i hate to ask but there are too many different answers? (search already)

[sloweighty]

i have search and search and i have found a lot of different answers so i need help to get the right answers?

I have tried to install a 96 abs J30 six bolt vlsd into my s13 and was able to get it in but when i tried to put together the drive shaft and the diff it was very tight and i was afraid that i might ruin my trans so i stop and took it out and put my stock open diff back in.

I search for a couple of days and came up with some answers saying it is ok to install the abs j30 into a non abs car and some say you have to get the abs drive shaft and some just say that it is ok for the abs diff and drive shaft to be that tight and might ruin the transmission? The funny one i heard was you can swap the internals vlsd into the open diff but when i tried it the vlsd was too big for the open and it didn't work at all. so i am asking the people who has done this swap. What is the truth behind this story. Can you swap the abs j30 vlsd into a non abs vehicle without the abs drive shaft. Can you swap the internals without a problem? Will the transmission get ruin with the abs j30 and a non abs drive shaft being that tight together? Please help with a lot of DETAIL PLEASE

[sloweighty]

o yea please don't tell me to weld my stock diff because had one and it was great for sliding but i didn't not like it for daily driving and i don't like it

[Razi]

You can try and putting a J30 diff in without a abs driveshaft, many have done it.I personally won't recommend doing that.

[sloweighty]

You can try and putting a J30 diff in without a abs driveshaft, many have done it.I personally won't recommend doing that.

i already did that and the drive shaft and the diff was to tight together

[Razi]

Yep, it will be tight since the J30 diff has the abs sensor.Some people run it like that and they don't leak or anything.

[sloweighty]

Yep, it will be tight since the J30 diff has the abs sensor.Some people run it like that and they don't leak or anything.

like i said, some people run it and no problem and some get a lot of transmission problem

[sloweighty]

anyone else that would like to answer this question

[jessetang]

I did it, and everything was fine until I wrecked the car. When I remove the vlsd and the axles, one of the axles cap is leaking, but it happened after I remove it. But yes, it is fine.

[wishin_on_an_sr]

i did this to mine, it required a custom driveshaft for it to work. heres a link i found. should be great, read towards the bottom. http://infohost.nmt.edu/~adaws....html

[sloweighty]

i did this to mine, it required a custom driveshaft for it to work. heres a link i found. should be great, read towards the bottom. http://infohost.nmt.edu/~adaws....html

yea have came upon this website to but what i am trying to avoid is the very expense custom drive shaft

[wishin_on_an_sr]

probably the best way to go tho. but if you can find a way that will work and save you a good chunk of change, the more power to ya.

[tctomasc]

get an abs driveshaft from another 240.... or you can swap the lsd from the j30 into the open diff pumpkin. Idk if that fits, but try it, let us know.

[sloweighty]

i have and still am looking for an abs s13 manual drive shaft but it is so hard to look for. I have tried to swap the guts but vlsd wont fit the open diff, so i know that dont work

[sloweighty]

i want to know if the JDM are abs diffs....i know that they work just like the usdm ones but i want to know if they have non abs vlsd diff....if so...what kind of car does it come out from