how hard is it to swap one rear from a lt1 f-car to another lt1 f-car?? i have a good deal on a rear from a 96 and mines is kinda jacked up, so how hard would it be to take, the new rear, from brake to brake, and swap them out?? could i do it by myself, in one day?

 

Not a problem. It'd probably take a couple hours for the swap.

http://www.go-fast.org/z28/axle.html

Dave

 

Its do-able. You and a friend can do it in a couple hrs or so..

I swapped one in my 97 and had a buddy help me, was easier then the header install...

 

so its pretty much, just disconnect the old one and connect the new one the same way you took off the old one?

 

Is thought 94 rearends were 3 channel while 96's were 4 channel. If so is that going to be a problem?

 

what about if it was from out of a 98+ fbody? would it still work? brakes and everything... if i keep my 94 front brakes, will the newer rear brakes still work fine?

 

see, im looking at a rear off a 2000 SS and i will be putting it into my 94. will it work? the rear has TC, but cant that just be taken off?

 

If the 2000 rear axle assembly has TCS, it uses "4-channel" ABS (same sensors as the TCS). Your 94 does not have TCS, so your ABS is only 3-channel. In addition to the sensors being located in different places (axle ends with TCS, top of the diff housing with 3-channel), they do not produce compatible signals, so your ABS will no longer work. And, the 2000 will have dual brake lines in the back, your 94 only has a single line going to the back brakes, with a t-block on top of the housing.

 

Not to jack the thread too much, but....

I pulled mine out to take to 1BAD86Z for a ring and pinion and differential install. It is going back in within a few days. I am putting in new control arms and a new panhard rod. Should I just get everything semi-tight, regarding the control arms, torque arm, and panhard rod, then once the car is lowered back to the ground give them the final torque specs? I just don't want the stuff to be preloaded from bolting it all back up incorrectly. Or should I just tighten everything to final specs while the car is still up on jackstands?

 

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so does that mean that it wouldnt work? it the 2000 didnt have TC would the ABS work? (like if i just keep looking for one that doesnt have TC) also, since the 2000 has more brake likes, i could just get those with the rear, and any other required parts? or would it still be incompatible?

 

Your car will only have ONE sensor at the top of the rear end where's the rear you said your putting in is from a 2000 which will have sensors on EVERY wheel, making it a 4 channel system..

So NO it won't work.. Well the rear will work but you just won't have those stupid "I don't know how to drive my car so let the computer do it for me" sensors

 

so if i find one WITHOUT traction control, it would work, or is it still 4 channel abs?