torque tube question

[moalaska]

I'm halfway through my clutch job on 924s. I think when I was separating the torque tube from the bellhousing, that the shaft was kind of stuck to the clutch and when I seperated then possibly pulled the shaft out of the tube some, it seems to stick out from the bellhousing end of the torque tube at least about 8 inches or so. What concerns do I have? Its also in the way of dropping the bellhousing. Should I pull the tube and reset the depth of the shaft?? And what is the proper depth.

[sausagehacker]

It sounds like it got pulled forward. Try installing the coupler on the opposite end of the shaft (the part that links it to the trans input shaft). Then use a pry bar, using the "bellhousing" access window on the transaxle side as a fulcrum point to pull the shaft back. Also curious about the correct position, I had to eyeball mine, and when I installed the transaxle I looked at the gap between the shafts and fine-tuned.

[944 Ecology]

The correct position of the drive shaft within the torque tube is so that it meets two requirements:

1) First, the groove on the rear end of the drive shaft is roughly aligned with the round hole in the bell housing. This is so that you can tighten the bolt that locks the coupler in place.

2) After locking the coupler in place, use a large flat head screwdriver or small prybar to finesse the drive shaft forward or rearward until the groove on the transaxle input shaft aligns with the bolt on the coupler. This is so that you can tighten the bolt on the coupler to the input shaft.

If the driveshaft is sticking out of the bell housing end of the torque tube by 8 inches, use a brass hammer (or a small sledge hammer with a protective piece of wood) to coarsely adjust the driveshaft until the groove lines up with the round hole in the bellhousing. You can do this without having to remove the torque tube from under the car.