Thread: Life of Puma Rear Diff's

Originally Posted by XSiV

Well, the speculation can stop as I now have one of these babies sitting in my rear...

XSiV,

Silent?! I'll take your word for that.

But did you have any issues fitting it and setting it up? How did you go shortening the drive shaft? Did you measure it up once you'd fitted the unit or go of the -30 mm quoted by Ashcroft and have it prepared before you fitted the diff unit? Did you have the original shortened, new custom shaft or is there a shaft out there that can be adapted?

I'd appreciate your thoughts / experience.

BTW what year vehicle did you put it into?

cheers,

Ian.

Originally Posted by mools

XSiV,

Silent?! I'll take your word for that.

But did you have any issues fitting it and setting it up? How did you go shortening the drive shaft? Did you measure it up once you'd fitted the unit or go of the -30 mm quoted by Ashcroft and have it prepared before you fitted the diff unit? Did you have the original shortened, new custom shaft or is there a shaft out there that can be adapted?

I'd appreciate your thoughts / experience.

BTW what year vehicle did you put it into?

cheers,

Ian.

Well its been ordered, paid for and it's on it's way - my new "Heavy Duty P38 Diff" direct from Ashcroft Tranmissions.

Big thanks to Iain (Chook73) for doing all the leg work in getting them organised and on their way.

Originally Posted by Drover

Well its been ordered, paid for and it's on it's way - my new "Heavy Duty P38 Diff" direct from Ashcroft Tranmissions.
Big thanks to Iain (Chook73) for doing all the leg work in getting them organised and on their way.

We expect pics of the installation, if not a YouTube clip

Originally Posted by Drover

Well its been ordered, paid for and it's on it's way - my new "Heavy Duty P38 Diff" direct from Ashcroft Tranmissions.

Big thanks to Iain (Chook73) for doing all the leg work in getting them organised and on their way.

Thanks mate, tracking has it landing next Tuesday!

Originally Posted by mools

XSiV,

Silent?! I'll take your word for that.

But did you have any issues fitting it and setting it up? How did you go shortening the drive shaft? Did you measure it up once you'd fitted the unit or go of the -30 mm quoted by Ashcroft and have it prepared before you fitted the diff unit? Did you have the original shortened, new custom shaft or is there a shaft out there that can be adapted?

I'd appreciate your thoughts / experience.

BTW what year vehicle did you put it into?

cheers,

Ian.

Hi Ian,

Sorry for the delay in responding, when I say silent, I mean compared to the constant whine I had before. There is very little driveline noise though I still have typical engine noise and turbo whistle etc.

I actually had it fitted at Les Richmond up the road in Melbourne. From all reports it went straight in no problems. Was planning to have my drive shaft shortened but when the drive shaft guys threw it on their balancing machine they detected a slight bend. So they rebuilt one from scratch which is a much better shaft than the original one. I'll give Andrew from Les Richmond a call and ask him what was requested when they sent the shaft to be shortened to see if it was simply 30mm as you suggested.

Vehicle is a 2003 130 Defender td5

Cheers

Josh

Thanks Josh,

my comment RE silent was perhaps a little facetious, but glad to hear that it has solved your driveline issues.

I would appreciate any further info on the length of the drive shaft as, although I intend to go down the same route - i.e replace with the Ashcroft unit, I'm not in a massive rush at the moment. If I can get a good idea of things like variations in the shaft length required for the conversion then I can hopefully obtain all the components prior to fitting and reduce the down time on the vehicle.

Cheers,

ian.

Originally Posted by mools

Thanks Josh,

my comment RE silent was perhaps a little facetious, but glad to hear that it has solved your driveline issues.

I would appreciate any further info on the length of the drive shaft as, although I intend to go down the same route - i.e replace with the Ashcroft unit, I'm not in a massive rush at the moment. If I can get a good idea of things like variations in the shaft length required for the conversion then I can hopefully obtain all the components prior to fitting and reduce the down time on the vehicle.

Cheers,

ian.

I am waiting until I get it over here and in before I get the shaft remade, it only takes a day to rebuild the shaft so I am ok with that. Dave from Ashcroft was very adamant about the 30mm but once Drover and I have ours fitted up we will be able to give you a better idea. When you get the shaft shortened its worth getting it rebuilt as they are very thin walled from the factory.