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Hey got front and rear maxi's, i know ht engineering does axles, just wondering if anyone knows where i can get more parts from. I don't really want to pay for an ARB jobbie.

Thanks guys

try MR Automotive in Brisbane

Yeah sweet i found them on an old thread. It looks like they do some stuff.

What parts are you looking for as i have 2 broken 24 spline maxi-snaps in my shed

Grover69 wrote: maxi-snaps

thats awesome is that next to your broken maxi-snaps coffee cup

Grover69 wrote:What parts are you looking for as i have 2 broken 24 spline maxi-snaps in my shed

when you design and manufacture a better option let us all know...

uninformed wrote:

Grover69 wrote:What parts are you looking for as i have 2 broken 24 spline maxi-snaps in my shed

when you design and manufacture a better option let us all know...

must be a touchy point hey

discothrasher wrote:

uninformed wrote:

Grover69 wrote:What parts are you looking for as i have 2 broken 24 spline maxi-snaps in my shed

when you design and manufacture a better option let us all know...

must be a touchy point hey

its easy to talk shit about peoples work on the internet...

how about some facts

The facts are they broke the drive gears and the planetary gears .
I have broken 3 in 3 years and all where only about 10 months old .
I was running 35 at the time but so do a few other people i know
that have had no problems but in saying that they are running the 28 spline
maxi drives which i think may be a bit stronger .

Grover69 wrote:The facts are they broke the drive gears and the planetary gears .
I have broken 3 in 3 years and all where only about 10 months old .
I was running 35 at the time but so do a few other people i know
that have had no problems but in saying that they are running the 28 spline
maxi drives which i think may be a bit stronger .

thats a start to some good info. Where all 3 fitted to the same 3rd and axle housing? Did you speak to Mal about them? any thoughtson bad batch of gears? Who installed/set them up?

cheers,
Serg

facts are stated above and i also now 2 others that have broken planetary gears ,and the guy who started the thread obviesly has a broken one too .

maxi-snaps are a good touring locker and thats it
i will any day go a ARB /detroit/jacmac before a maxi
ran a ARB in my truck with 35"s with great basin rover 4.14 diffs and did some of the most respected creek runs in it and only ever broke a crown wheel ARB still going strong i now believe my old truck is in coffs and drives there track weekly with out the ARB breaking but thats my opinion

true its easy to talk shit on the internet hey

discothrasher wrote:facts are stated above and i also now 2 others that have broken planetary gears ,and the guy who started the thread obviesly has a broken one too .

maxi-snaps are a good touring locker and thats it
i will any day go a ARB /detroit/jacmac before a maxi
ran a ARB in my truck with 35"s with great basin rover 4.14 diffs and did some of the most respected creek runs in it and only ever broke a crown wheel ARB still going strong i now believe my old truck is in coffs and drives there track weekly with out the ARB breaking but thats my opinion

true its easy to talk shit on the internet hey

yep...sure is

touring lockers hey....tell that to all the people that have competed with them and had success not only running them but on the podium also...

tell me what the magical difference is between the planetry gears in a MD and in an ARB????

plenty of people have had problems with ARB and they usaully get told that the installation was the problem...

yeah sure
as i said its my opinion ,and have wasted enough time on broken maxi-drive parts in bush ,to waste more time on speking about them on the world wide web

so who are these competitors who have won comps with maxi-snaps,and what class where they in the "First to break class"

uninformed wrote:tell me what the magical difference is between the planetry gears in a MD and in an ARB????

Thats easy maxicrap ones break and ARB ones dont .This isnt in my opinion putting shit on anyone its just fact,I have two broken maxidrives in my shed also but no broken ARBs .Both lasted under a year.
You have every right to praise any product you like on here just as i have every right to say they are CRAP

gee that to my count just thru 4 people 7 broken maxi-snaps thats aprox brought new front and rear 5k installed
thats $ 17500 of broken maxi-snaps
now who thinks we throwing money away

rangiedaz wrote:

uninformed wrote:You have every right to praise any product you like on here just as i have every right to say they are CRAP

NOW THATS GOLD

rangiedaz wrote:

uninformed wrote:tell me what the magical difference is between the planetry gears in a MD and in an ARB????

