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What differential does my 85 12a automatic car have?

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Old 05-01-20 | 07:27 PM
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What differential does my 85 12a automatic car have?

I'm reading that the 84-85 cars had bigger rear differentials but I'm thinking it's only the GSL-SE 13b cars.

Does anyone know what differential my car has?
It is an 85 12A with the automatic trans.

If needed, I can get some pictures the next time I work on it.
Thanks!
Old 05-01-20 | 07:31 PM
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All 84-85 are big bearing cars.
Old 05-01-20 | 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by GSLSEforme
All 84-85 are big bearing cars.
Thanks for the reply. Just to confirm, that's true even for 84-85 12A automatic cars?

Read some conflicting info stating 12A automatic cars had the small axle, but it could have been misinformation.

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the only difference with it being automatic is it will probably have different gearing in the rear than the manual cars.
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the only difference with it being automatic is it will probably have different gearing in the rear than the manual cars.
Thanks for the reply. That's true, I just looked up the gearing for manual vs automatic and they're different.
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