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Ziegelsteinfaust · 07-23-2021, 04:30 PM

They have different shafts to accommodate the long or short shaft housing.

If you have the skill to swap shafts you can just as easily rebuild your trans too. Appartently it's not hard, but it's time consuming for the first time. My uncle used to work for GMC dealers in the 60's. He could do the whole job in 8 hours by himself. So for a average guy in the garage a 2 day job maybe more appropriate.

Also shortening a tail shaft is less then $200. Cheaper then rebuilding a trans.

07-23-2021, 04:30 PM	#2
Ziegelsteinfaust Registered User Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Temple City Posts: 3,566	Re: Long Tail and Short Tail Question They have different shafts to accommodate the long or short shaft housing. If you have the skill to swap shafts you can just as easily rebuild your trans too. Appartently it's not hard, but it's time consuming for the first time. My uncle used to work for GMC dealers in the 60's. He could do the whole job in 8 hours by himself. So for a average guy in the garage a 2 day job maybe more appropriate. Also shortening a tail shaft is less then $200. Cheaper then rebuilding a trans.