VK 5speed

[VKcambo]

Hey guyz. i have just put in a 5speed into my Vk sedan and i'm havn real trouble with the tail shaft atm. i cant seem to find one.. the tail shaft it came with had the wrong end for the diff on it and i tryed modifying it to suit it was to long. the diff i have in it is a Borgy its the U bolts one. so if there is anyone out there with one or knows how to find them that would be great.. i was even thinking about swaping the diff centres ova in it oris that changing the hole differnt diff houseing.?. well cheers for reading if u can be any help to me that would be great thanx..

cheers cam

[DANNY8]

The borg warner diffs in the Commodores use a flange, the Salisbury's use the u-bolts.

[ari666]

what 5 speed is it? shouldnt your old trimatic one bolt up?

[vkberlina]

It wouldbe an M76 5 speed (borgwarner and sailisbury diff) the problem is this combo is rare as, you need to fabricate a tailshaft, cut the end off a borgwarner shaft and then spin down the yoke for the sailisbury on a lathe and then weld it in.

Have info on my site about my tailshaft adventures

cheers
Scott

[VKcambo]

thanx heeps for your help. All 2day i was on the phone trying to find a shaft but everyone was kept ed telling me i was dreaming.. so i already have a 5speed shaft but its for the wrong diff. Wats so different with the Diff housings..? any chance i could just change the Center and get away with it or do i have to change the housing?

cheers cam

[VBRED]

Mate

What you might be able to do is sepearte the 2 sections at the cv joint. Fit your existing rear section that fits your existing diff to the front section that fits the gear box.

If that is no good then you might have to get one fabricated.

I fitted a T5 to my VB with a BW diff and got a VN V8 one rebuilt and cut to suit.

Good Luck

[VKcambo]

well this is my daily so i'm trying to take it the cheeper way and spend more money on the Play car. If i can swap the diff centers ova that would be great i just dont know if the housings are the same

[DANNY8]

There was a few VH's fitted with the 5spd and Salisbury diffs....I might even have a tailshaft down the back to fit it (I use to have a VH 5spd with a Salisbury), but I don't know which one is which...these days if we need one we keep trying different ones till we find one that fits lol.

Ya might get away with using the M76 yoke on the front of ur current tailshaft.

[vkberlina]

Ya might get away with using the M76 yoke on the front of ur current tailshaft.

the tail shaft unis are different sizes, ther aussie boxes and trimatics run a larger shaft and the unis are different.

scott

[DANNY8]

the tail shaft unis are different sizes, ther aussie boxes and trimatics run a larger shaft and the unis are different.

scott

Ah ok i see.

[v8commy]

$450 brand new from hardy and spicer or something like that

[VK SL 3800]

Mate

What you might be able to do is sepearte the 2 sections at the cv joint. Fit your existing rear section that fits your existing diff to the front section that fits the gear box.

If that is no good then you might have to get one fabricated.

I fitted a T5 to my VB with a BW diff and got a VN V8 one rebuilt and cut to suit.

Good Luck

I had a quick look under my VK with a Salisbury trimatic combo and looks to have the same CV joint as the m76 shaft i have in the shed so try connecting the rear half of your old tailshaft the the front of your new one there as VBRED suggested.