crowder]

check it with the car on the ground. I dont remember which way the rear goes, out or in, but it does one of them untill it is on the ground, not on stands.

[46Tbird]

It's alsmot like its too long, it doesn't slide into the transmission enough to clear the pinion nut. That was with the old seal with out the seal extension/fluid catch. Now it's all pushed up against the seal extension and makes a squeaky noise as the driveshaft rubs it.

lol... that ain't right, dude.

Sounds like shumpertdavid is on the right track. Solid mounts will sometimes allow you to mount them "wrong," which is to say the Left on the Right and vice versa. It seems like a bunch of other stuff would be fitting funny though.

[shumpertdavid]

lol... that ain't right, dude.

Sounds like shumpertdavid is on the right track. Solid mounts will sometimes allow you to mount them "wrong," which is to say the Left on the Right and vice versa. It seems like a bunch of other stuff would be fitting funny though.

I would think the trans crossmember would not want to line up with the transmission mount if this were the case, but I went ahead and posted to help spark any remembrance of possible things that were changed when the problem first happened.

Most of the vehicles I have worked on will compress the driveshaft into the tail housing as the suspension is compressed. I can't think of anything at this point that the distance shortens as you raise the vehicle.

I will agree that something is wrong if you are having trouble installing a driveshaft now. Something is likely not very happy when it tries to compress further.

[91GriggsGT]

I got kind of the same thing. Not a lot of clearance the get the d/s in or out. It goes in with some wiggling. I have to turn the back u-joint a certain way to get it to clear the pinion nut and even then it just barely clears.

An also up on the trans, there is not a lot of the yoke showing once it is in.

granted, I am running a torque arm, which presents its own problems when I drop the d/s. Plus running a TKO-600.

Not a real fan of letting a motor "hang" when I pull a transmission. Maybe something tweaked when you did that?

Any adjustable LCAs that could possibly have moved the rear diff forward?

[slowturbocar]

Is the d/s yoke starting to twist? Had a similar problem recently and the yoke had twisted and the slpines were no longer straight causing it not to go it the trans all the way...just a thought.

[91CoupeMike]

I got kind of the same thing. Not a lot of clearance the get the d/s in or out. It goes in with some wiggling. I have to turn the back u-joint a certain way to get it to clear the pinion nut and even then it just barely clears.

An also up on the trans, there is not a lot of the yoke showing once it is in.

granted, I am running a torque arm, which presents its own problems when I drop the d/s. Plus running a TKO-600.

Not a real fan of letting a motor "hang" when I pull a transmission. Maybe something tweaked when you did that?

Any adjustable LCAs that could possibly have moved the rear diff forward?

It's possible something tweaked when doing that, I had just simply ran out of jack Stands and didn't have any blocks.

The cross member kits fine, bolts in the middle of the mount slots. My headers fit perfect too, so I don't think that's an issue plus all the exhaust.

Maybe it's something with the rear end? I have the issue Griggs explained, he just explained it better.

Now that I think of it, I noticed it when I changed over to a t5z after I blew up reverse gear in a regular t5. I had thought it was related to the differance in transmissions. But I have a regular t5 now. I had also thought maybe I had bent splines causing it to bind, but I checked and they're straight.

[91CoupeMike]

It goes in the trans all the way, it's smashing the tail hosing seal. It seemed fine when I had just a regular seal, now I have one that has the extension cup (lack of better words).

Hmmm

[91CoupeMike]

The last time the driveshaft came out easy was when the car had fallen on me ( for those who remember). I was actually removing the driveshaft bolts when it happened, I know it had to have been easy to remove because I could only move 1 arm after the accident.