i figured they were different i was just wanting someone to tell me by how much different? that is all. had anyone held  a bay axle up to a vanagon axle just
for grins. i knew the auto vs. manual differences but not the bay vs. vanagon differences. any idea of difference in length in inches? just for reference is all.
thanks for your response. Jonce

>> i checked bus depot and the numbers are different for the dog
>> bone. but the cvs are all the same from 68-91 as i thought.
>> the axles are probably different but are they really? and by
>> how much?

>If they were interchangeable I'd only sell one of them. Why would I stock
>two different parts when one would do both jobs?  A Vanagon is wider than a
>bus; hence the axle shaft must be longer in order to reach from the
>transaxle to the wheel. This is why the axle shaft is different even though
>the CV joint is the same. Also the shaft differs for an auto trans model
>versus a manual trans one.

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