Diff centre interchangeable?

[Matty]

Hey guys a mate of mine has an AE71 wagon with a blown centre in it and we are wondering if the centre out of my old TA22 diff will fit? The guys still only on his L's so im not letting him weld the fucking thing cause he'll bend it, are the splines the same or are the two completly different?
Cheers Matty
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[RobertoX]

Pretty sure not, AE71s had borg warner diffs which definately wont take a t series centre out of a TA22.
The wagons may have had a japanese diff? (might only be the panel vans though?) Which was an s series anyway I think.
Check the build plate to see what sort of diff it is by the diff code. It may have been changed sometime in the life of the car though so you could get under and check also.

If the bolts are on the back of the diff its a borgy (inspection plate), if they are on the front and there are 8 of them (holding in the centre) then its an s, if there are 10 then its a t...



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[Matty]

Cheers dude ive been waiting for him to tell what it looks like but he hasnt done it yet, have to check it out myself.

[Javal]

Pretty sure not, AE71s had borg warner diffs which definately wont take a t series centre out of a TA22.
The wagons may have had a japanese diff? (might only be the panel vans though?) Which was an s series anyway I think.
Check the build plate to see what sort of diff it is by the diff code. It may have been changed sometime in the life of the car though so you could get under and check also.

If the bolts are on the back of the diff its a borgy (inspection plate), if they are on the front and there are 8 of them (holding in the centre) then its an s, if there are 10 then its a t...

Absolutely correct.

Wagons had the borg-warner diff.
Panelvans had the S-Series (8 Bolt)

Your TA22 has a T-series (10 bolt).

Just go to a pickie wrecker and pick up a hundred dollar special to replace his fubar one, changing the whole diff is alot easier than changing the center on a borg-warner style diffs.