# 89 Tauras  Vs 91... axels interchangable?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 3, 2004, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/89-tauras-vs-91-axels-interchangable/227291 "2004-02-03T05:37:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Souless\_slicer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@Souless\_slicer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Souless_slicer)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/89-tauras-vs-91-axels-interchangable/227291/1 "2004-02-03T05:37:24Z")

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Its as simple as that… are the axels the same on the 91 as the 89? is the majority of the car interchangable?

Thanks all.

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**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/89-tauras-vs-91-axels-interchangable/227291/2 "2004-02-03T14:27:00Z")

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It doesn’t matter to me that you misspelled **axle** (rod related to a wheel) as **axel** (jump in figure skating), but I don’t know if there is indeed a vehicle called a **Tauras** or if you’re talking about a Ford **Taurus**. Some details are important.

Salvage yards have interchange books that can answer your question. Auto parts stores can tell you if the same axle part number is listed for both cars. While someone here might be able to tell you, this isn’t the type of thing that many people just know offhand. I work on cars for a living, and I don’t know – I don’t need to know, I have parts stores and salvage yards to rely on. It may be more efficient to call one of them.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/89-tauras-vs-91-axels-interchangable/227291/3 "2004-02-03T16:17:46Z")

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