Good morning all,

Just bought a 1981 GL 4wd and I am having issues finding replacement rear CV axles.

Can anyone point to a vendor or part# I can search?

Thanks, Duane 

They don't exist. You have to find used ones. 

GD

Don't use CV in association with rear in search because only our fronts use a CV joint on the outer to allow for steering- unless you have four wheel steer ??

Double offset joint DOJ inner on fronts, both ends on rear

Time for me to check locally as some have said rear shafts are available through nationwide parts supplier

Someone recently posted a link to MY/EA81 rear shafts. Can’t remember where I saw it though. 

Cheers 

Bennie

This is good news! I appreciate the input. I found 2 decent used here in Denver. Will be very interested in the links if you guys think of them. 

Duane 

17 hours ago, Step-a-toe said:

Don't use CV in association with rear in search because only our fronts use a CV joint on the outer to allow for steering- unless you have four wheel steer ??

Double offset joint DOJ inner on fronts, both ends on rear

Time for me to check locally as some have said rear shafts are available through nationwide parts supplier

Later EA82s use CVs in the rear halfshafts outer joint, at least in USDM-land.

7 hours ago, carfreak85 said:

Later EA82s use CVs in the rear halfshafts outer joint, at least in USDM-land.

Same in AUDM. The series one L (85-mid 87 in AUDM) has DOJ on inner and outer for the rear shafts, the series two L (mid 87-94) had only the inner joint with the DOJ arrangement. I’m 99% sure these are interchangeable on the L series. 

Cheers 

Bennie

Yes, 100% interchangeable between series 1 and series 2.

13 hours ago, el_freddo said:

Same in AUDM. The series one L (85-mid 87 in AUDM) has DOJ on inner and outer for the rear shafts, the series two L (mid 87-94) had only the inner joint with the DOJ arrangement. I’m 99% sure these are interchangeable on the L series. 

Cheers 

Bennie

 

Yep, they are. EA81/MY use a shorter shaft, but all EA82/L are interchangeable, even though most have an outer CV.