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Shame, cannot open that as I do not do Facebook Regards Stephen

My spindle bore is 34mm, mog halfshaft minor diameter is 35mm On nights so have brought halfshaft in to see if it will go in the lathe chuck at work If you do machine the splines off finished diameter needs to be 31.4mm Regards Stephen

Your not the only one with tin worm pain Old friend just called to see me and told me his 2011 Toyota hilux is getting scrapped, he was lucky his steering failed when he was going dead slow, on investigation mounting points on vehicle had rotted away and allowed steering rack to drop, while looking for the problem he also found most of the chassis steel hidden by the belly plate had rotted away, he is not a happy bunny... Regards Stephen

Oh dear !!!!!! That's not going to fit.... Oh well looks like mill is going to be a lathe again, the good news is once the existing splines are removed +1mm it will slide through so I can turn it down to spline major diameter Set mog shaft up in 4 jaw very roughly just to see if spline cutter cuts into halfshaft material ok It does pleasantly surprised how easy it cut, thinking back to when I modified my mog diff pinion, the halfshaft material seems a lot easier to machine, which is good because I had to use a tungsten tipped tool for the pinion and it still took nearly an hour per spline thats all I had time for today regards Stephen

This is just a practice attempt so no heat treat on this, just scrap now Heat treating on the Mog Half shaft remains to be seen, if they are anything like the diff pinion I did in my mog 404 axles thread then they may not need heat treating, however, ultimately that will be up to @dangerous doug I'm just trying to help out with the machining Regards Stephen

I see Not overly worried, I've already been thinking of making an extended bed to fasten to mill bed and then attatch dividing head and tail stock Regards Stephen

Don't know....why ? Not cutting them, no way...... I've said this before....every forum has a comedian.....lol Regards Stephen

Short shaft fits ok, might have to get creative for the long shaft.... regards Stephen

The good news is I do not need to make an adaptor, my new dividing head comes with outside jaws and these hold the 4 jaw chuck comfortably regards Stephen

Looking good Winch bumper a la Ben...????? Hope to see it in the flesh one day Regards Stephen

Shed dweller fresh.........lol Regards Stephen

Your far too kind, but thank you Regards Stephen

So second blank cut Stop set so alignment looking better completed this one is a knock in fit so could probably do with another 0.2mm removed to feel the same as an original shaft, but im very very happy with it alongside a proper one Looks good to me....? So once I'm off nights I will see about getting 4 jaw to fit indexer then machine mog shaft and have a go on a considerably harder said shaft Regards Stephen

About 30 minutes, took longer to set up with a dti Regards A smug shed dweller....lol

WOW, I got a real treat today My neighbours son works for a Landrover dealership he came to see his dad in this today HSE 130 300 ? Asked to have a look at it and he handed me the keys and told me to take it up the road First off it's massive, however it goes like s%%t off a stick, quiet info screen very clear, cabin spacious... Damn I wish I had the 90k to buy one....really I was very impressed at how good it was Regards Stephen

So had a wee bit play today with Previously made spline blank First set up then cutting, cuts are different lengths as I did not set up stop Best of all it fits fit is a bit slack as i cut too deep, however im very happy with the result, will do another blank test with depth and stop set then look to have a go on a mog shaft regards Stephen

Wow...I'm seriously impressed Thank you so much, if I can return the favour please let me know Regards Stephen

JB weld or plastic padding leak repair (10min cure) Regards Stephen Edit A piece of thin rubber and one jubilee clip will do if it's only a pin hole

Er SHUT UP.......lol The adaptor I will be making is to fit into the 3 jaw Regards Stephen

Ahem....... https://www.thistlycrosscider.co.uk/ Regards Stephen

Should be fine, have used this method before with success Regards Stephen

Unfortunately yes Blank test run will be easy enough However dividing head is 3 jaw Mog front shafts have a tee end This will need a 4 jaw chuck I have an old one I got off a handmade wood lathe donkeys ago Adaptor will need to be made so it fits into 3 jaw Then I have to make some spacers to get involute cutter to fit an R8 tool piece So I guess " now we wait" is about right...lol Regards Stephen

Happy days its arrived now i just need to play with it regards Stephen

@PaulMc forgot to send pictures Here they are now 4 connectors go into the ecu I need another end one like the one in the middle below thanks in advance regards Stephen

Here's me hoping you were all going to move to the Scottish borders, Englandshire side would do....lol Regards Stephen