I didn't want to buy a new wheel bearing and replace my old one on the rear right wheel so I went to the junk yard and pulled the whole setup from a Loyale. I'm not sure what year Loyale it was but it was 4wd. The other day I pulled just the drum off of the same car because mine was stripped and it fit okay, so I know the axles are the right spline count and all that. My question is will the rest of it fit. By the whole setup I mean I took the lower strut bolt out, the axle from the diff side, and the arm that has the brake lines attached to it running up right by the fuel filter. Will this work? They look about the same, the axle boots look a little different but they're the same size as far as I can tell. The one thing I found out I definately am going to have to do is grind down the bump stop on the arm because with my lift it rubs on the strut making it impossible to remount. Should the axles and everything else line up after I grind that?

 

Oh and my GL is an 86 with d/r 5spd.

 

TIA

They should be identical, or at least should be pretty close by design. I don't see why it wouldn't work out with minor modifications

Beauty, that's what I was hoping. For some reason I couldn't get it all to line up so I was afraid, but I think it was just that rubbing bump stop.

Did your 86 wagon not have the bumpstops? I thought all wagons did? The only differences in swingarms I can think of is that turbo models with disc brakes had an extra little clip thing for the brakeline. And obviously RX, XT, and sport sedan models have swaybar mountings. Only wagons have the bumpstops I think. but the physical geometry of all of them is the same so any arm will work for any car.