[huck369]

I finally got a 2 piece drive shaft, which came out of a 97 Legacy Outback Auto, and had the front section lengthened, so my carrier bearing is now in the correct place!
Had to drill the spot welds on the carrier bearing bracket out, and put the SVX bracket on the Outback Carrier Bearing, as the mounting holes were different.

Now the better news, the 97 Legacy Outback drive shaft is the SAME length as the stock SVX one….so….the drive shaft out of a MANUAL 97 Legacy Outback, should be the correct length for the conversion, you would just need to drill the spot welds off the carrier bearing mounting brackets, and weld the one off the SVX onto the Outback one.

I hope somebody does this, just to prove it to work, but since they run the same tranny, I’m sure this is correct. It’ll definitely be easier to find a used Legacy drive shaft than it is to find one for an SVX

Hope this helps someone...