Hi, a friend's gearbox recently bust on his 51 plate clio. I said that i'd put a new one in for him.. he went off and bought a gearbox (paid 100 quid, its got the same code as his engine, although it's out a 55 plate clio)... anyway, as ive just got this new gearbox onto the engine and im ready to put the driveshafts in, i notice that on the passenger side, the design of where the driveshaft fits is different to that of my friends old gearbox. The design inside is the same, so i had a go at fitting it but due to the new gearbox's design causing the driveshaft seating to petrude more than the old gearbox, the driveshaft sticks out too much and as a result i cannot connect the bottom arm to the two bolts above.
Obviously my friend doesn't want to pay for another gearbox, i was just wondering if there's anyway i could get around this (new driveshaft) etc. Or maybe the bottom arm just needs to be levered as it is a tight fit?
Any help is greatly appreciated! My friend needs his car sorted asap for travelling to work and back.
Josh.