s'ko Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 Like the title says. Has anyone tried to take the gears from the FWD 5 spd EA81 and replace the 4spd gears on a 4wd D/R tranny? Result would be 5spd d/r ea81 just wondering BW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesley willis Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 an easier thing to do would be to swap in a d/r 5spd from an ea82. i dont know about the whole adding the fwd gears to a 4spd box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 The 4WD gear takes the place of the 5th gear, so no - you would still be 2WD if you actually managed to make it work (doubful they would fit anyway). And yes - MUCH easier to just install a 5 spd D/R. That, and the 5 spd has a lower low range, nicer shifter setup, and WAY better syncro's. In fact the 4 speeds are pretty crappy overall. GD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet82 Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 Sko, Swap the tranny with a D/R 5 speed, if you must have that extra gear. Keep your one piece 4sp driveline as the 5 speed one has multiple parts. I think the 4sp has a lower gear ratio than the 5sp? What are you trying to accomplish? Glenn 82 SubaruHummer 84 GL Mad Max 01 Forester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s'ko Posted May 15, 2006 Author Share Posted May 15, 2006 I was just curious to see if it could be done. I have a fwd 5 spd EA81 and a bad 4spd DR ea81. If was an easy swap just put the 5spd gears into the 4spd. I am going to go forward w/ea82 swaparo and call it a day. BW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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