Probably a dumb question. I've searched the forums and I've found I can swap the 95 sr axle into my Gen 1 - direct bolt up without suspension mods. Is 95 the only year SR that will do this, or will 94 & 96 too. LIke I said - probably a dumb question but my eyes are crossing reading all the posts.

Thanks in advance!

Thanks for reading the FAQ and searching prior posts.

Any mitsu Montero or Montero sport axle will work so long as the gear ratio is close (within 10% iirc but someone needs to confirm that) and its a coil sprung model.

The 94-96 (maybe also 97) SR with the rear locker are preferred because they have the larger 9.5" rear ring and pinion with the locking diff, the disk brakes, and the 4.6x:1 gear ratio which is the same or close enough to the orig gen 1 v6 ring and pinion gears.

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Sorry to correct you Ray, but 97 has the 4.27 gear ratio

Also to correct..."any montero sport" axle will not work as a bolt in, and actually none will.

Also, you don't want to use a 94 or early year 95 as they have a larger pinion flange and require drive shaft modifications to fit.

If the donor is a 95 then you need to measure the pinion flange to be safe. 96 and you should be good to go. Stay away from 97 due to the 4.2 gears like chief said.

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That pinion flange is something you seem to have to watch period.I have one out of a 98 and it is larger. Had to get that put onto my driveshaft.

Thanks for the info. Does any one know what the cut off was in 95 between early and late? I can probably figure out the month in the VIN. I know my manual will give me the info how to check.

Glad you told me. The donor is a 95. Maybe i'll look for a 96. There are a few GEN 2s in the local yards.

If there are any other mods for the GEN 1 you can recommend - i'm all ears. I asked this in my other post about brakes as well.

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Don't the sports with coil sprung rear ends work (assuming diff ratios are the same)? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

I'm pretty darn sure a M.S. with coils bolts in. The arms are different on a sport but when I did measurement on a '00 , as I recall, the axle all measured the same as the Gen 2.
You might also concider LSD . Cheaper , no wiring and pumps to mess with,,no driveshaft mod. needed. I preferr my LSD for what I do plus you get advantages of LSD no matter what speed your driving. LSDs are only 9", but I've never heard of anyone breaking one.

All I can contribute to this thread is about leaf sprung trucks.

Montero Sport leaf sprung axles will swap into Gen 1 Leaf sprung trucks. The only issues are the rear sway bar mount on the sport axle interferes with the shock on the drivers side, and the pinion flange is not an exact match.

There's a post where toasty nailed it down to the exact build date you'll have to search that. The original post I think was originated from "stockraider" who was having problems due the flange and got a custom drive shaft fabbed up.

As far as the Sport goes, the OP was infquiring about a Gen1 coil sprung truck which I don't believe will swap over, Although Krazydave says it should, I cold be wrong but no one has done it here, so it's unconfirmed if the coil springs sport axles will swap over my concern looking at it were the trailing arm mounts looked different to me. Anyways, the coil sprung sports never came with the locker, so IMO is not an Ideal donor for a gen I coil spring truck, even if it does fit.