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inyowindow
08-08-2010, 05:39 PM
I did a pretty vigorious search on the forum about this matter and didnt find anything I was looking for, so here's the question.

I Have a 91 240sx Hatch that was equipted with HICAS. I replaced the rear subframe with a NON-HICAS subframe, and while i was doing that, i installed the PBM Rear subframe risers. The problem i'm having now is the the driveshaft doesnt go all the way into the transmission as it did before(about 1 inch sticks out of the tranny than used to). At first i was thinking that possibly the design on the non hicas subframe was different from the hicas subframe, but i never heard of such a thing. So now i'm thinking its because of the Subframe risers.

My question is, will this cause any damage or problems with the driveshaft sticking approx 1 inch out of the tranny(instead of it going completly in as it used to)? I drove the car about 4 miles to my house, but i wasnt putting any power into the car being afraid of this causing any damage. Let me know if anyone has experienced this or knows anything on the matter. Thanks.

slider2828
08-08-2010, 06:08 PM
That is weird there should be no difference between hicas and non hics shafts... I assume you are using the same differential right? but I think you will e fine.

GSXRJJordan
08-08-2010, 06:12 PM
That's fine, driveshafts aren't supposed to touch the tranny rear seal anyway.

inyowindow
08-08-2010, 10:29 PM
Same driveshaft, same diff, same tranny, but different amount of the driveshaft that goes into the tranny. Thanks for the inputs, i feel more comfortable driving the car. Thanks.