Intermediate shaft help

[JFZERO ECLIPSE]

I've been searching for at least an hour and I can't find a solid answer to why my driver side intermediate shaft/carrier bearing won't line up to my a/c bracket/block...

There have been multiple post regarding this topic and nobody gave a solid answer....

I've tried a 95-96 style shaft/bearing and it wouldn't line up so I found a 97-99 bracket and bearing and it still won't line up...Does anybody have any ideas??

I've heard pound it in and I tried to do so with a piece of 2x4 and a small hammer...

I used turbosax2 post about the bracketry....

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/newbie-forum/298124-halfshaft-bracket.html

Ideas would be welcome, this is the last part needed to get the car road ready....Jim

 

[16gpoweredgsx]

How far is it off? It's probably just not in the trans all the way. Also a peice of wood will absorb the impact and won't really do much but dent the wood and eventually break. Try using a flat piece of metal so you don't damage the splines on the shaft, and a bigger hammer always helps. I dealt with the same thing helping a friend swap a trans, clutch, and flyweel. The wood split in two, so I used a 1/8 inch thick piece of steel and a good hammer and it went in with no effort. Just make sure the trans side of the splines are clean and the seal is in place properly.