Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Cheers mate,
it was just not to mix apples with kiwis

Slunnie wrote: Absolutely. Sorry though, my comment was more in relation to the costs of CVs than the actual CV. They are D2 CV's and made by Maxi.

We have CV,s thanks to Rovacraft.
Yes thats wright thanks to Stuart at Rovacraft we have a set of Ashcroft CV,s, drive flanges and a QT diff gaurd which will be fitted and put to use i the Ateco round 3 round of the Engel challenge series. Now driver Wadye can keep the power on and i have to do less running of the winch rope
As for the prices that were posted they are AU$ and + tax means add our GST 10% thats good i think for 5 years warranty and for something that we should not brake.
remember cheap skates pay twice

Andrew
ROVER RACIN

curry could not agree more cant wait for ATECO lets give it a real go, thanks again to Stuart at ROVERCRAFT as you have been really helpfull we will do the our best not to let you down. lets all get behind ROVERCRAFT they really know there shit.............

got a price from paddocks 2xaeu2522 landed $240 au i know that a poor man always pays twice .are these as good as gkn ones and will they hold up to the extreme power of a 200tdi with a truetrac and 35s or should i sell my first born and buy some ashcrofts

Sounds like you have got a good deal.I did'nt mean to sound like a smart arse, we have had std cv,s and stub axles up until now running a std injected 3.5 with 35,s but i would rather pay to make it strong. There is nothing worse than coming last because of another rover moment.

defmec wrote:got a price from paddocks 2xaeu2522 landed $240 au i know that a poor man always pays twice .are these as good as gkn ones and will they hold up to the extreme power of a 200tdi with a truetrac and 35s or should i sell my first born and buy some ashcrofts

Probably Allmakes CVs. IME they tend to break stubs, whereas the GKNs seem slightly stronger but tend to break stars/bells.

If you are easy on them (especially when the locker is engaged), they should be OK.

ISUZUROVER wrote:

defmec wrote:got a price from paddocks 2xaeu2522 landed $240 au i know that a poor man always pays twice .are these as good as gkn ones and will they hold up to the extreme power of a 200tdi with a truetrac and 35s or should i sell my first born and buy some ashcrofts

Probably Allmakes CVs. IME they tend to break stubs, whereas the GKNs seem slightly stronger but tend to break stars/bells.

If you are easy on them (especially when the locker is engaged), they should be OK.

being that they(all makes) are quite hard, would wasting the stub a little more help?

or even gun boring?

Serg

uninformed wrote:being that they(all makes) are quite hard, would wasting the stub a little more help?

or even gun boring?

Serg

Gun drilling just reduces weight. I have never seen anything saying it helps reduce fatigue. The highest stresses would be on the outside, rather than the inside.

I am not sure if I would machine them. They may be only surface hardened...

hey defmac i couldn't find GKN stamped ones over here, got told they don't make them anymore, i had after market county c.v's (not sure on brand) and they only lasted a few trips, and i'm/was very light on the right foot. and it gave up at Fraser 1 day in to a 10 day trip, was fun in 2 wheel though with 35" simex's didn't know rovers could throw roosters

i have been told GKN/genuine aeu2522's are NO longer available.

with regards to gun boring, would it allow them to twist more before snapping?

Serg

uninformed wrote: with regards to gun boring, would it allow them to twist more before snapping?

Serg

I don't see how. As an axle is torsionally stressed (twisted), the shear stress/strain at the outer edge would be a maximum, while in the centre it would be 0 or near 0.

The only advantage gun drilling may have is it may limit the propagation of any micro-scale plastic deformation. However I doubt it.