Legnth...

there is a right and left axle shaft due to an offset ring gear and carrier internally on the differential.
one shaft is about 1/2" longer inside the diffy than the other one!

As for external legnth, I doubt there is a difference---the R200 is offset different than the R180 in a ZX to compensatee for the differences.

 

This varies between the NA and Turbo 280ZX??? That is what the catalog is suggesting.

Thanks

Rob

 

I thought NAs had u-joints while only the turbos had CV shafts.

 

BINGO!

NA does not have CV/Tripod Style Joints.
Only the flanges in the N/A model are different.

Then again, there is an R180 thrown into the mix there, also! Some ZX's did come with the R180!

But as for CV's that is the difference...

 

Re: BINGO!

I have found the tripod set up on the newer 2+2 280zx.

 

The parts I have came from a 1983 280ZX 2+2 with the R-200 and CV shafts. I was thinking of using these parts as cores and order new ones, when I saw in the catalog a difference in part numbers between NA and Turbo. Turbo having different part numbers for each shaft while the NA has only one part number for both shafts.

Thanks

Rob



Post Edited (Feb 17, 8:24pm)

 

That would be...

Because of the U-Joint / CV difference.

CV's have two part numbers for the reasons above.

U-Joint axles are identical left to right.

 

I called VB last week about ZXt shafts, they no longer have them from what I was told...