Are the front drive shafts (left and right) the same on WRX Classics ? They look exactly the same to me.

Also are the rear driveshafts on both sides same ? and are they same as front ones.

 

left and right differ in length but front and rear shafts are the same.

 

They aren't on my Sti V3 my 1997.

Rears are not the same side to side (especially if you have a viscous lsd) and my rears are nothing like the fronts.

Rears snap into place with a retaining ring, and the fronts are located into the box using spring scroll pins.

Other models could be different!

 

Which side is longer, left or right ?

 

Near side iirc.
Graham

 

Can somebody confirm the left side driveshaft (i.e near side) is longer than off side drive shaft. Im getting very confused here..

 

MY PREVIOUS POST WAS WRONG! (sorry)


This is a pic of my Sti v3 visc driveshaft with the extended spline for the diff.
It is photographed from the rear of the car about 3 months ago.

It is on the off-side of the car.

This is the NS rear half shaft.


Graham.

 

thanks for the help so far. I now know the back and front driveshafts are different, I removed and checked them but Im still unsure about near side and off siode length. Which front driveshaft is shorter, near side or off side ?

 

OK:
Rear diff:

NS shaft is the short one.
OS is the long one.

This only applies if the rear diff is a viscous type LSD as opposed to open, or plated.

The last 2 have short shafts on both sides.

Front shafts are totally different to the rears, and are not interchangable.

i spent a very unhappy month sorting out my rear shafts.
When i say 'long' i mean the long shaft is the one with an extra spline to to as my pictures. The acatual shaft lengths on the rears are the same.

A shaft is an assembly with a drive shaft that has 2 CV joints. It is the inner CV features that are different.