Thread: UK company Defender Upgrades?

Originally Posted by Colmoore

Need new drive flanges and shafts for rear of the 06 110.

UK company Defender Upgrades has single piece driveshafts for 130 pounds.

Thoughts on one piece shafts? I know the older defenders had them but wondering about converting newer ones?

Anyone bought these?
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Cheers

Just curious.. Which defenders had one piece driveshaft and flange?

As far as I can recall, none.

Series 1 did, but this was a semifloating rear axle and so not comparable.

By one piece I meant one each side, without separate splined flanges and drive shafts

Originally Posted by Colmoore

By one piece I meant one each side, without separate splined flanges and drive shafts

As shack & JDNSW mentioned, Defenders never had this as standard, Disco's did and maybe Rangies.
I guess they are being sold as an 'upgrade' as there are no splines to wear.

Colin

last of the Defender TDCi had a one piece drive flange and half shaft. The 90 models got it first then the 110.

EDIT from factory genuine:
*They only fit P38 and rover rear diffs.
*On a hardness scale they arent any better than the 2 piece, as in they are quite soft.
*they are expensive

Originally Posted by DazzaTD5

last of the Defender TDCi had a one piece drive flange and half shaft. The 90 models got it first then the 110.

Were they better? As in stronger?

Originally Posted by shack

Were they better? As in stronger?

no

Yep, my mistake

I quite often read info on here and fail to check if author has a disco/rangie/defender, I guess that’s where I went wrong.

So the late Pumas had one piece flange/driveshaft and factory ones weren’t very good?
Neither are the factory splined shaft/flanges.

The drive shafts I mentioned aren’t a Landrover product afaik, Defender Upgrades make/have them made.
So wondered if anyone has had experience or bought them?

Cost wise, they’re under $500 aud for the pair plus shipping so at under $900 landed they’re comparable in price with Hi tuff and Ashcroft butpossibly better if good quality and a better design?