Thread: interest for custom axles (6spd swap)

The driver side was the easy one. If you have an oem b13 axle you can swap the whole intermediate w/ outer joint onto the spec V inner just by swapping the 3 roller joint. One C-clip and it slides right off and new one goes right on and fits perfectly.

You may have tried to use a non oem if it didnt work. Both me, coheed, and another guy all had no issues putting together a driver side. The passenger one is the tricky one to find the right axle that has the same size outer joint splines and not the larger that all the other spec V axles have. Again I believe they came from a 5 speed 02 Se-R non spec V since coheed tried pretty much every year, oem and non oem and all were the same larger splined outer joints.

The uncertainty of which axle it is and it being easier to grab the axles when they grab the transmission... Made me think that basing the custom piece on the specv axle made more sense.... NO?

yes ,just make the driver side 5/8" shorter..

Yes the larger splined one makes more sense as that is the most common one. I havent seen any issues with axle length differences

Then I'll just see what Marty can do...

I'm down as long as its not going to be 1900

Here's what I did:
2 new knuckles from Spec V, with stock brakes: $200.
Rear beam from Spec V: $200 iirc.
Wheels $800, tires $800.
New wheel bearings: $80
New pads/rotors: $150

Optional: Brembo calipers $200 used, or $200 each new from Nissan. And Altima MC.

Around $2250. Or you may just be able to take the hubs from the Spec and use them in the stock knuckle. Save some money. Then you could use stock off-shelf axles with less headache. Just gotta change the bolt-pattern on the hubs back to 4x100.

I gave up trying to find the right combo for this setup. I'm much happier with the upgrade.

My problem, with changing to the b15 hub to 4x100, is my center bore on my wheels was machined to fit my 59.1mm hubs. Yeah I know I can re-bore them all, but I like having my hubs and wheel studs share the weight of the car vs. just the studs. So Id rather have half an axle made to fit the spec-v axle, or find a magic one.