Skip to main content
Gerry | Vanagon
Checking account...
← vanagon.com home · Continue the discussion in the forum
Subject:Re: Caution on Half Axle swap
From:k1cajun
Date:Fri, 21 Apr 2000 02:25:50 -0500

John Frazier wrote:

> Hello to All, Before swapping rear half axles to extend CV wear it would be
> well to measure their lengths. The axles on my 89 Westy Automatic are not the
> same lengths. To get the same effect it would be necessary to remove all 4 CV
> joints to change sides and leave the axles in their original places. Perhaps
> this does not apply to Manual transmissions . Guess how I found out!
> John

Yes, it is the same length on both sides for a manual transmission.  I recall
that the manual lists the shaft lengths for the manual as the same and that the
automatic are different.