So im in search of a new axle because my right axle hat got bent.........i was going to buy another axle but was told i can use my old GS axle in my GSL rear because i can switch over the ends so that it will work............

"all 84-85 non se axles are the same.
the bearings are pressed in and that keeps the backing plates on there.
just take both axles to a machine shop and tell them what you want done."

is this true or would it be easier to just keep looking for a GSL axle somebody wants to get rid of??

 

That's a fact jack...

 

the shop just called me and said that the axle woulndt fit and is the wrong diameter


how is that???

 

am i just getting screwed with????

i took them the passenger side axle out of my drum setup 85 GS rear i had in my garage and now they say it dosnt fit......in the passenger side housing of my GSL rear end i have....??

 

Either they are retards or the GSL rear in your car is a 81-83 small axle version. All S/GS/GSL axles of the same year ranges are the same, so if its not working its from the wrong year.

 

ok so i went up to the shop and it appears they arent stupid.........

what i saw was the the axle they pulled and the axle i gave them out of my GS rear were acully different... the one from my supposed 85' GSL rear was a smaller axle type with ( i think ) 24 splines and was the same diameter size all the way up untill the splined part.......my 85' GS axle was a 27 spline and was really fat at the base then half way up the shaft it came into a smaller diameter.....??????

now....i dont know how this happened since both my rears were supposed to be 85's and when installed everything lined up and drive shafts bolted up fine........

regardless i told them to put my bent axle back on the car so i can get it home and i can research and do it myself........what the f!!!

 

That sucks man, but finding an axle from a junkyard shouldn't be all that difficult.... At least this way, you can keep the other rear end in one piece rather than parting it out for the axles...

 

let me know if you still need an axle.
i have a couple of both 24 and 27 spline.
--adam

 

Assuming that a previous owner of the GSL rear didn't switch things around it is a 83 rear end. 83's have the bigger driveshaft pinion flange but still use the small axles.

 

well then thats probaly the case...because the driveshaft still worked even though it was a 85' but the axles are the small ones....i wish there was a way to use my large ones i have...

hey midwest get back to me on one of the small ones you got.......do any of them perhaps have the backing plates and new/somewhat new bearings already on??