Suffix A or B axles?

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Author Message   dave t Posted on Monday, December 30, 2002 - 11:28 pm:    I have an 89 RRC and need to replace my CV joints. I've noticed that an 89 can have either a suffix a or suffix b joint. How can I tell what is in mine?   nadim Posted on Tuesday, December 31, 2002 - 01:23 am:    Well, I guess you have to crawl under and see the typo in the top of th casing, almost on the center of the axle assembly... I would do that, rather than "if you have the ABS with 1 wire..." diagnostics, which may be misleading...Land Rover themselves have no idea what they did to the RRC and Disco in the '80s-'90s...   Rob Davison (Pokerob) Posted on Tuesday, December 31, 2002 - 09:19 am:    89 aint got ABS you'll have to take a look at the CV joint itself, should be stamped on there somewhere. sometimes you can go by the vin, but you can't be truly sure till you take a look at it with your own two eyes. rd   ed hart (Adifferentedh) Posted on Tuesday, December 31, 2002 - 10:05 am:    its stamped on the axle housing on the left/drivers side , looks like small punch marks . or you can pull it apart but definately check the housing first should sae some time and aggravation ed   John Henley (Johnhenley) Posted on Tuesday, December 31, 2002 - 05:54 pm:    pull it. It just bit me on the rears. I was sure that I had a later axle, and really had early.   Ron Posted on Wednesday, January 01, 2003 - 03:29 am:    Its stamped on the axle. Its pretty obvious in the front. In the rear you have to know what you are looking for but in the rear it is simply a function of whether or not it has ABS. Front is funky but most (all?) 89s should have B. Ron   dave t Posted on Wednesday, January 01, 2003 - 08:16 pm:    I crawled under my vehicle today and cleaned off the axle and found the serial number stamped on top next to the vent tube. It ended with a B so I'm going to order the suffix B cv joint and hope that's what I have when I take everything apart. Thanks for the help.