hiyee i need help on anyones opinion i searched on this but still a little confused soo.. i have an 85 gs drum brake and im converting to disc brakes.. i already have the WHOLE REAR END from a 83 gsl and i was wondering IF I NEED THE DRIVE SHAFT FROM THE GSL... thanks any advice on installing or anything is great thankss

 

You need to check the flange where the drive shaft mates to the rear end. The 83 could be a big flange or a small flange. Your drive shaft will work as far as length but it will have the big flange on it.


-billy

 

Depending what your doing with the car please realise that when you change rear axles housings that the 85 has large rear axles & the 83 has small rear axles.

Have Fun ; )
David

 

heyy thanks for the info and yepp everything is fine soo i need help about installing it... i need like a jack or sumthing to prop it up onto the car do i use like 3 jacks or buy sum kind of transmission jack?? thanks any help is welcomed thankss

Marv

 

Marv, put the car up on four jack stands. Use a normal floor jack (or a couple strong buddys) to remove the old & lift the new. The normal floor jack neeeds to raise high enough to get the job done.

Have Fun ; )
David

 

yehh thankss mann.. umm a few more questions.. uhh i have to degrease this sucker and i wanna paint it.. im looking towards a undercoating rubberized paint is that good?? .. but yehh my diffrential leaked a lot of fluid out when i took it out of the donor.. wat do i replace the fluid with.. how ?? shud i flush out all the fluid.. i dono wat to put.. if theres a diffrential fluid or its just oil and how much of it i need/?? please hellpp thank you for everything im looking into installing it in the next few days thank you

Marv

 

I'm not a big fan of the rubberized coating, tried it on my fuel tank, and it never set up. I prefer using the Duplicolor truck bed liner.

 

I need some EBRAKE CABLES FROM A 83 GSL and i am WONDERING IF THEY ARE THEY SAME LENGTH AS THE 81-83 GSLS.. OR ANY OTHER MODELS.. does anyone knoe where i can get the whole assembly?? for the left rear and right rear?? thankss
MARV

 

According to my Victoria British catalog, all 81-85 GSLs are the same. They're available new from VB but are a little pricey. Approx $90 plus shipping for the pair.

Bob

 

Also the -SE cables work if you find those first, or at least I used GSL cables on my -SE swap. A good thing is to go ahead and get you a Victoria British catalog and you can get a rough idea of what's interchangable.

 

SHITT..... i broke the left caliper hard brake line... does anyone knoe where i can get that?? and if i need the soft brake lines from the 83 gsl to complete the 85 gs to a 83 gsl disc brake conversion or if they are the same thread size and will fit? wit my 85 lines?? ALSO does anyone knoe the thread size of the 83 gsl ebrake cable and wat kind of ends they have?? a picture would be great ...
thanks,
marv

 

i think you also need the proportioning vavle. and i think you do need the soft lines from a gsl car and pretty sure they are all the same on the different years. ive got a few parts cars laying around if you need something, just pm me