Thats easy maxicrap ones break and ARB ones dont .This isnt in my opinion putting shit on anyone its just fact,I have two broken maxidrives in my shed also but no broken ARBs .Both lasted under a year.
You have every right to praise any product you like on here just as i have every right to say they are CRAP

did you break the same parts?

did you speak to your supplier or MD directly?

cheers,
Serg

discothrasher wrote:gee that to my count just thru 4 people 7 broken maxi-snaps thats aprox brought new front and rear 5k installed
thats $ 17500 of broken maxi-snaps
now who thinks we throwing money away

so how many broken out of how many sold world wide?
have ARB ever broken or have they had a ZERO failure rate?
Did you approach MD or the supplier re the problem?

seems like there is a trend that follows the pirate USA logic of your not wheeling unless you break stuff but then you get to shit on the manufactures...

Since you seem to know all about this stuff Im sure you know of the teams that have had success with MD.....but im sure they dont drive as hard as you do

also anyone here that has MD lockers gathering dust in their shed because they are shit, ill happily pay their weight in scrap prices and take them off your hands.....would be a help to you to get rid of the space waisting junk

to all here that have had the MD lockers fail and have "upgraded" to something else, what have you gone to?

locker?
axles? spline count?
diff center change?
complete diff change??

cheers,
Serg

Differentials have planetary gears?? Cool. Nothing like hearing advice from people that don't even know how a differential is built. I'm pretty suspect as well. The R&P should go long before the diff unless you are pegged or are you guys talking Sals? If you are such serious wheelers, why are you not running a better R&P, (Toy 8", dana 60)?

uninformed wrote:

Grover69 wrote:The facts are they broke the drive gears and the planetary gears .
I have broken 3 in 3 years and all where only about 10 months old .
I was running 35 at the time but so do a few other people i know
that have had no problems but in saying that they are running the 28 spline
maxi drives which i think may be a bit stronger .

thats a start to some good info. Where all 3 fitted to the same 3rd and axle housing? Did you speak to Mal about them? any thoughtson bad batch of gears? Who installed/set them up?

cheers,
Serg

I would say Serg a bad batch of gears as Mal did have them manufactured by someone down south .

red90 wrote:Differentials have planetary gears?? Cool. Nothing like hearing advice from people that don't even know how a differential is built. I'm pretty suspect as well. The R&P should go long before the diff unless you are pegged or are you guys talking Sals? If you are such serious wheelers, why are you not running a better R&P, (Toy 8", dana 60)?

Why would we want to upgrade the as you call it R&P Which I'm guessing seeing you no so much about diffs is what we call a crown wheel & pinion when we are already braking drive gears.

uninformed wrote:to all here that have had the MD lockers fail and have "upgraded" to something else, what have you gone to?

locker?
axles? spline count?
diff center change?
complete diff change??

cheers,
Serg

even tho i have not had any i am involved inthe debate i think i should add my 2c :but have been involved in recovering many mates vechiles with broken maxi-s

In my everyday roadworthy rangie ,i have a 80 series rear diff with 4:11 and ARB
in the front i have a GQ diff with 4:11 ARB all engineered

in my TOY_ROVER truggy i have Rovertracks 30 spline toyo conversion with ARB

red90 wrote:If you are such serious wheelers, why are you not running a better R&P, (Toy 8", dana 60)?

we are now

tronka-truck wrote:Hey got front and rear maxi's, i know ht engineering does axles, just wondering if anyone knows where i can get more parts from. I don't really want to pay for an ARB jobbie.

Thanks guys

Ashcroft lockers seem to be the best value for money for rover diffs now. They are a new design with all the advantages and none of the disadvantages.
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On the topic of MD lockers - I always thought the 24-spline versions used standard rover side gears and spider gears?

apparently not, as its the side gears which break and as these are no longer available it makes the centre an expensive paperweight. The side gears for the earlier 28 spline centres are however still available as are the axles from Hi Tough

Wow, ease up guys. I can't agree that maxi drives are touring lockers. I can undertsand the lack of confidence shown through certain failures that people have had.

But Serg does bring up a good point on the MD gear with regards to competition use. The out back challenge homed some MD podium finishes. Go overseas (malaysia) and ask the opinion there... they will tell you MD gear is the dux nutz (they also love the ARB gear).

As for ARB, well they break to, they also fail on a much more regular basis. But there is many more produced.

I guess at the end of the day, everything can be broke, people have opinions.
e.g. I dont agree that the toy hi pinion centre along with the CW&P is any stronger then my rover gear. That doesnt mean it isnt a good upgrade. I see it as a good upgrade for parts availability and better axles/cvs.

MD make some pretty orsum gear and I think it is a shame to see it tarnished on the net, but its life and we need to roll with it.
If anyone can find me some MD portals, I will give them a blowy!

x2 on the toyota cwp's, if i can break 2 (first one lasted 5 or so trips, second one maybe 2) wit my g.h.e.y winch/driving they're not the all that crash hot......