Thread: When? Defer Vented rotors & 24spline front diff.

Originally Posted by rick130

Wayne and JC, do these late 200Tdi's have the wide spaced hubs or 300Tdi narrow bearing ones ?

Rick, The hubs are the same as the 300 Tdi type,metric threads, short stubs/ narrow bearing spacing and flat machined instead of slot for lock washer etc.

JC

Originally Posted by justinc

Rick, The hubs are the same as the 300 Tdi type,metric threads, short stubs/ narrow bearing spacing and flat machined instead of slot for lock washer etc.

JC

Yes the late 200Tdi seemed to get all the 300Tdi updates except the engine and transmission.Which some say is a blessing

Wayne

Re: front diff locks and standard CVs.


I'm still running standard CVs and I'm a strong advocate that having the locker actually saves my CVs more than not having one.

Reason is I crawl up everything and there's no shock loading unless I'm being an idiot. Before the locker I used to require momentum and when I lifted a wheel that would then become the weak link - especially when it came back to the ground and found traction - shock loading kills the diffs and CVs.

As for the axles - yes mine was standard with 24 splines - still are original in the front end.

OK, so I can keep my 2522 CVs and change the inners to HiTough halfshafts, which makes sense. But I'm still not clear on the vented rotors, if I want to use them do I have to swap my stub axles and hubs too?

If I'm changing stub axles, won't that mean I also have to swap over the CVs as well?

Re the drum rears, what it the issue with changing them to disks?

Diana

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

OK, so I can keep my 2522 CVs and change the inners to HiTough halfshafts, which makes sense. But I'm still not clear on the vented rotors, if I want to use them do I have to swap my stub axles and hubs too?

If I'm changing stub axles, won't that mean I also have to swap over the CVs as well?

Re the drum rears, what it the issue with changing them to disks?

Diana

To fit vented rotors all you have to do is bolt them on and bolt in a caliper spacer kit (or defender calipers).

On the rear (if you want bolt-on) you need defender hubs, stubs, calipers, caliper brackets and then defender halfshafts or 13mm spacers for your existing halfshafts.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

OK, so I can keep my 2522 CVs and change the inners to HiTough halfshafts, which makes sense. But I'm still not clear on the vented rotors, if I want to use them do I have to swap my stub axles and hubs too? no.

If I'm changing stub axles, won't that mean I also have to swap over the CVs as well? don't change the stub axles,just fit vented disc to your hubs.

Re the drum rears, what it the issue with changing them to disks?

Diana

PM sent.

Thanks guys

The reason that I'm looking for Defender callipers is that I've been advised that the spacer kit is a lot more than 2nd hand D callipers.

Diana