Milano Driveshaft Length

[JJK1204@domain.elided]

Hi all,

I blew the front doughnut of my 87 Milano Platinum at the Chicago AROC time 
trials at Road America, second lap of practice. In doing so I damaged the 
driveshaft, bellhousing and flywheel. I traded for a driveshaft and when I 
went to install it I found that it was approximately 3/8" shorter than my old 
one. This gives the rear doughnut a very visible twist. The measurement was 
taken between the center support bearing and the transaxle yoke. The old 
driveshaft was the spline at the flywheel type the new one is the non-splined 
with the thick center doughnut, often seen on automatics, although this one 
was from a Silver. Am I missing something? Everything I have heard is that 
the two are interchangeable. What could be causing the problem?

Any help would be appreciated,

John Katos
West Dundee, IL

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