bluto5 Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Soo, Im rebuilding my carrier bearing mounts this evening and there is quite abit of room for interpretation there. I will be up all night and in the shop so no time is too late for the pic to be used! If anyone can snap a pic of that area that shows abit of the relation between driveshaft and floorpan area I would greatly appreciate it! My car is an 89 rx, there are probably a ton of models that would have a similar/same setup so if you have a car in the air that is anywhere close Ill take what i can get! please email pics to bluto2ooo @ hotmail.com Thanks, Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluto5 Posted December 9, 2009 Author Share Posted December 9, 2009 bump up, still looking. Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 (edited) I don't understand - the carrier bearing's posistion is not important - you can just eyeball it. It's just a rubber mounted bearing assembly..... maybe I'm not understanding what you are after? The u-joints insure that it will run without vibration at any angle you put it at within reason. When I installed an EA82 driveshaft in my Brat I just made up some brackets, welded them to the floor, and bolted it up. I eyeballed it with the shaft on jack stands. No issues. Basically posistion it so the first section from the trans to the bearing is as straight as you can get it. Then do whatever it takes to make that happen with the mounts. I just bent up some 1/8" steel flat-bar that I had, drilled a hole for the mount to bolt to and then eye-balled how to bend/shape it so I could get a good fit with the floor pan - cleaned the area and welded it down. Just don't set your carpet on fire like I did. GD Edited December 9, 2009 by GeneralDisorder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluto5 Posted December 11, 2009 Author Share Posted December 11, 2009 i dont want to hit the shifter assy. which unfortunately isnt installed at the moment and i also dont want unnecesary angle. if i line it up dead nuts straight then its mighty close. I really didnt think getting an image of the stock location would be so difficult, guess i was wrong. what a drag. sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesFox Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 line it up in a manner it wont hit your exhaust. especially if you are putting the driveshaft in a 2wd body, or have 2wd exhaust pipe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluto5 Posted December 11, 2009 Author Share Posted December 11, 2009 Hi Miles, exhaust is custom and not built yet for that matter, with an ej/t swap. chassis is an 89 rx. Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSubaruJunkie Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Did the RX not come with a 2pc driveline? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluto5 Posted December 12, 2009 Author Share Posted December 12, 2009 my mounts rotted out. the rotten trans tunnel has been replaced, just need to sort out the mounts. if i dont find a pic ill install the shifter assy. and sort it out. shifter assy. is abit of a pain but not as much as redoing mounts because of interference. sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 I would have no issue getting you a pic but I don't have access to any two-peice EA82's at the moment - all mine are converted EA81's (and EJ's) and the tunnel/etc. is enough different that it probably wouldn't help you (and all mine have mounts that i've fabbed up so aren't stock carrier mounts). GD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedwagon Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 (edited) From Ausubaru.com: And this is basically what I just did when putting in my 5 speed. Usually, a small piece of 1/4" stock is put inside the vehicle too, to reinforce the sheet metal. Edited December 16, 2009 by Speedwagon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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