How to: axle spacer on 3sgte swap, using hybrid axles on e153 tranny Options

[diegohiga]

I realized that there is no much info about this spacer and I thought this might be helpfull for some people using e153 tranny on their swap.

I used lsd mr2 inners and st185 outters

If you bolt the mr2 inners to the tranny and st185 to the hub you will have a gap of about 1/2 inches in the middle of the 2 axles.


The spacerr was made out of the mr2 axle. This is the piece you remove from the mr2 axle to make the hybrid one.


You need to cut this section which measures exactly 1/2 inch


Then take the spacer to a machine shop to make the surface flat and flush



Mount it to the st185 axle



And get longer bolts and you are ready to install it

[Smaay]

excellent write up.

I find it really interesting that im using an E153 with MR2 LSD inners as ST185 outters and no spacer. i have had no problems at all.

[diegohiga]

excellent write up.

I find it really interesting that im using an E153 with MR2 LSD inners as ST185 outters and no spacer. i have had no problems at all.

Thanks and yes it can be installed without the spacer but the axle gets streched about 1/2 inch and the cage from the st185 ends up coming out and breaking it (sometimes) And if you lower the car I believe it stretches more and the cage breaks faster, which happened to me after 1 month after the swap.