Drive shaft gaps?

[erachner]

Hi all,

Is it normal to have these apparent gaps at the inboard ends of the drive shafts? It looks like an invitation for dirt and particles to get into the transaxle. It was months ago that I disassembled my drive shafts from the donor and this is causing me some worry that maybe I used the wrong ones?

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[lpmagruder]

There's little clips and sometimes they get bound up. Looks like those are not fully seated. Sometimes they take a good whack.