1g fwd half shaft question
 

Found a 1g at the parts yard but it's a non turbo front wheel drive, would both of the half shafts work for my 1g talon tsi 91 fwd? Engine mounts and everything else look the same.

Re: 1g fwd half shaft question
 

Im not 100% sure, but I think the turbo axles are bigger, therefore non turbo axles would not work.

Re: 1g fwd half shaft question
 

As long as its a 2.0 non turbo they should work.

Re: 1g fwd half shaft question
 

He said his car is a '91 TSI. Non turbo axles won't work.

Re: 1g fwd half shaft question
 

Did they change the axle size between 90 and 91? My car use to have a non turbo trans in it even though my car was originally a turbo car. When I swapped to the turbo trans I have now, my axles carried over.

I think it was half way through the 1g production they put bigger axles in the fwd.


EDIT: I found that over on Tooners.

Re: 1g fwd half shaft question
 

Thanks for the info, glad I didn't ruin my plans today to go pull them. I was looking for a cheap fix but I should go buy new shafts if I'm going to take the time to put them in. I'm poor and sick of the clicking, makes my car sound like a POS. I believe the 1g at U pull r parts was a 93-94 non turbo DOHC so no go.

Re: 1g fwd half shaft question
 

I had Marty @ Raxles make me some custom axles when I put a built '91 FWD tranny into my '94 TSi FWD. Lifetime warranty and they weren't even that expensive.

Re: 1g fwd half shaft question
 

Thanks for the correction. I though that non turbo axles were smaller than turbo axles.

1g awd intermediate shaft
 

I've only read good things about raxles but I'm poor and on a budget so $70 new shafts at oriley's will have to do.

I happened apon someone talking about equal length shafts for a FWD 1g, apparently you take the intermediate shaft of a 1g AWD and get a 1g AWD drivers side half shaft and a 13mm spacer? Anyone have a 1g awd intermediate shaft or the chrysler spacer? Also read you can do washers I believe. Have my car jacked up and half torn apart and I would like to do it right the first time, minus getting a new not rebuild half shaft from oriley instead of a better one from raxles.