qwakers Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 im posting this here because it seems to me that the people who read this section are most likely to have experience of raptor 4x4.. anyway, im going through cv joints in my challenge truck faster than is funny at the moment. seriously, 5 minutes of use and 2 brand spanking new cv's going pop is not funny. a few of the guys at the club have bought these... http://www.raptor4x4.co.uk/raptor-4x4-off-road-hd-front-halfshafts-land-rover-defender-from-300-tdi-discovery-300-tdi.html and they look promising but i dont want to spend a couple of hundred quid and then have to go the ashcroft route anyway so.. has anyone tried them? if so what kit are you running? im running lockers and 33" special tracks. many thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j90 mud Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 never heard of them and never seen them in any off road competition truck. they advertise a good 5 yr warranty so there is little risk to trying them other than fitting time for me i would only use ashcroft whose warranty is top notch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snagger Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Oddly enough, Ashcroft's destructive testing a few years ago found that Britpart CVs are especially good, only bettered by Ashcrofts own stuff, and beat the gen parts stuff by a country mile. I have had a couple, and they lasted pretty well. They were only £30odd a few years ago, so are cheaper than all the rest too. They may be worth a punt at that price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwakers Posted July 28, 2016 Author Share Posted July 28, 2016 the cv in my other thread was britpart... and only 10 mins old too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Snagger Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 I recall Kam Diffs making damping drive units. They were a coarse splined cylinder and coarse splined centre unit that engaged tightly on the half shaft. Polyurethane extrusions lay between the coarse splines of each part of the hub units (a bit like having PU cylinders in place of the large balls in a CV joint). They were about the same size as FWH. They mush have been quite good at reducing shock loads on CVs and diffs. I don't know if they're still available, but it might be worth checking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Ah... :rofl: Classic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 I recall Kam Diffs making damping drive units. They were a coarse splined cylinder and coarse splined centre unit that engaged tightly on the half shaft. Polyurethane extrusions lay between the coarse splines of each part of the hub units (a bit like having PU cylinders in place of the large balls in a CV joint). They were about the same size as FWH. They mush have been quite good at reducing shock loads on CVs and diffs. I don't know if they're still available, but it might be worth checking. no, canx project GKN overload hubs are brilliant - if you can find any ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashtrans Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 I recall Kam Diffs making damping drive units. They were a coarse splined cylinder and coarse splined centre unit that engaged tightly on the half shaft. Polyurethane extrusions lay between the coarse splines of each part of the hub units (a bit like having PU cylinders in place of the large balls in a CV joint). They were about the same size as FWH. They mush have been quite good at reducing shock loads on CVs and diffs. I don't know if they're still available, but it might be worth checking. Hi, it was us that made these but was very hard to measure their effectiveness and thus justify the cost Hi Nige, the GKN hubs were a good idea but in reality we found then very hard to setup, if the preload was too loose they just slipped and burnt out and if too tight they didn't 'give' at all, a very fine line Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Frimodt Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 All I can say is buy Ashcrofts, they are plenty worth the money. My proof? Here's my Brothers 90" Running 38"x15.5"-16" Mickeys and NOT lifting landing with the locker engaged, and yes he's done this many times before and since: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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