So I was planning on doing a 5 lug swap as a buddy said he had everything but the rear control arms and struts. So I was told by a fellow member about an xt6 in Nevada that just showed up to the junkyard. Drove 3 hours there spent over 200$ On rear control arms and struts off the car. Hubs were already gone as expected but he said he had them. The entire front was still there almost got it but I'm broke and he has that. Anyways I didn't learn until I get home my friend has an ea81 car and I have an ea82 and that I don't even need these control arms or struts only the hubs. So now I'm stuck with xt6 rear junk that has axles rusted to the stub shafts. I tried soaking and hammering the axles off but all I did was destroy the insides and now the stub shafts wiggle around, maybe just bearings not sure. Is it worth trying to get these axles off and saving the parts? I'm not gonna run a swaybar so don't even gain anything from that. Pnp doesn't do refunds only in store credit so I csn go return it all and pickup another dual range if I wanted. Pretty pissed off right now I wasted so much money in gas and parts kind of lost hope on the car for a little bit

the XT6 arms do have the larger mounting point bushing and bolt.  And the rear axles are a bit beefier shaft and outer CV.

 

Probably just beat up the bearings hammering.  replace them and get some XT6 hubs and brake parts.

 

If all you want is bigger rims for wheeling, go six lug.  better wheel options and easier to replace parts from 4cyl setup than anything XT6.

 

5 lug for show 'n street rigs only.

the XT6 arms do have the larger mounting point bushing and bolt. And the rear axles are a bit beefier shaft and outer CV.

 

Probably just beat up the bearings hammering. replace them and get some XT6 hubs and brake parts.

 

If all you want is bigger rims for

wheeling, go six lug. better wheel options and easier to replace parts from 4cyl setup than anything XT6.

 

5 lug for show 'n street rigs only.

I've got redrilled 6lugs right now on the car, I wanted 5 lug because I don't expect to break any control arms but would like to be able to use wheels that don't have to be redrilled and I've always been afraid of redrilling the hubs themselves

Edited August 27, 20178 yr by XHighOctanex

the XT6 arms do have the larger mounting point bushing and bolt. And the rear axles are a bit beefier shaft and outer CV.

 

Probably just beat up the bearings hammering. replace them and get some XT6 hubs and brake parts.

 

If all you want is bigger rims for wheeling, go six lug. better wheel options and easier to replace parts from 4cyl setup than anything XT6.

 

5 lug for show 'n street rigs only.

Also I did the 4lug disc brake swap a while ago and I now have the back plates and cslipers and brackets off the xt6 too. I have pretty much the entire rear xt6 suspension just not the hubs or rotors