Axle length

[4x4_Welder]

I tried a search, nearly every post in here has "axle" in it!

I am EJing my wife's 89 turbowagon, and converting it to a manual while also doing the 5lug swap. Do I just use the EJ axles? Are those the same length? Or am I stuck with making an oddball custom axle?

Also, my main donor car is a 93 Legacy L 2wd 5speed, are the front axles and clutch similar enough to use with an AWD tranny? Is at least the flywheel the same?

[Caboobaroo]

Ok so first off, you're doing the EJ swap but what tranny are you planning on using? The EA or the EJ? Also, what front knuckles and brakes are you planning on using? The EJ?

 

The axles aren't an issue with doing a 5-lug conversion on an EA82, just make sure that if you're using the EJ parts, you use the EJ axles to match, and same goes for the XT6 parts if you use those up front instead.

If you need anymore info, I got a write-up in the USRM and I've done enough 5-lug swaps to basically answer any of your questions.

[4x4_Welder]

It's a Legacy EJ 5speed AWD that's going in, and I'm using the Legacy outer parts for the 5lug swap.

 

My primary donor car for the engine and front-end bits is a 5speed 2wd, will the axles from this car work with the EJ AWD transmission in the EA82 body, or do I need to make something up to work?

[Caboobaroo]

The Legacy axles should go on without any issues. I think the only 23 spline EJ axles were early FWD 5-speed Impreza. All other EJ axles that we use for the conversion are a 25 spline and are the correct length for the swap.

[4x4_Welder]

Ok, thanks. That'll save me a couple $$.