LS1 Rear axle in an LT1?
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Re: LS1 Rear axle in an LT1?
Backing plates are different on LS1 and LT1 cars, your brakes won't bolt up.
As for the axles, some say that LS1 axles are just a weeeee bit shorter/longer.
As for the axles, some say that LS1 axles are just a weeeee bit shorter/longer.
Surely it will fit width wise since 98+ f-boby's have the same chassis / body specs. I'm just really concerned with how to mount an ABS sensor in the top of the gear housing like all the non-TCS cars are regardless of pre-98 or 98+. The sensors on the TCS axle will not work for a non-TCS PCM and the wiring harness does not have a way to connect to 2 sensors in the rear anyway. I am certain the reluctor ring will fit a 98+ carrier because I put a 2002 Zexel carrier in my car and the reluctor ring from my original 96 carrier is the same size. But drilling and tapping the cast iron gear housing is what I'm mainly concerned about. Is there a boss on the housing that can be drilled to match the boss where the sensor is mounted on a non-TCS car?
Originally Posted by 30696bird
I put a LS1 rear in my car and the LS1 axles are about 1/2 inch longer. I HAD to use the LT1 axles
Last edited by mike 96 ws6; Jan 25, 2006 at 03:02 AM.
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Re: LS1 Rear axle in an LT1?
Originally Posted by mike 96 ws6
Wait a minute. I'm lost.
Isn't the non-TCS set-up the one with the one sensor mounted in top of the gear housing and senses the reluctor ring pressed onto the carrier against the ring gear? And isn't that 3-channel?
And TCS set-up's have a sensor at each end of the axle housings which read reluctor rings cast into each axle shaft? And that's 4-channel?
Isn't the non-TCS set-up the one with the one sensor mounted in top of the gear housing and senses the reluctor ring pressed onto the carrier against the ring gear? And isn't that 3-channel?
And TCS set-up's have a sensor at each end of the axle housings which read reluctor rings cast into each axle shaft? And that's 4-channel?
My bad!!
I've corrected my post ..... and yes, you're absolutely right ..... 3-channel is just ABS (reluctor ring on the carrier, sensor on top of the "pumpkin"), and 4-channel is for traction control (ASR/TCS) which has reluctor rings on the ends of each axle, with a sensor for each
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