rear axle difference

[208ss]

is there a difference between the rear axles on a turbo legacy vs non turbo legacy?

[rallyak]

91 turbo has different axles because of the locking diff. I believe all others are the same from 89-94.

[mike-tracy]

On a 1st gen, if there is any difference (which I don't know the answer to), they are completely interchangeable. I've always grabbed junkyard NA 1st gen axles.

Rallyak: The 91-only VLSD has different axle stubs (they are un-equal length) from any other 1st gen, but the same axles bolt to it.

[rallyak]

I knew 91 was special in the VLSD I though it was the axles, didn’t think about the stubs.

[mike-tracy]

If you ever find a 1991 vlsd without axle stubs, it is completely open and those stubs are unobtanium at this point.

Theory: The JDM unequal length rear axles may work in a 1991 VLSD that is missing stubs. But those would be very difficult to find here as well. And you might as well run a JDM plated LSD diff by that point.

[208ss]

so your saying that on my 91 ss with vlsd the na axles will bolt on just fine?

[mike-tracy]

Any 1st gen rear axles will work. As long as your 1991 SS VLSD diff still has it's original stubs.