Axle question
 

I have an axle question. If you checked my post up you know I had a bent axle and changed it out and everything good. So the other wheel had a very minor slight wobble barely noticeable but I think it might be bent too. I don't wanna hit the junkyard again since I have two axles from my old open diff. Can I use those axles on my new torsen ls1 diff? My old rear was a 92 open diff with drums. I'm sure they are 28 spline as well but not sure about length as the fourth gen diffs are wider.

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3rd gen axles will not fit a 4th gen rear end.

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Thanks for the info bro.

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Did anybody ever mention anything about "buy new instead of used" in any of your threads? :huh:

This is just one of the reasons why. ;) In addition to, the growling noise you get to enjoy mile after mile from imperfect bearing race surfaces.

But yeah, BGH is right, a 3rd gen axle is about 1-5/8" too short to work in a 4th gen housing. Right other than that; right splines, right bearings, right C-clip grooves, right ... kinda like, EXACTLY the same, except TOTALLY different. Gotta get the parts that fit.

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Yeah I just cant afford to drop that much cash on new axles at the moment. Az has em for over 200 $ a pop so yeah I'm a junkyard rat. BUT I just checked hawks thirdgen and they have em for 75 which is cheap so I might consider getting new ones.

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