need help the drive shaft hits my loop!!!!!!!!

[superslothguy]

i instaled a diveshaft loop and it the drive shaft hits the inner bolts when i make a right turn the driveshaft hits the loop what dose this mean? is my tranny moveing or what is it? should i take the loops bolts out and just weld it together? what should i do!

 

[DarkMesa8]

Join the club. I take it you have an aluminum shaft? You could grind the bolt a little... you'll have to decide how much/if its smart... it depends on where the bolt is and how important its integrity is.

If I have passengers in my vert, it'll rub the shaft on the loop when floored.

 

[superslothguy]

nope its a stock driveshaft but its weird and i just wana know if theres anyway to fix it

 

[DarkMesa8]

Which exact bolt is it hitting, you said inner, but upper inner? Lower inner? Side inner?

 

[superslothguy]

honestly i dont know i installed it and it looked perfect when i did but i can just hear it? do u think im better off welding it together???

 

[DarkMesa8]

You now, that's actually not a bad idea if you're positive it'll clear than. Even with no bolts it still may reach the loop, suspension is a bitchy and flexible girl.

 

[HISSIN50]

SSG, do you have SFC's? motor, trans and crossmember mounts in real good shape?

good luck.

 

[superslothguy]

yeah there all new so i dunno whats the problem

 

[superslothguy]

well we looked underneath the dam thing and the upper bolt on the diverside was hitting the weight on the shaft but i will be going to weld the dam thing in and hopefyl it works

 

[superslothguy]

thank god i welded it up and problem solved its nice now thanks for ur opinions

 

[89MustangGX]

Sounds like you have an auto driveshaft in there. The 5-speed models do not have thatbig extra weight, but are identical otherwise. The FMS Aluminum ones are bigger around, but have other positive effects if you go that wya in the future.

Personally, I went with the trapezoid style FMS/HPM/UPR/etc. style loop and have plenty of extra room even with my FMS shaft -- and it fits very nicely too. No bolts inside the loop makes installation easy even with the DS in the car.