Grand national axles in a 7.5?

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ham1974

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Does anyone have experience with putting 28 spline Grand national axles in a 7.5 housing? I have a torsen posi 28 spline to go with it. A buddy put a posi from a camaro in an s10 dropped right in but it had 28 spline axles. Will I need different or special bearings?
 

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I have recently done this exact swap. The Torsen differential will drop right in, the bearings are the same. Two things are different. The ends of the axles have to be machined down to 5 mm from the inner edge of the C-clip groove. I had a local ship take them down for $30 for the pair. You could also grind for a while and get there yourself. If you happen to have the Camaro axle shaft, use that as a check so you don't go too far. The second thing is that the 8.5 C-clip is bigger in inside diameter. You can either open up the 7.5 ID to the 8.5 ID with a Dremel stone bit or buy replacement 8.5 C-clips in the Help! section of the parts store and grind down the outside diameter until it fits into the Torsen. I went this route. I have not driven on it yet. Moser makes new GN axles for $240 a pair, or you can reach out to the Forum and find a decent used pair. I needed only one to replace a boogered bearing surface, but found a single useable used one from another Forum member.
 
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ham1974

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I have recently done this exact swap. The Torsen differential will drop right in, the bearings are the same. Two things are different. The ends of the axles have to be machined down to 5 mm from the inner edge of the C-clip groove. I had a local ship take them down for $30 for the pair. You could also grind for a while and get there yourself. If you happen to have the Camaro axle shaft, use that as a check so you don't go too far. The second thing is that the 8.5 C-clip is bigger in inside diameter. You can either open up the 7.5 ID to the 8.5 ID with a Dremel stone bit or buy replacement 8.5 C-clips in the Help! section of the parts store and grind down the outside diameter until it fits into the Torsen. I went this route. I have not driven on it yet. Moser makes new GN axles for $240 a pair, or you can reach out to the Forum and find a decent used pair. I needed only one to replace a boogered bearing surface, but found a single useable used one from another Forum member.
Did you happen to take any pictures of the modification to the axles?
 

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98-02 Camaro, Firebird, Trans Am with the performance package. look for 'G80' on the option tag, that is the limited slip differential RPO code.
 
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Try Turbobuick.com wanted classifieds for axles. Anybody with a Turbobuick running 11's (easy) should have upgraded the axles and they are tripping over the old ones in the garage.
 
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