Happy camper

[mangie]

A full tank of petrol for a weekend in the bush $90


Food and grog to get me through $70


Sitting in an undamaged Rover while two Mates (one in a Toyota and the other in a Nissan) change CV's


PRICELESS

[Maggot4x4]

You can't have drunk enough

[mangie]

You still bitter about Ellis track?

[Maggot4x4]

?

[mangie]

Did you or did you not break a Nissan cv on a track called Ellis?

[Suspension Stuff]

The Rangie does have an unfair advantage. It would have made the tracks with ease while the Nissan and Toyota would have been trying hard

[Davidh]

I've been in this situation, it's only 1 in 10 trips though.
Tell me again why I bought a Land Rover?

[D110V8D]

Did you or did you not break a Nissan cv on a track called Ellis?

He certainly did. I saw the whole thing.

[Maggot4x4]

Oh, was never bitter about that, that was fun

[lexi]

All joking aside is it not a fact that Patrol drivetrain is stronger than Rover. Or does it depend who you speak to?

Alex

[Suspension Stuff]

Fact. I don't know about the CV's though.

[Rangie ute on 38'']

i honestly believe the erly rangie cv is stronger than any of the yota or nismo cv, ive had many competittions between me rover and a mates 40 series, and it went through cv and transfer case like undies, while i went though stub axles and diffs like it was fashionable.

[ISUZUROVER]

Since no-one has done a definitive test of (stock factory) CV strength it is difficult to know for sure, but from what I have seen:

The early rangie CVs are indeed strong, but limited by the 10-spline stub axle (but a weak link here is not necessarily a bad thing).

The 110 (AEU2522) CV is about the same as the nissan GQ in stub size and seems to be of similar strength (nissan MAY be slightly stronger). Non genuine (allmakes) 2522's are weaker than genuine and seem to always break at the stub, genuine 2522's seem to be stronger but tend to break the bell or star (or both), which means it takes longer to fish out all the broken bits and you can damage the splines on your expensive aftermarket inner axle.

Hilux CVs seem to be a bit stronger or about the same strength as a genuine 2522, the hilux CV has a slightly smaller bell, a slightly larger stub, and takes a slightly smaller diameter inner axle (I think) than the 2522.

Although nissan (GQ) CVs are fairly strong, the guys who run them in comps seem to be endlessly changing broken (stock) CVs - even more than the rover guys. Maybe the rover guys are easier on the front end???

The Cruiser and GU cvs have a larger bell, so should be stronger than all of the above. Larger again, is the LR 101 FC CV - with a huge bell and a 1.47" diameter stub and inner axles. But try to fit one in a rover axle...