"Damaged Driveshaft?'

JARblue

Of course

I was just trying to give some perspective as someone that has removed the dust boot and the drive shaft multiple times

I guess technically, the boot sits above the transmission linkage. But the linkage extends back from the transmission and the drive shaft is immediately below it. There is room on either side of the driveshaft to reach up and access the linkage, which is where the boot would most likely fall it seems.

Looking at the pic below, the exhaust y-pipe is immediately under the driveshaft just back from the linkage, so I guess in theory the boot could have somehow found its way in between the exhaust pipe and the driveshaft, which ultimately could have both melted the boot and adhered it to the driveshaft. Of course, OP has Invidia CBE, so I'm not sure if that same scenario would be possible on his car.

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