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V6's use 8.8s?

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Well doing a gear swap on my 95 and I find a bad axle... it'll be 80-120$ for a new one and i'd just as soon find one at a JY.... I know where there is a 98 V6, but would it have the same axle? Would it matter if it has ABS or not (mine doesn't). I know ABS has the magnetic wheel but is the length or any other critical dimensions different?
 

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The sixes have 7.5's as I recall.
 
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All v6er's have 7.5" rears on SN95 and new edge bodies... I'm not sure about foxes and S197's but I'd guess that they are different. Sorry bro.
 

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94-98 v6 and v8 use the same axles even though the housings are different.
 

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SorsCode said:
94-98 v6 and v8 use the same axles even though the housings are different.
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Didn't know the axles were the same. Good stuff Danny.
 

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some stuff that you can use from the V6 Rear end:
Axles
C-clips
Control Arms
ABS if equipped (rare)
Brake Setup (minus metal line that runs acrossed the rear)
Springs
Shocks
Sway bar

All that stuff is 100% the same.


Can't use:
Gears or Differential



I have a collection of Axles at home.. I'll goto a junk yard and ask for some out of a GT and get quoted 100 bucks for a set or 25 for the V6's. So i always by the V6 stuff I hord all kinds of getting hard to find 5.0L parts like wiring, input shafts, bellhousings, Brackets. Since these cars are a 2 year make. Other car with same parts engine wise (i know off topic ) is 91-93 T-birds with 5.0L engines.
 
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can we give this man an MVP badge?

only one place had a new one locally and they wanted $125 for one axle

junkyard one off the V6 car: $18

And they appear to be exactly the same, you rule .
 

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should of gotten both off the V6 and had a spare
 

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I know it's a bit off topic, but are the housings the same and the guts different?

*EDIT: Nevermind. I should've read the thread completely before posting
 

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I know a few junk yards here with tons of 6er totalled, maybe I should look into those axles. Did they take them out for you or did you take them out?
 
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