HELLPP!!! whell yehh!! i dono what is happening.. when i drive.. my driveshaft makes contact with the metal shield under the car.. heat shield i dono what it is... ITS rubbing against the metal near the top of the drive shaft near the gear box.. please helP!!!
thanks..
marv

 

Well... first find out exactly what that sheet of metal is.... Secondly.... find a way to get it attached back to where it was to begin with, or if it is not essential, get rid of it.

 

Did you recently pull the driveshaft out then reinstall it?

 

just tear out the heatshields. i had the same problem recently. those things dont do much of anything anyway.

 

I'd keep the heat shields if it were me. They don't weigh enough to get rid of and they do keep alot of heat away from the floorboards and all that tar-based soundproofing. It's easy enough to reattach whatever's come loose rather than tear it out.

 

well i changed my rear end.. from a 85 gs to 83 gsl.. but i dint pull out the driveshaft.. and likee now it hits the shieldd.. i dono if the shaft got lower or sumthing?

 

had the same problem only im using a TII trans the problem ended up being 2 things .. bad trans support and busted shocks i fixed that and it no longer hits metal durind hard cornering nor on burn outs

 

The axle assembly from an '83 is much smaller than the '85 assembly and the pickup points for the trailing arms are different as well. I do believe that they pickups on the '85 axle are 20 mm lower than the '83 axle, which would possibly account for why the driveshaft is sitting higher and rubbing on the tunnel.

 

Reform the heat shields with your hand or HAMMER....
Mine started to rub and I just got under the car and reformed it by hand...
L8R

 

Set the parking and wheel brakes, let the clucth out in 1st and see it you get a clunk/thump/bang, you get the picture. If you do, check the tranny mount and the rear control arms. Make sure the body mounts for the upper arms are not rusting out.