(I tried these follow up questions in my last driveshaft thread but it fell by the wayside after I tried to bump it, so here goes part 2)
I swapped a C4 to a T5 last summer. Used the NPD swap yoke and didn't shorten the driveshaft. Its been like that for about a year, roughly 2,000 miles (max).
There have been no problems except that my rear main seal is leaking (it was a used transmission to start with, so I'm not sure if the driveshaft length had anything to do with it).
Questions:
1) If the driveshaft has been in that long without any issues, my gut says getting it shortened is a waste of time and money. Is my gut right?
2) Could a slightly too-long driveshaft cause a rear main seal to leak? My gut says that if the driveshaft is too long, you'd have a much more obvious issue than a leaky rear seal.
On a semi-related note... does anyone know a good place to get a 1989 World Class T5 rear main seal?
Thanks!
I swapped a C4 to a T5 last summer. Used the NPD swap yoke and didn't shorten the driveshaft. Its been like that for about a year, roughly 2,000 miles (max).
There have been no problems except that my rear main seal is leaking (it was a used transmission to start with, so I'm not sure if the driveshaft length had anything to do with it).
Questions:
1) If the driveshaft has been in that long without any issues, my gut says getting it shortened is a waste of time and money. Is my gut right?
2) Could a slightly too-long driveshaft cause a rear main seal to leak? My gut says that if the driveshaft is too long, you'd have a much more obvious issue than a leaky rear seal.
On a semi-related note... does anyone know a good place to get a 1989 World Class T5 rear main seal?
Thanks!