Thread: Defender 110 front diff pinion angle

Today I picked up the new shafts from Hardy-Spicer. Despite the suggested cost, I decided to go with H-S mainly because I could take in the non-standard flanges and avoid errors possible from measurement errors.

One hiccough was that the supplied DC jointed D2 shaft was lengthened before they identified a cracked cap on one of the joints in the DC. Instead of replacing the joint they made a complete shaft with greaseable joints. Probably a better outcome.

The tube diameter on all shafts, (including the hi-articulation inter axle shaft,) are larger than standard Rover shafts so also an improvement.

One unexpected issue, I purchased a new D2 front output flange for the DC joint which came as a kit with flange, seal and flange bolts to connect the shaft. When fitting the shaft there was insufficient penetration of the bolts to contact the nylon in the locknuts. Corrected with longer bolts.

Happy that I now have shafts in place.

Some pics

Rolling chassis/dual cab on hoist
On hoist.jpg

Front DC joint shaft
front DC shaft.jpg

Rear shaft to middle axle
rear shaft.jpg

Inter axle shaft
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