Thread: 130 Salisbury half shafts. Heavy duty or std?

[QUOTE=Blknight.aus;2564875]Definately good to go with that logic, but I've always been worried about the stripping flange damaging the axle



]Initially I went maxi axles and flanges but had a failure in the axles stripping out in the flanges, so I then changed back to standard flanges and haven't had a problem since, maybe I just got faulty flanges!

Originally Posted by Bearman

Flanges are much cheaper than axles - why would you go that way Tangus. Better to use a softer flange than the axle.

Yeah true, I do want a weak link that's easy to replace. however I could replace the axles 3 times before it would be beneficial going hi tuf cost wise, just have the pain of fishing out bits of axle.

If I had the cash to burn I would definitely be going down the HD axle route.
I'll have a think overnight.

The best thing about a factory flange is to:
Chuck it up
Dial it in
Boring bar the guts out of it
Do again
Throw under the back seat

Then when some rover scmuck blows a cee vee or a diff

With rattle gun
Yank out the offending tail shaft
Whip off the rear or front offending flanges
Install above modified spineless flanges and voila
Drive out in 2wd without friggen around

S

Unless you're running a locker in the sals the standard axles are strong enough IME so no point upgrading from that respect. If it were me I'd just do the standard axles, HD flanges (pick your flavor - hituff, terrafirma etc) and take the efgort to keep them lubricated.

I've twisted standard axles on the county with isuzu and locker though, so if you ARE running a locker go the better axles and flanges.

Steve