dstew521840 Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 So I have an 87 kingcab hardbody with a bad rearend. So I swapped in a 95 axle wich came from a single cab and after all said and done the driveshaft would not match up due to different bolt patterns on the pinion flange. I tried swapping flanges but the newer 95 axle some sort of ring gear I am assumming its for the abs system but either way swapping the flange alone is not going to work...So the new route after opening up the old axle and seeing the spider gears thrown all over the place lol!!! Is if I can just swap the carrier from the 95 axle into the third member from the 87 and bolt the third member up to the 95 axle housing and using the 87 dshaft...will this work or am I beating a dead horse? Link to comment
thisismatt Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 I suppose. You're talking about swapping just the internals and retaining your old ring & pinion gears? You'll have to set it all up with correct gear lash, preload, whatever else necessary, no? Link to comment
EastBay521 Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Why not just swap the whole 3rd member? Link to comment
datzenmike Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 You already have a post on this problem... http://community.ratsun.net/topic/67237-axle-swap-help/ Go there and expand on it. Don't start a new one. 1 Link to comment
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