# Drive Shaft Problems **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [September 23, 2007, 10:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drive-shaft-problems/109715 "2007-09-23T10:15:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bbakpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@bbakpl](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bbakpl)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2007, 10:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drive-shaft-problems/109715/1 "2007-09-23T10:15:07Z")
see what happened was i launched it pretty hard. and the ujoints on the back side of the driveshaft (connecting to diff) snapped basically. So i’m stuck on the road and i go pushing it in reverse to park it on the side…(there was a slight hill so my only option was to push it backwards.) so im pushing and pushing… and the backend of my driveshaft hit some sort of crack in the road and snapped my front ujoints that connect to the center support. OK after changing out the blown u joints and puttin’ in the new ones i go to connect my driveshaft. i line my markings up and i go to screw in the bolts… the front connects fine to the center support… but when i wanna connect the back i have a gap. the screws wont even go threw all the way. does this sound like my engine shifted or can it be something else??? ---
**Author:** ![DJPyro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/278dde/32.png) [@DJPyro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DJPyro)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2007, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drive-shaft-problems/109715/2 "2007-09-23T10:36:50Z")
Did you just use your same driveshaft again? I doubt it would’ve pushed the motor forward, but check you didn’t damage the shaft. The carrier bearing would’ve bent/shifted before anything else… ---
**Author:** ![Pants](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pants/32/5590_2.png) [@Pants](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pants)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2007, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drive-shaft-problems/109715/3 "2007-09-23T10:36:58Z")
mabey u bent ur driveshaft ---
**Author:** ![DJPyro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/278dde/32.png) [@DJPyro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DJPyro)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2007, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drive-shaft-problems/109715/4 "2007-09-23T12:11:26Z")
If he bent it so far it was that much too short, it should be more than clearly visible, but it’s possible. ---
**Author:** ![bbakpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@bbakpl](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bbakpl)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2007, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drive-shaft-problems/109715/5 "2007-09-23T13:43:56Z")
its not bent at all. no clear signs indicating towards that… brb ---
**Author:** ![sidewayzmaniac](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sidewayzmaniac/32/5573_2.png) [@sidewayzmaniac](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sidewayzmaniac)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2007, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drive-shaft-problems/109715/6 "2007-09-23T13:44:37Z")
you can slide the drive shaft in and out a bit where it goes into the back of the transmission that should make up for the gap… double check that its not to far out of the tranny. you may have pushed your engine forward when the drive shaft hit the road. ---
**Author:** ![bbakpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@bbakpl](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bbakpl)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drive-shaft-problems/109715/7 "2007-09-24T14:12:48Z")
ok nvm… got it fit…