rear-end

[Chevyracincamaro]

im about a month away from gettin a new rear-axle assembly. my question is first to confirm that an axle off of a four and a half gen (98-02) will fit on a 94. secondly, there isnt any real trick to this is there? just pulling out the old one and puttin the new one in? obviously its more complicated than that but im talkin about those little asinine steps that are easy to forget but will ruin the car?? i hate those...

[96CamaroSS]

The 98-02 axels are different from the 93-97. Mostly to do with the reluctor ring(s) for the ABS and emergency brake set-up is also different. The 93-97 axels have a reluctor ring attached to the carrier. On the 98-02 axels they have two reluctor rings, one on the right axel and one on the left axel. That means you may have some wiring to do to make it work. The e-brake set-up is different on the 98-02 because the brake calipers are towards the front of the car.

[Chevyracincamaro]

ahah, i remembered wrong. glad i put the post up and thanks for the word. so my next question is what kindof differential did the 93-97 z28's come with? im mainly doing the swap for the disk brake conversion, but if i can get some slightly higher gears and a better diff than its win win...

[Deadcarny]

the rear for the early and late 4th gens is a 7.5" rear. all 4th gens have the same width. If you are getting late 4th gen disc brakes with it, make sure you have the Parking brake cables. They will attatch in the same manner as the early 4th gen cables, but the cables themselves are different. Is your car a trac control car? I am not sure, but I think that if it is, the ABS from an LS1 rear will still work (don't quote me on that though).

[Chevyracincamaro]

its definitely a non-trac controled car. ive got the abs and the research ive done shows that everything is the same except for brake lines and parking break stuff.

im still looking for an answer, what kind of diff did the 93-97 z28's come with?

[Deadcarny]

what do you exactly men then by "type of diff?" Are you talking auburn/eaton? 93-97 had a 7.5" 10 bolt. 2 series carrier for I think 3.23 and lower, and 3 series carrier for 3.42's (Manual cars only). Is this what you want to know? as for the ABS, the 93-95 had the ABS sensor in the housing, and the 98+ had the sensors on the axle tubes. 96-97 I am unsure about. I would think it was also in the housing, but it is an OBD II car, so I do not know if they had changed it yet.

[ridge_runner]

do they make spools for 10 bolts??

[Chevyracincamaro]

deadcarny thats exactly what i wanted, good man thanks for the info...

i promise that this is the last question, you said that the 3.42s only came on manual cars, is there any reason why that rear-end wouldnt work on an auto. i dont see why it would but i was wrong before and im sure it will happen again...someday

[camzaro28]

hey sorry to barge in on ur post but u guys seem like u know ur stuff bout rear ends .. so i will ask this and hopefully i will now,, will 97 camaro rear exle setup fit onto a 89 blazer???? sorry and tank you

[Deadcarny]

ChevyRacin- There is nothing to stop a 3.42 rear from a manual car from working in an auto car. You should be fine.

Camzaro28- No, the rears will not swap without modifications. The rear itself (Pumpkin and Axle tube size) is the same, but the suspension stuff is totally different.