90mm vs 100mm - that is the question

[sukchew at cox-internet.com (Chuck Blue)]

My experience was as follows as near as I can remember.The 100mm joint is 
about 10mm? wider than the 90s.The snapring would not fit in the grove on 
the axle.I built a recess in the cv joint so I could slide it further onto 
the axle. By eliminating the washer I was able to make it work with the 
early axles and spindles.The bolts are also longer on the 100s.I made it 
work even tho I'm sure Dr. Porsche would not approve.
   I haven't checked on the spindles yet but I am reasonably sure that there 
will be some type of modification necessary.Of course this is on a 79 so it 
probably will be different on latter stuff.

ole blue
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From: "Foxx (in a box)" <foxxinabox@wideopenwest.com>
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Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 10:00 PM
Subject: Re: 90mm vs 100mm - that is the question


>>>I think that you will find that the 100mms willnot fit on the axles with 
>>>out some modification to the cv joint spline or the axles.
>>
>>
>> I've never seen any need to mod splined portion of half shafts, nor the 
>> axle
>> portion. What required you to do this?
>
>   i, too, am confused about this. i have taken apart both 90mm and 100mm 
> hub carriers and only show slight differences between the two. despite the 
> fact that they have different part numbers on the etka, the only 
> difference that i can find is that the 100mm carrier is slightly deeper, 
> in terms of the bearing hole depth. i am confused as to why this would 
> cause a problem if one were to install a 100mm axle into a 90mm carrier as 
> there would be more clearance. the hubs, themselves, are exactly the same 
> for 90mm and 100mm, as are the bearings.
>
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