Thread: Axle and CV Upgrades in a Defender

Originally Posted by Psimpson7

Jock,

Grimace in our club runs 37" Stickies now on the RT setup and has run 37" tyres on them for years, without any trouble

Keith recommended that I ran oil in my swivels instead of grease when fitting them so I now do. (I still have the seal between the two however)

Rgds
Pete

Sounds good I'll get a set under way

I was told you just remove or damage the seal inside the stub axle next to the needle roller bearing. Is that what you did?

Originally Posted by taff

there are a lot of options and all depending on who you talk to - you will be told at some point that they are all the best. speaking from experience if your not going to be doing anything too hardcore just go for the cheaper option between ashcroft, rovertracks and hytuff. if you are intending to do some hardcore stuff IMHO i'd stay away from the latter of the three.
i've not run rovertracks so can't offer an opinion on them but even though the ashcrofts are the most exy i can totally recomend them and they come with a 5yr guarentee (or at least they used to, but your better off double checking) on anything upto and including 35" tyres without having a fusible stub to break

You dont have to have the fused shaft with the machined groove in it and I believe you can get the fused shaft with different braking points. Just a different option to ashcroft etc etc. I got sick of replacing CVs in my comp RR in winch challenges.

If your having a real go your going to break something sooner or later, might as well be something that is cheap, quick and easy to fix. Just my veiw.