915 question?

ricola · #1 March 10th 2008, 09:30

924/944 axles are not all the same, ally armed cars have much longer axles, I'm fairly sure the CV's aren't the same bolt pattern either...
There are posts about axle length, I think the early 944 ones were slightly shorter than stock type 1, I think that must have been balanced by the slightly wider 905 trans as I didn't have any problems...

wrenchnride247 · #2 March 10th 2008, 22:24

Well, if this helps any. I've got a '86 915 out of a Carrera, and '87 944S CV's and shafts with '87 ali arms. They bolt to the 915 flanges.

Wally · #3 March 11th 2008, 15:33

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Originally Posted by wrenchnride247

Well, if this helps any. I've got a '86 915 out of a Carrera, and '87 944S CV's and shafts with '87 ali arms. They bolt to the 915 flanges.

Then you were really, really lucky, as most late 915's have 110mm flanges/CV's and the 100mm 944 CV don't go with that.

wrenchnride247 · #4 March 11th 2008, 20:54

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Originally Posted by Wally

Then you were really, really lucky, as most late 915's have 110mm flanges/CV's and the 100mm 944 CV don't go with that.

Wally, I thought it was kind of strange too. The axles are marked '87 944S, but may be wrong (written with paint marker from salvage yard) I had one of the axles with me when I went to pick up the tranny, and the CV bolt holes matched the 915's.

wrenchnride247 · #5 March 15th 2008, 22:16

I looked at my axles again today, and noticed that they are marked 944 S2 (not 944 S). This maybe why they bolt to the 915 flanges.

JiI · #6 April 8th 2008, 10:57

I'm sending my 915 flanges and stub axles off to precision alloy to be converted to 930. I modified my dune buggy Jamar shifter to work with the tranny. The 915 has such a short throw and shaft rotation the Jamar shifter has a lot of throw to spare!
Jeff

Eatoniashoprat · #7 March 11th 2008, 11:47

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Originally Posted by ricola

924/944 axles are not all the same, ally armed cars have much longer axles, I'm fairly sure the CV's aren't the same bolt pattern either...
There are posts about axle length, I think the early 944 ones were slightly shorter than stock type 1, I think that must have been balanced by the slightly wider 905 trans as I didn't have any problems...

The axles that are slightly shorter than T1 I recently found out are 410mm, whereas the beetle axle is 415.5mm

Mike

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