V35 Diff Weirdness - Need Stub Axle

[180 wanabe]

As some of you may know I've been having lots of fun with my car lately

To get my car back on the road I need a replacement stub axle, to be precise I need the shorter of the 2 stub axles, anyone got one I could buy or know where I could get one as I'm not having any luck with the wreckers that I have called so far

I'm sightly baffled as to how I have ended up in this situation to begin with

Now to recap why I am baffled

My cars an auto V35 which "should" have been running an open diff just like every other V35 auto out there. Im pretty sure that my old diff was an open one because of the way it behaved around corners and how it seemed to light up one of my rear tyres when I took off quickly from a standstill

With that in mind I ordered a Quaife diff that was suited to the US base spec 350z which runs an open diff just like my car or so I thought

When the diff arrived and the install went ahead I ran into a problem where the longer stub axle was too long to fit into the new Quaife center and after searching the net came across Quaifs own solution of chopping off part of the longer axle to make it fit. Which up until now has worked fine

With more research it seems that the US base spec 350z which runs an open diff uses 2 equal length stub axles that fit perfectly into the quaife diff that I ordered to be a drop in replacement

The VLSD models run 2 different length stub axles in which case you order the diff for the VLSD equipped car and it bolts right up with the different length axles or you get the diff for the open diff 350z and do the chop on the longer stub axle like I ended up doing or you buy a shorter stub axle from a open diff 350z and replace the longer stub axle with the shorter one

Whats got me scratching my head is why has my auto V35 got the same stub axles as a VLSD equipped car ?

Anyone else got an auto V35 and pulled out the diff and noticed what the stub axle situation is?

[NISMO-61]

there is a place here in Melbourne where they have 3 V35s. You might wanna give them a call and see what is available.

Let me find the website.......there it is

they have V35 have a look at the website http://www.niss4x4.com.au/

Also try this one which is in Sydney, they sell new parts http://justjap.com/store/home.php

I hope it helps mate.

[180 wanabe]

Thanks for the post Nismo

I found niss4x4 last night didn't know they had V35's until I had a look just then. I paid for and asked them to send me the short stub axle out of one of the 350zs at about 4pm today. Hopefully they haven't pulled it out of the 350 as I'm still not 100% sure if its even the part that I need

Have quickly shot them an e-mail and asked them to pull out the shorter stub axle from one of the VQ35 powered V35s instead. Will give them a call in the morning to follow up the e-mail I sent

In other news I got a call today from my mother telling me that the auto box in her S13 had gone BOOM! whilst driving 500m away from her house. The workshop she went to wanted $1500 to replace it what a joke! 2nd hand auto SR boxes go for free to $500

[PN-Mad]

Was your mum ripping big smoky skids up the road too? Lol