Can someone tell me the difference in length between the auto and manual AU tailshafts?

Its the ute that Im interested in but I guess the live axle sedan would be different by the same length.

The manual box is longer than the auto so I need to have my auto tailshaft shortened but not sure how much.

I could measure the boxes but it doesnt seem to be the most accurate way to do it because of their shape.

Thanks Ash. Found the thread. He said that someone told him it was 40mm shorter.

Im gonna make a start on this today and sort the tailshaft out during the week.

Auto shaft definitely doesnt fit. It bottoms out before you can get the tailshaft flange onto the diff flange.

I got one from a manual V8 and that fits fine.

$30.

so it was too short or too long? did it have a balancer on it?
cheers

the auto tailshaft will be to long by about 50mm

hey, when i headed down this path, i borrowed a manual shaft (compliments of ebxr82nv) for test purposes and placed it against my auto one and the manual is slightly shorter by about 40mm. having a balancer doesnt make any difference as i have one of those from ash and considered it in the test! if u have an alloy shaft, i went and seen national driveshafts at beresfield and they said it would be cheaper to have a steel one made with the same diameter an alloy shaft(ie; an oversized steel shaft = stronger).

its entirely up to you but these were my results as i found it is impossible to find a manual shaft and new from FRAUD they cost 1400!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hope this helps anyone

"Auto shaft definitely doesnt fit. It bottoms out before you can get the tailshaft flange onto the diff flange.

I got one from a manual V8 and that fits fine."



Hey man, what model did you get that out of? just the au v8?