Ratty2Austin Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 I have a slight problem with my tranny upgrade- I dont know what to do about getting 25 spline ea81 front axles??? ideas- -use ea82 turbo axles with ea82 front hubs and stuff... , but are they too long? or will they fit on a ea81 car? (i know the strut tops are different, but it would seem to me that they have the same bottom mount for the spindle block...) or, could I replace the 25 spline output shafts on the tranny with ones out of a tranny that has 23 spline output shafts? (seems like the best idea, if it will work) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qman Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 Austin, which tranny are you upgrading to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratty2Austin Posted October 5, 2003 Author Share Posted October 5, 2003 I am planning to put the FT4WD 5spd D/R ! AWD!! with diff lock! woo hoo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnW Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 I am currently doing the same thing on my 83 turbowagon. I haven't decided what to do about the axles yet. Probably going to have to cut and weld ea82 turbo inners to ea81 outers. That is the only solution I have read here so far but I am definately interested in other alternatives. I got Jerry's 5 speed kit mostly installed but now I have an additional problem....the rear end of the trans doesn't seem to clear the stabilizer bar. I am using an ea81 manual trans radius rod and stab bar setup. 3" lift kit. The whole trans is tilted to one side. Pics to come in a little while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesFox Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 would the doj interchange, or maby the whole bearing race, the little circlip that hoolds it on? you could swap to ea82 lower control arms, but you wil have to salvage the mount from an ea82 crossmember. as described by rguyver, and applied to trashwagon. the ball joint holes will be a different size, but i used the whole ea82 strut, with the ea81 strut cap modified to fit. if the axle diameter is the same, try swappong doj and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratty2Austin Posted October 7, 2003 Author Share Posted October 7, 2003 but nobody knows about weather the tranny innards could be swapped out???? this to me seems easiest! i think i am gonna open up the spare 4spd! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesFox Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 crack it open and find out. at least you will be able to answer it the next time the subject comes up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnW Posted November 1, 2005 Share Posted November 1, 2005 I was able to swap the stub axles in the trans for mine recently and therefore sold my custom axles. To do it I just took my ring gear off and put it on the regular dual range spider set and then dropped the front diff gears back into the trans. Really not terribly hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Carb Posted November 1, 2005 Share Posted November 1, 2005 Did austin pick up another ea81 car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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