Automatic or manual trans axles?

Who is this someone?

Why wouldn't you just go get the part that is correct for your vehicle?

9125lebaron said:

Im replaceing my passenger side axle and someone told me when i buy the new one to get one for an automatic instead of the manual... Is this true or false??????:shrug:

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Is this so that you get a long 1 piece passenger axle instead of the troublesome 2 piece axle? What car?

all 'Turbo' TD's originally were equipped with the 'equal length' halfshaft setup and use identical halfshafts L & R

within any year/model/powertrain, FWD ChryCo use the same axles, whether auto or manual ..
(except IIRC the 87+ manual trans L-body since the 87+ 525 kept the small spline while the 87+ A413 went to large spline)

if you choose to replace the equal length assembly on a Turbo with a NON equal length,
you would use the (long) axle from a non-Turbo pass. side,
then you will have different axles L <-> R ...

87turbodance said:

Is this so that you get a long 1 piece passenger axle instead of the troublesome 2 piece axle? What car?

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91 2.5 Lebaron 5spd andyes my buddie said it would b a one peice instead of a two???

9125lebaron said:

91 2.5 Lebaron 5spd and yes my buddy said it would be a one piece instead of a two???

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Detobias explains it well. Just get a non-turbo (2.5TBI, 3.0, ect) passenger axle. This will be the long 1 piece axle.

87turbodance said:

Detobias explains it well. Just get a non-turbo (2.5TBI, 3.0, ect) passenger axle. This will be the long 1 piece axle.

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so get it for a non turbo and same year? this will b the same spline, size and a one peice? There wont b any problems since im just changing the one side then?

So your whole situation is you want to eliminate the 2 peice passenger side axle shaft for a single shaft? If so, use a non-turbo or automatic shaft from what I found, all 1987-1995 one peice long right side axle shaft, from any of the following: Shadow, Daytona, Lebaron, Aries, spirit. All 555, 568, 530, 543, 523, 413 with lockup, 604, 670, transmissions use the same inner shaft spine size

idkanything said:

So your whole situation is you want to eliminate the 2 peice passenger side axle shaft for a single shaft? If so, use a non-turbo or automatic shaft from what I found, all 1987-1995 one peice long right side axle shaft, from any of the following: Shadow, Daytona, Lebaron, Aries, spirit. All 555, 568, 530, 543, 523, 413 with lockup, 604, 670, transmissions use the same inner shaft spine size

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Thanx thats what i need to know much appreicated.

idkanything said:

So your whole situation is you want to eliminate the 2 peice passenger side axle shaft for a single shaft? If so, use a non-turbo or automatic shaft from what I found, all 1987-1995 one peice long right side axle shaft, from any of the following: Shadow, Daytona, Lebaron, Aries, spirit. All 555, 568, 530, 543, 523, 413 with lockup, 604, 670, transmissions use the same inner shaft spine size

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lol LOVE the ChryCo interchangeability !!

so any '87+ non-turbo EEK (non-van, non-L body) ...

I think the reason that so many switch from the 2 piece equal length setup to the long 1 piece is not due to availability of replacement parts, it's because after 20+ years under the car, the 2 piece can be very difficult to take apart. Most home based mechanics just dont have the typically needed multi-ton press and other tools that might be needed to get them apart. Its also easy to ruin the center support bearing and/or its shield so if you do get it apart...you can't find the replacement bearing that will be needed. For a 100 point restoration the 2 piece would be needed, for a daily driver, cost and time savings, I would go 1 piece for sure if hen the axel is removed its apparent it will not come apart easily...which is somewhat rare: especially on a Northern car where water and road salts have creeped into the joint(s).

Don't forget that when you pull that axel out, its going to dump most of the oil that has accumulated in the diff!

Actually not that much oil comes out of the diff.

Well...maybe not the diff...but its enough to make a big sloppy mess wherever it all comes from.

when you change the axle just lift the side your changing and most of the fluid will move to the other side of the tranny. you wont lose much.