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Old Jun 10, 2021 | 03:14 PM
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Are all axles the same? I have a 2016 a8 z51. Broken axle. Need to order some and there’s so many different ones. Any help appreciated.
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Are all axles the same? I have a 2016 a8 z51. Broken axle. Need to order some and there’s so many different ones. Any help appreciated.
Left and right are different, to avoid torsional resonance and wheel hop. That's the extent of my knowledge.
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Sorry, have to ask. How did you break and axle and what broke? Good luck with the repairs.
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Bolt on car… heads, cam, intake, cai, stall. Just had got the new drag radials. Car was wheel hopping on street tires. So fast forward. New Mickey Thompson’s. Did a burnout on the street where I make test passes down by the house. Loaded up the suspension and snap. Sheared the spider gears and snapped driver side axle. It snapped where it tapers down. I picked up a new gm diff but axles are in Fort Worth and like 2 weeks out. So I was wondering if I could just pick up a z06 or z51 axle and it be a match. For some reason the gm service dept won’t tell me part numbers to cross reference and I’ve looked all over with mixed reviews. Saying the rh is larger in diameter than the left and that only certain years interchange. Was hoping someone has some input that has been in the situation.
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Awesome, but sorry for the destruction. Good luck with the rebuild. Maybe repost in the Technical Forum.
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Whoever owned the car before me. Already put a rh in the lh. So apparently they interchange from side to side.

So if anyone runs across the problem. They charge side to side.
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Originally Posted by KY_corvette
Whoever owned the car before me. Already put a rh in the lh. So apparently they interchange from side to side.

So if anyone runs across the problem. They charge side to side.
They should be.
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Originally Posted by KY_corvette
Whoever owned the car before me. Already put a rh in the lh. So apparently they interchange from side to side.

So if anyone runs across the problem. They charge side to side.
You didn't snap the shaft. You snapped the cage that holds the bearings that goes on the race.
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If I remember correctly...when I was at BG to watch my car being built the axle shafts for the Z's were thicker than for the non Z but fit both cars.
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They do fit. I just put 2 zo6 axles in. Back up and going.
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They do fit. I just put 2 zo6 axles in. Back up and going.
Did you notice a difference between your old axles and the new Z06 axles? Thicker? More substantial? Anything?
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Way thicker. Heavier. Just more all around.


The one that’s busted is a bigger one anyway from the right side that was installed on the left. But the z axle is bigger than either.
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