wondering what rear axle I should swap into my 82 fb. I want disc brakes and possibly an lsd. Also Im going to get T3 rear coilovers so I would need those to still fit. Thank you for help

 

any gsl or gsle axle from any year. if gslse you'll have to get new wheels due to lug pattern change. if you get an 84-85 gsl rear axle you'll also need the driveshaft. you need the ebrake cables too, they're different.

 

Just to clarify, if you get a 1984 or 1985 you will need to use the entire rear end. The 1982 is small axle and swapping just the axles will not work because all 1984/1985 are big axle.

 

sounds good, time to hunt down those junkyards

 

yup, thank you kindly

 

I believe the drive shaft on the 83 is the same as the 84-85 ?

 

83 was a mut year . I've seen both small and large flanges on the 83.

 

'83 will have an early axle and late driveshaft.

That was 32 years ago, who knows what any given car will have on it now. But that is what Mazda built.

 

Wrong. You can swap the pinion flange on the axle and use the smaller (earlier) driveshaft

 

24 spline is small, 26 spline is large.
in case you are pulling from unknown 7s

 

where do you live I have a rear out of a gslse with the drive shaft .

 

indianapolis, indiana

 

what about you?