Well the car sits pretty low, but I wouldn't think that would cause the problem. I've never really heard of anyone else's lowered 2g's having issues after lowering. I guess anything is possible though. I guess i'll try to locate a 1g shaft as you said and see how that works.

I really hate bringing topics back from the dead, but this deserves some respect and should be the FIRST thread to be read about intermediate shafts. I was misguided by all the other threads I have been reading.

BOTTOM LINE: 2gb MUST have A/C bracket in order for the intermediate shaft to be bolted up correctly. So if a person were to remove the A/C out of their car because they are too cheap to fix it (me), DON'T THROW THE DAMN BRACKET AWAY!!!!!

I hope this simple answer can help someone in the same shoes I am in!!

I understand the difference between the auto and manual intermdiate shaft but is there a difference between the auto and manual shaft bracket?

Can't believe that this thread is still around....

Plus I never finished my input of what i started back then....

The intermediate shafts that are of different lengths come from either 5-speeds or autos....

Auto shafts should be the longer than the 5-speed shafts..

I had an auto intermediate shaft in my 5 speed car and would not line up with the a/c bracket, I purchased a known 5 speed shaft and it worked flawlessly...

It is currently unknown if the ac bracket is different but I highly doubt it's different

There are only 2 A/C brackets for 2Gs:

1/1994 - 5/1996 is MB946073
5-1996 - 4-1999 is MR250543

The intermediate shaft by itself (read: by itself) is the same 95-99:

5-speed is MB620806
Auto is MB837934

There are 4 different intermediate shaft brackets that bolt to the A/C bracket:

5-speed 1/1994 - 5/1996 is MB526981
Auto 1/1994 - 5/1996 is MB620417

5-speed 6/1996 - 4/1999 is MR276643
Auto 6/1996 - 4/1999 is MR276642

I hope this clears this thread up for good.

One last question: what is the difference between the auto and manual intermediate shaft brackets? They all use the same bearing kit.

can any one help me with this issue? i have a 97gsx with no ac bracket. anyways i got my half shaft today and the person i got ti from thought it might be from a auto and said it might be too long. my probelm is that i installed it and the holes dont line up its as if the halfshaft is too short. the halfshaft bracket sits further towards the trans and the holes dont line up because of it. any ideas? greatly appreciated.

it measured out to be 16.5 inches.

Sounds as if you have a manual intermediate shaft when you need an auto shaft... I sent you a pm

So i am running into a similar problem. I have a 6 bolt in a 95 GSX. I plan on not running A/C. I do have a 95 A/C bracket. Will a 97 intermediate shaft bolt up to the bracket?

Bringing this back up on purpose, still a bit of confusion and hopefully this will complete the whole story behind these differences (damn you Mitsu for always making our lives more difficult!).

Essentially there are two different styles of Air Conditioner brackets for 2Gs. One is for AWD cars (which can be used for both 95-96 AWD halfshafts and 97-99 AWD halfshafts). The second type is for FWD cars which only use a longer driver-side axle, so that bracket does NOT have the extra mounting hole for the 97-99 halfshaft. However, it could still be used (along with the Mitsu spacer) to mount your 95-96 halfshaft on. This picture should illustrate that:

Bringing this back from the dead trying to chase down a weird issue I've been having for a while and I'm for some reason drawn to thinking it's the intermediate shaft.

Short back story, I have a 98 Spyder I manual swapped and Awd swapped using a 96 awd trans and tcase. I'm using the 97-99 intermediate shaft & bracket and no ac bracket just the small spacers. I have been having a weird vibration issue around 50-55 mph. Its not all the time which is why I've been drawing a blank. I've tried 3 different shafts and brackets same issue.

Would anyone think it's because I'm not using that ac bracket it's making the shaft have a weird vibration?

@Doubleot , I would have replied sooner had I seen your post.

I recently (finally) made my own carrier bracket shaft since I have no AC bracket on my AWD, and I can 100% confirm a lack of one (or even just running 1 bolt on the bracket) wont cause such vibrations. I drove it like that for 4 years... The only time i had a similar vibration at those speeds and especially in 4th and 5th gear was when my harmonic balancer was bad. Switching to a new one immediately fixed both sound and vibration, so if yours is old/worn, you should look into that!

As for the necessity of the carrier bearing needing a bracket, it's to obviously allow the use of a half shaft (reducing torque steer in AWD cars). There is a bearing inside the carrier which needs to be level and needs to be stationary. All the carrier bracket does is to keep it there, it doesn't transmit any real forces to the block (the main force going through the shafts is torque, i.e rotational force).

Kryndon said:

@Doubleot , I would have replied sooner had I seen your post.

I recently (finally) made my own carrier bracket shaft since I have no AC bracket on my AWD, and I can 100% confirm a lack of one (or even just running 1 bolt on the bracket) wont cause such vibrations. I drove it like that for 4 years... The only time i had a similar vibration at those speeds and especially in 4th and 5th gear was when my harmonic balancer was bad. Switching to a new one immediately fixed both sound and vibration, so if yours is old/worn, you should look into that!

As for the necessity of the carrier bearing needing a bracket, it's to obviously allow the use of a half shaft (reducing torque steer in AWD cars). There is a bearing inside the carrier which needs to be level and needs to be stationary. All the carrier bracket does is to keep it there, it doesn't transmit any real forces to the block (the main force going through the shafts is torque, i.e rotational force).

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Hey thanks for the reply! I'll definitely look into the harmonic balancer!

I have a 97 automatic GSX and sorry to say I won't be of help considering im also having trouble with the half shaft the same as the OC of this thread. Can't find in junkyards, not being made, can't find right one anywhere. (Go figure its AUTO) Car has sat for over a year because of the specificity and technicality of this 1 part.

@ec17pse This might be a part worth looking into making as lots of us are in need of an AC bracket which can work with any halfshaft.

Kryndon said:

@ec17pse This might be a part worth looking into making as lots of us are in need of an AC bracket which can work with any halfshaft.

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I thought this was resolved years ago by someone? or was that just a spacer that was resolved to the FWD bracket?

Idk how many machinists we have on here but that bracket should be able to be replicated. I have used the thick aluminum spacer (can't even remember where I got it) when I removed my a/c.
I have also used a stack of flat washers to make the half shaft bolt up even but if someone could produce the shaft BRACKET, it would help a lot of cars.

1990TSIAWDTALON said:

I have used the thick aluminum spacer (can't even remember where I got it) when I removed my a/c.

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https://jnztuning.com/product/axle-bracket-spacer-a-c-delete-dsm/ maybe?

That is it but mine is brushed aluminum.