Axle questions?

[rezdsmer]

Couldn't find any info on this so here goes. I'm in the process of doing a 6 bolt turbo swap to my dsm.
I'm also going from A/T to M/T. I puncured the dust boot on the driver's side driveshaft removing the ball joint from the steering knuckle , but the splines are also very rusted and don't look like they are salvagable.

So my question is, can I use the non-turbo auto driveshaft in place of the manual turbo one? And if so, will it be able to hold up to the power produced with all the stage 1 upgrade stuff?

I counted the splines on both and they are the same. The only difference I noticed was the diameter of the of the shafts between the CV joints. The donor car is a 91 TSi FWD 5-speed and the car that is being fixed is a 94 GS auto.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[rezdsmer]

Nobody huh. It's okey. I guess I'll just have to tear it apart and put a new boot on and recut the threads for the axle nut.

 

[ez1286]

I wouldn't do it especially if you can see that the nt axle has a smaller shaft diameter.

 

[JayRolla]

Yea if its smaller its weaker, and probably not a good idea. Just my opinion

 

[rezdsmer]

Hey, someone heard me eh?

I figured I should use the bigger one too.
I allready regreased and put the new CV boot on and cleaned up the threads.
Thanks for the input though guys. Much appreciated.