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Re: Inner Driver Swap
Posted by David Prantl (more from David Prantl) on Fri, 15 Dec 2000 12:54:28
In Reply to: , Kok Chen, Sat, 17 Dec 1988 12:00:00 

my best guess is that the inner driver cups are the same for the 5-speed as 
for the automatic, from '87 onwards.  I cannot guarrantee that this is the 
case.  I am almost positive that the axles are the same in 5-speeds and 
autos, '87 and up, but remember that the left-hand axle is shorter that the 
right-hand one.  The outer CV joints may not be identical, but are 
dimensionally the same.  I think it was in late-'87 that they changed the 
outer axle nut that goes on the outer shaft of the CV.

What I would do is to keep the inner drivers in the 5-speed tranny, and keep 
the axles from from the car that ran with that tranny.  I don't like to 
loosen the outer CV/axle nut, and prefer to pull axles out of the CV's so 
that I can leave the CV's in the car.  It's a tricky and greasy 
circlip-opening-and-holding exercise, but it beats getting the full-turn 
backup CV-slide-grind, or ruining a wheel bearing when you put the weight of 
the front of the car down of the front wheels without the presence of outer 
CV joints tightly bolted in the hubs.

In your case, it is very likely that the two cars have fully-compatible 
driveshafts - CVs, axles and inner drivers included.

Best regards,

David Prantl
'84 900S, 5M, 210kMi, RIP
'86 9000T, 5M, 182kMi
'88 9000S, 5M, 142kMi
'90 9000S, 4A, 133kMi
'93 9000CSET, 5M, 64kMi
'89 900, 3A, 115kMi
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