istruggle2gate11 Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Ta Da.... missed me? Anyway... Whilst out in the quarry last Saturday, I manged to break something in the front axle, I lost drive to the offside front, but without the usual bang clunk noise, rather more a fine grating noise. So I put it down to the splines on the drive flange failing. Anyway, a quick strip down of the hub revealed more, so fully stripped down the axle assembly to find the inner cv cage had collapsed, taking the halfshaft splines with it. Both are from Ashcroft Transmissions and are the heavy duty type, so I took a couple of pictures, emailed them through Sunday evening, I had a response 7.40am Monday morning! requesting I send the cv back to Dave at Ashcroft. I decided to call Dave to see if he wanted the halfshaft as well, he said no, that was obviously dead, but the cv could possibly be repaired as it was only the inner cage which had gone, and they have since improved it further. Then he suggested I take the nearside cv out and send that also, he would upgrade it before it broke. Both the CV and Halfshaft to be replaced without question! I sent the cv's in on Tuesday, received them back on Wednesday AM!!!! Fantastic Service and a product well worth its money. These shafts and cv's have been through situations that would see off standard landrover components in a heart beat. Credit where credit is due, I would recommend these to anybody. Some Pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white90 Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Faultless company and Service! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderman Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Excellent service from them every time , I usualy ring them on a monday or PM Dave on a sunday , Within a short while I get a reply of an action plan and by tuesday the parts are there . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will_warne Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Ahhh - you've done an Adrian! I have to agree on the service Ashcrofts offer - totally faultless in my experience! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Very good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yella 90 Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 ditto, same happend to mine, and it was sorted without any questions or hassle which you would get from other companys got send mine back down again tho, as i broke them both at the weekend ah well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 I have recieved top quality service from Messr's Ashcroft when I replaced the transfer box last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLASH Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 How old were the cv's I have a set that I bought about 6 months ago just wonder if there the update model Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smo Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Dave has always been a pleasure to deal with so its no surprise to hear the excellent service you recieved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
istruggle2gate11 Posted April 2, 2009 Author Share Posted April 2, 2009 How old were the cv's I have a set that I bought about 6 months ago just wonder if there the update model Mine were purchased about 9 months ago Flash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Chua Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 I have to agree with you guys. He managed to rush my order of the 1.222 ratio to me before I flew out of the UK last year. He even explained everything I asked over the email before and after i made the purchase. Hats off to Dave. Now if only I can get him over to singapore to find where this problem in my landie is.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JST Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 they are certainly a pleasure to deal with. very helpful and informative. Dave has been extremely helpful to me with lots of questions on auto boxes and he didnt even supply it to me!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wozza35 Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Glad to hear some good stories as i might be in the market for a recon box soon and was a bit put off after Devon 4x4 had to put 4 boxes in my mates disco before they got a good one ,the first one didn't even have a reverse gear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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