kurtwwalters Posted January 13, 2006 Share #1 Posted January 13, 2006 Does anybody know if the driveshaft from a 72 240 is identical between an automatic vs 4 speed car? I see in the Motorsports catalog there is only one part number, but I'd like to be sure... thank you in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeewhiz Posted January 13, 2006 Share #2 Posted January 13, 2006 I'm getting ready to swap my auto four a 4-speed as well. I have heard from several trusty sources on this site alone that says they have different length drive shafts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arne Posted January 13, 2006 Share #3 Posted January 13, 2006 I am also planning this swap for later in the spring. But what I read was that they are the same length. There may be differences between real early cars (like mine) and later 240Z's (where the diff was relocated back some), but I don't think the driveshafts differ from auto to manual for the same year cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtwwalters Posted January 13, 2006 Author Share #4 Posted January 13, 2006 Actually I am leaving in the automatic (girlfriend car), but would like to clean up and paint a driveshaft that from my parts car so I can do it all at once - out with the old and in with the new (entire suspension). Thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenz240z Posted January 14, 2006 Share #5 Posted January 14, 2006 Perhaps you could pull the drive shaft from the parts car and compare the two. I'd think you could do it without having to remove the drive shaft from your gf's car. Jack it up and compare the length between the u-joints on each drive shaft.As Arne says, I think the only difference in length is related to the location of the differential, which was moved rearward in later 240's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getrdone Posted January 14, 2006 Share #6 Posted January 14, 2006 I did the auto to 5spd swap a few years ago and the drive shafts were the same. The auto was a 74 and the 5spd was out of a 78. Sorry if I'm adding to the confusion but I would bet that they are the same in your case as well.Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrOxLaMuS© Posted January 16, 2006 Share #7 Posted January 16, 2006 same for me.. no issues or differences I could tell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popdaddy Posted January 17, 2006 Share #8 Posted January 17, 2006 same for me as well,no difference in the length,although my auto drive shaft has a splined ring around it at rear of it so that you can I assume disengage the shaft from the differential,never seen anything like it before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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