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Old Dec 9, 2012 | 07:15 PM
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tailshaft swap??

can you change the tailshaft on a transmission out of a 4wd to put it into a 2wd??
 
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Old Dec 9, 2012 | 07:22 PM
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Yes you can, but you have to disassemble the entire transmission to do it.
 
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Old Dec 9, 2012 | 07:24 PM
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ah ok that sucks
was hoping it would be fairly easy
 
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Old Dec 9, 2012 | 07:56 PM
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get yourself the drive shaft (if correct) trans cross member (if different) and the t-case from the same donor.you wont have 4wd but you'll have a whole set of low range gears to use.
 
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Old Dec 9, 2012 | 11:16 PM
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Its not very hard, just time consuming. The output (tail) shaft is the first thing to go into the trans when assembled and the last the come out. You just need the output shaft you want, extension housing (if converting to 4x4), tail shaft housing (if converting to 2wd) and transfer case (if converting to 4x4), and a trans gasket kit.
 
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Old Dec 10, 2012 | 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by SCRebel
Its not very hard, just time consuming. The output (tail) shaft is the first thing to go into the trans when assembled and the last the come out. You just need the output shaft you want, extension housing (if converting to 4x4), tail shaft housing (if converting to 2wd) and transfer case (if converting to 4x4), and a trans gasket kit.
i was just trying to keep parts with parts for the exception on maybe the tailshaft incase client wanted to to sell trans and transfer however there is a slight difference in transmissions so parts from one to the other might not even work
 
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