S13 Driveshafts Into R32 Hubs

[Bennett]

Hey guys have a s15 centre and halfshafts that im going to put into my r32 gtst housing if its not too hard as mines screwed. I have s13 driveshafts that i can bolt onto the halfshafts. All i need to know is will the s13 driveshafts fit into my r32 rear hubs? And would they be the right length. I hope they will as s13 and r32 rear setup is similar. Any help would be great...

Thanks guys

[Bennett]

Anyone know?

[bubba]

Why changing driveshafts/halfshafts? Your stock halfshafts should plug into the S15 diff I think.. and the S13 driveshafts are a fair bit weaker apparently..

[Bennett]

Yeah i have heard that they are weaker but the still take over 300rwkw so i should be fine. If my half shafts fit into the diff then ill keep them for sure, just didnt think they would fit. Guess theres only one way to find out...

Has anyone else done this before?

[BHDave]

my r32 drive shafts are fitted to an s13 atm so it'll work the other way too.

s13 shafts are no weaker.

cheers

[Bennett]

Sweeeet! Thanks BHDave. Ill try my half shafts into the diff first and if that doesnt work ill put the s13 driveshafts in. Thanks for your help guys

[BHDave]

the s15 center has more splines and a larger diameter from memory. The r32 output shafts won't fit the center.

You will need to use the s15 output shaft and the s13 drive shaft.

The car i'm buying actually has this done and will get my r32 diff with nismo center and r32 drive shafts installed in it too.

You can pretty much swap anything around between s13 and r32 at the back end with no problems. Even the arms, sway bars and struts are interchangable

[Bennett]

Yeah i thought the parts were interchangable but i wasnt sure bout the hubs as the s13 is obviously 4 stud. Ill use the s15 diff with the s13 driveshafts then.

[bubba]

My bad, but I was told when I got my S13 diff (for the lower ratio) not to use the S13 driveshafts as they were weaker than my R32 items. They certainly look to be of a smaller diameter.

[BHDave]

they are, but on the 32 shafts theres also a section thats a smaller diameter than the rest. Thats the point it'll fail at if the shaft is going to fail.

Alot of people seem to kill the inner CV's before the shaft though which implies thats the weak link.

[bubba]

Cool, thanks for the clarification Dave