Astro_Al Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Ok, I know that choosing between different types of Rover halfshafts is like selecting whether to build your house out of marshmallows or wine gums, but... Following my hi-jack of a previous thread on axle selection, I need some 24 spline outer front stub shafts (with UJs). P A Blanchards are quoting me about 20 quid for a non-genuine or 40 quid for a genuine shaft. Including postage, the price for 2 genuine shafts will be about 100 quid. Seems a lot for a chocolate teapot? Does anyone know which is better in terms of materials / treatment? Is there any tech out there on how these things are made? Are Rover genuine shafts just carp steel or likely to be better quality than the non-genuine ones? Oh for a spline roller... Cheers for any input. Al. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Hmmmmmmmmmm Pattern stuff is absolutely hopless, with CVs if your going "Normal" ones then get a Brand stamped one GKN is about as good as you'll get or Hardy Spicers...... Basically "Genuine" LR ones are from a variety of sources they don't make them, so again 1 batch may be one copmapnies efforts, and another GKNs etc.... HTH Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon White Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 I paid £100 for my pair of uprated Kam rear shafts........ Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonr Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Oh for a spline roller... It's not that expensive to get a CNC shop to machine an external spline in whatever you like. Internal splines are more tricky - but not expensive if they have the tooling for that particular spline. Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro_Al Posted January 9, 2006 Author Share Posted January 9, 2006 It's not that expensive to get a CNC shop to machine an external spline in whatever you like.Internal splines are more tricky - but not expensive if they have the tooling for that particular spline. Si Yeah. Like I say, 100 squids does seem a lot for standard carp (even if it's 24 spline). I can probably get the shaft itself done in maraging steel for reasonable cost - the problem then is the yokes for the UJ... Jon - rears are easy in comparison... Al. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonr Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Yeah. Like I say, 100 squids does seem a lot for standard carp (even if it's 24 spline). I can probably get the shaft itself done in maraging steel for reasonable cost - the problem then is the yokes for the UJ...Jon - rears are easy in comparison... Al. What about shafts from something else - like a J<cough>eep - and get the ends re-machined to fit? Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isuzurover Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 (edited) If you want to spend a bit more money for a lot stronger shaft, get onto Moser http://www.moserengineering.com/moser_inte...customalloy.htm http://www.moserengineering.com/moser_inte...customaxles.htm or Rovertracks http://www.rovertracks.com/products/axles.html Moser make all the Land Rover axles for rovertracks (which keith sells without markup I believe), so they can at least machine 24 spline axles. They usually use 1541H, which is not the most exotic material, but is quite strong, and is used by many manufacturers for good quality car and truck axles. You can probably fit a Dana 44 UJ (and Dana 44 shafts resplines to LR size) into the Land Rover swivel, which is a lot bigger and stronger than the stock series UJ. Edited January 9, 2006 by isuzurover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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