so my right side axle needed to be replaced...so i called napa and got one, pulled the old one out, and only then did i notice that the new one had an abs ring on it. the rockauto.com site says that the abs axle is 1/16" longer than the non-abs model...but the guy at napa insists he only shows one part number, for abs and non-abs alike.

does anyone know if this is correct?

I got a brand new cv axle from carquest, this was for the drivers side though, they gave me the one with the abs ring also. It works fine, what you do if you dont have abs is take a small flat screwdriver and a hammer and tap it off. I cant say for sure about the right side. hope this helps

i'm not entirely sure if an axle for a car with abs is backwards compatible with one without, but i wouldn't take any chances. i'd return it and get the correct one.

When I replaced the axles on my 94 they had the ABS rings on them. They only had 1 part number and they were compatible with both. Had no problems whatsoever.

In all honesty why would a car with ABS have different axles than a non-ABS? Axles and hubs are independent of an ABS system other than hosting the sensors.

yah it doesnt matter...just take the ring off and it'll work fine. thats what i did on mine...no probs whatsoever.

-bboy

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abs axles have these 'gears' for the magnetic abs sensor which is made so that the sensor can keep track of wheel rotations... kinda like how optical drives read the land and pits of a CD




This post has been edited by azian_advanced: Feb 13, 2009 - 2:00 PM

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yup, that ring comes off with a flat head screwdriver and a few taps with a mallet.

no biggie.

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Well I know that, I put ABS axles on my 94 without removing the rings and didn't have a problem. I was addressing the question to Uberschall who said the ABS axles were 1/16" longer than non-abs axles. They're exactly the same, 1 just has a toothed ring on it and the other doesnt.

I just replaced my passenger side axle too. It did have an ABS ring on it too, but I didn't even think to take it off. It fit in perfectly. You just have to take the little bracket where the axle bolts to the engine in the middle of it off the old one and transfer it to the new one... It says to use a bearing press to do this, I used a hammer and it worked pretty good! lol. just put some grease on it before beating it onto the new bearing.

This post has been edited by 6strngs: Feb 16, 2009 - 1:33 AM