6 speed swap in legacy bh5 gtb

[cuscogtb]

Hey guys,

 

Has anyone completed a 6 speed swap into a bh5/be5?

 

I'm almost complete but ran into a issue with the 6 speed front drive shafts and the legacy hubs. They won't feed through far enough due to the size of the recess on the back of the hub.

 

Conversion is with full 3.0r gear and shafts.

 

Any help on what front drive shafts to use would be great. 

 

Cheers

[McMatty]

Hey guys,
 
Has anyone completed a 6 speed swap into a bh5/be5?
 
I'm almost complete but ran into a issue with the 6 speed front drive shafts and the legacy hubs. They won't feed through far enough due to the size of the recess on the back of the hub.
 
Conversion is with full 3.0r gear and shafts.
 
Any help on what front drive shafts to use would be great. 
 
Cheers

I haven't done the swap but I believe you need to swap out the front hubs too

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[cuscogtb]

I can't swap the hubs because the BP/Bl hubs have a different abs sensor to the BH/BE. 

 

The only option I see at the moment is making hybrid shafts with the originals and the 6 speed ones but would rather find something to slap straight in instead 

[Jono24]

I have done it in my be5. Does your six speed box have stubs on it for the front axles or does it need shafts with stubs? You should be using the chassis axles. 

 

If it has stubs on the box the chassis shafts will just slot in, otherwise you need to buy the short stubs for the box and appropriate seals (there might be circlips required also) to use the chassis shafts. 

[cuscogtb]

The 6 speed doesn't have stubs. I have axles with stubs that came from doner car which are fine on the gearbox end but no good on hub end.

 

Did you use a 6 speed with stubs for yours?

 

I would like to run axles with stubs as I already installed new seals on box to suit them. 

 

Has anyone used sti 6 speed shafts? Wonder if they are different to the BL/BP legacy 6 speed shafts? 

[Jono24]

My 6 spd gearbox had stubs. Check out naisoc and other forums, there were threads with part numbers and lists of what you need. 

 

I don't know if any other axles will work, but I'd be careful that the length is ok for your vehicle, it sounds risky. I thought I needed the stubs and looked into them, don't remember them being to expensive. 

[cuscogtb]

Thanks man I been doing some research and there's a mob in Sydney that sell stubs that will work with the existing 6 speed seals so think I'll go with that option and reuse original shafts 

[Joker]

have yo uchecked the 6 Speed conversion threads contained in the Mega FAQ?

 

there's at least 3 of them here : 

 

save you a click here are the best two

 

Conversions

 

6 speed conversion

6 speed Gearbox into gc8

 

not exactly never been done before & they might help solve an issue or two

[cuscogtb]

Cheers Joker all sorted now. Getting stubs to suit 6 speed and reusing 5 speed shafts

[gotasuby]

Wanna sell the front shafts? 

[Joker]

1 hour ago, cuscogtb said:

Cheers Joker all sorted now. Getting stubs to suit 6 speed and reusing 5 speed shafts

 

/ no stress might add this thread to the list as there appears to be a few extra issues on the L GTB? [wont lie I have only skim read this thread :P]

[cuscogtb]

40 minutes ago, gotasuby said:

Wanna sell the front shafts? 

 

Um I'm based in Brisbane...shipping would be a killer...