white90 Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 http://www.ashcroft-transmissions.co.uk/index.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bush65 Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 http://www.ashcroft-transmissions.co.uk/index.php Their new R&P's for rover diffs are interesting and should give a reasonable strength improvement over stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Frimodt Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 Very cool page, looks more "up to date" than the old one. They are quite interesting those R&P, very small tooth counts on both ring and pinion, surprises me a little, I can see the advantage on the Ringgear as the smaller it is the less it will deflect. But The lesser teeth, the lesser contact area, right? Or have I got this whole thing wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top90 Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 can't find the server at www.ashcroft-transmissions.co.uk Hmmm.... I couldn't get the link to work. But when I took the dash between Ashcroft and Transmissions out it did work. http://www.ashcrofttransmissions.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Ian Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 Hi Soren Yes and no , there is less tooth contact as you correctly point out but this is compensated for by a change to the 'helix angle' which gives more contact area, also but we now have the much thicker (stronger) tooth, have the upgrade of the material spec and provided a'reverse cut gear' for the front, all this gives a much stronger final drive. Regards Ian Ashcroft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 viewing with google chrome... is it just me or are the links on the left reallllllly small?? Looks good though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Frimodt Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 Thank you for clarifying this Ian. You tend to think that "bigger is stronger" but ofcourse a lot of things come into play re strength. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Hiatt Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 I'm immensely happy with the 110 CVs and shafts that I have been running on my racer for nearly three years without issue. In action at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 They've certainly dragged it into the new millenium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Attryde Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 I had the honour of being the very first person to order something online using the website . As usual the service was excellent and the part arrived next day. Pete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonr Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Ian, As someone above has mentioned, the site works well in Internet Explorer, but looks less good in Google Chrome. I'll try Firefox & Safari later. It might be worth talking to the developers as they all have a reasonable share of the market and having built a nice looking site, it's worth making it look OK on all of them. Personally, I only really use Chrome & Safari (on my iPhone). Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Ian Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Thanks Simon, will alert David who did all the development on our nw site. Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbekko Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Apart from the left menu being rather tiny in Chrome (and thus most likely also Safari - both WebKit based), it seems to work fine. FF handles it nicely too. Same with Opera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonr Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Apart from the left menu being rather tiny in Chrome (and thus most likely also Safari - both WebKit based), it seems to work fine. FF handles it nicely too. Same with Opera. It's not the end of the world I agree - but if you've put a reasonable amount of development effort into a site, it's daft not to go the extra few yards and make it render on all the major browsers - no? Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbekko Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Very. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LR90 Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 It's not the end of the world I agree - but if you've put a reasonable amount of development effort into a site, it's daft not to go the extra few yards and make it render on all the major browsers - no? Si Not sure this was a major dev effort, more a skinning and data loading of cubecart. Hey, readers rides for £0, got to be deal of the century. Browser compatibility could be down to the skins but more likely down to the base platform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Ashcroft Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 Hi just to give you some idea of the new heavy duty range of R&P, a photo comparing the new 3.5 ratio with the original 3.54 ratio. Other ratio photos available if requested. Note the tooth profile and thickness, these are also stocked in 'reverse' cut for the front differential to give added strength. Regards Ian Ashcroft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yella 90 Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 cant tell the difference really ian looks seriously robust now but i must ask....whats next to break if the diffs pegged aswel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicks90 Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 but i must ask....whats next to break if the diffs pegged aswel probably the ARB centre, or the propshaft UJs twisting off, or stripping the teeth off a gear in the main box... It all moves up the chain getting progressively more and more expensive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobed90 Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 What happened with the Ashcroft axles that were in development? I havent seen any new info on them in a while Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Ashcroft Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Hi 'What breaks next' don't really know what will let go next but as the C&P is a known Rover weak link in the axle it is worth the effort to improve it. This has become more apparent as more people use the 35" tyres, pegging reduces breakage but I think most people will agree a heavier duty gear set was needed. Ultimately for those who want to up tyre sizes and engine power is increased we will move to the Force 9. The Force 9 super heavy duty axle is alive and well, we have just received the first 30 R&P, designed specifically for us, the crown wheel is reduced in dia by 8mm from original to make it easier to fit into the Rover casing, the coast side flank angle (this is a problem on the Ford as it causes excessive side thrust when used on the hi pinion rear axle) has been changed to reduce the side thrusts, finally we have been working on the RD99 engagement collar (see the thread on Pirate). We have a totally new design which is out being tested ( 2 in Belgium, 1 in the US )hopefully testing of the new locking system will be completed soon. The diff castings,30off, are all complete, swivel housings almost complete. Its taken a long time but in reality for a development project of this magnitude we have made good progress. Thanks for your interest. Regards Ian Ashcroft Will be posting an update on the Force 9 soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHarv Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Hmm... just trying to place an order and it looks like the credit card page is unencrypted ( http:// not https:// ) Is this right or is my browser playing silly b!@#$%s? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbekko Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Looks like Ashcroft does have a certificate, but it isn't correctly set up. www.ashcroft-transmissions.co.uk uses an invalid security certificate.The certificate is only valid for web166.secure-secure.co.uk. (Error code: ssl_error_bad_cert_domain) I'd certainly recommend sending a mail to them asking them to fix this issue before you use the order form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHarv Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 well fwiw it looks like the order was processed even though I didn't fill in the payment section - someone from Ashcroft's emailed me very promptly to confirm (they have to calculate shipping manually anyway since I'm overseas) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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