T-series axle measurements + photos - Zenki & Kouki explained

[pogi]

someone had a picture of zenki axle measurement and kouki ones next to eachother with some sort of measurements, can you post that up again cant find it in search section.

[rthy]

Zenki T series Axle (as on a celica, same size tho)
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/8/9/15486.jpg

Kouki T series Axle (ae86)
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/8/9/15487.jpg

more info on here
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/stepho/diff.htm

[pogi]

thanks, these pictures will help many people in future, should be stickied somewhere.

[Golberg]

I agree, I'll move it to tech articles section because this gets asked all the time.

Edited title also - so that its even more clear

[blair]

Can we get some more measurements in this thread? i'll put a question thread up in a sec :(

[assassin10000]

8mm length difference between LSD & Non-LSD axles. Non-LSD are 8mm longer.

So if you've got an OEM lsd, but non-lsd axles you cut 8mm off the ends (splines are plenty long enough) and bevel/taper the end so it will insert easily.


I found this out a little while back when I had the opportunity with both available to me.
http://forums.club4ag.com/zerothread?id=61103


I took a few measurements from the top of the bearing retainer to the end of the axle.
LSD Axles: 22 1/16"
NON-LSD Axles: 22 3/8"

Andrew

[blair]

I'm mainly after the length of the Spline'd section.

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/showthread.php?20198-Identify-my-axles!

[Cerby86]

t18 t series: zenki right??

[jdm70]

so wat you guys are sayin is if i welded up my zenki diff i can put kouki axles in if i take 8mm off them?

[blair]

Can you see the pictures above?

They differ in O.D by over a mm, so the answer is no they arent interchangable at all

[jdm70]

yer and thats why i asked cauz it didnt add up MATE

[blair]

Why do people assume tone in text? its fucken retarded!

email, sms, forums, whatever....

I answered your question. No they are not interchangable.

T series Kouki (late model) ~25mm

T series Zenki (Early model) ~24mm

can't fit 25mm in a 24mm hole, no matter how much you cut down the end...

The 8mm difference is aparntly between LSD and non LSD which is completely irrelevent in terms of compatability between zenki and kouki

The reason i asked if you could see the pictures, is becuase without the pictures the post just sais "Zenki T series Axle (as on a celica, same size tho) Kouki T series Axle (ae86)"
which is all i could read when my computer was being shit and not loading pictures properly yesterday. Hence why i asked for measurements in this thread, when there was clearly pictures showing the measurements.

Sorry for trying my best to clear things up for you, as i am too in the middle of sorting out what i need for my diff.

douche