Thread: Front Axle Question

Originally Posted by outback jeff

Hi John, is it the whole half shaft or is it only the piece from the uni back to the diff?

Jeff

Only from the uni back to the diff, (note that early 80" have a completely different half shaft with a Tracta joint not a U-joint) but easier to swap the whole shaft. Note that lwb and late swb S3 have 24 spline outer ends and have matching drive flanges, so if your S3 has these and you are using the S1 half shafts you need to use the S1 drive flanges.

Note that the top swivel in the S1 had spring loaded taper steel/bronze bush replaced during S2/2a production by a straight railko bush and thrust washer - a much improved system, that the S1 setup is best converted to (unless you are a stickler for originality).

John

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Only from the uni back to the diff, (note that early 80" have a completely different half shaft with a Tracta joint not a U-joint) but easier to swap the whole shaft. Note that lwb and late swb S3 have 24 spline outer ends and have matching drive flanges, so if your S3 has these and you are using the S1 half shafts you need to use the S1 drive flanges.

Note that the top swivel in the S1 had spring loaded taper steel/bronze bush replaced during S2/2a production by a straight railko bush and thrust washer - a much improved system, that the S1 setup is best converted to (unless you are a stickler for originality).

John

Just my 2 cents worth of info there are 2 types of set ups for the series 1 swivel berings you have the early style used from 1948 to 1953 then the later style from 1954 to 1958 the 2 types are not interchangable!