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

I did the rears, not one bit of wear after 200k.....

I was confidant one would never break.......

If a standard one snaps half way across the Simpson it's a bit hard to order a new one. Although if you're not too far off track than remove and engage CDL until the replacement arrives.

Pros and cons for either.

dont forget that if the shaft has worn splines so does the flange.

Im always happy to reccomend stock sals axles with a maxi flange.

I go the other way and use maxi or hi tough axles with standard flanges as the sacrificial bit.

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

dont forget that if the shaft has worn splines so does the flange. Im always happy to reccomend stock sals axles with a maxi flange.

That's what I'm running. The maxi flanges are 30k old

Originally Posted by Bearman

I go the other way and use maxi or hi tough axles with standard flanges as the sacrificial bit.

Yeah that isn't a bad idea, but would the standard flange spline/casting shear before something in the diff?

I've got Utes running full hi tuff axles and flanges, and standard axles with hi tuff flanges..both work well with no wear after 250+km. If you want to keep the costs down, I would go with standard axles/hi tuff flanges. I'll never put standard flanges on again, I use to carry one as a spare but after 5 years in the tool box, they are back in the shed just in case!

Originally Posted by Summiitt

I've got Utes running full hi tuff axles and flanges, and standard axles with hi tuff flanges..both work well with no wear after 250+km. If you want to keep the costs down, I would go with standard axles/hi tuff flanges. I'll never put standard flanges on again, I use to carry one as a spare but after 5 years in the tool box, they are back in the shed just in case!

Yeah thanks, with your experience and Dave saying the same I think I'll go the std axles and keep my maxidrive flanges.
However there was very little wear on the splines when I put the flanges on (30 k ago) Do the splines wear fast once they start?

Originally Posted by Bearman

I go the other way and use maxi or hi tough axles with standard flanges as the sacrificial bit.

Definately good to go with that logic, but I've always been worried about the stripping flange damaging the axle

Originally Posted by tangus89

Yeah that isn't a bad idea, but would the standard flange spline/casting shear before something in the diff?

yep. the flange is only just tougher than the cheese that they make the rover diff axles out of. If you had a well setup sals with high toughs it would be a case of the rubber or the flange ripping apart before anything else. With High toughs and maxi flanges if you managed to bust up something in a sals you'd deserve every syllable of mechanically unsympathetic expletive I threw in your general direction.

of course a tube failure or stub failure would be marginally forgivable.