A518 4x4 to 4x2 tailshaft swap. Age old question answered.

[BrandonBerkosky]

Hi guys. While trying to use the interwebs to find out if the tailshafts swapped I found everything from "no that's impossible" to "uh, Yeah probably cuz my cuzin billy done it"
And everything in between.

Maybe I wasn't looking in the right places. But I found No solid answer.

So first of all I'm no trans expert.
I'm a guy with a 4wd trans that needs to be 2wd.
I acquired a 4wd trans and t-case. Then got a complete 2wd tailshaft on eBay.

Took them both apart. And they do indeed swap.
Rather effortlessly. Here's some pics

 

[BrandonBerkosky]

Got the two units torn down pretty good to find the best parts of the bunch. Here's what I found.
The 4wd od unit is pretty well shot
The 2wd one seems to be in great shape

 

[Mooner1]

Nice! Thanks for the info. There's still one or two of is running the ol 518's & I had actually been wondering about this.

 

[dpaqu]

Very much apreaciated. Now can you do the same thing on a 47rh/A618?

 

[BrandonBerkosky]

That is something I do not know