Maxidrive Heavy Duty Rear Axle ... Or Not a ...

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Originally Posted by DazzaTD5

as others have pointed out they are not MD drive flanges, nor are they Ashcroft drive flanges as both have a slightly different style to your one.

As a cost effective good option if you are looking at changing diff centres to something better then look at the Ashcroft ATB, I fit these to all the diffs I rebuild and also the LT230 transfer case

Limited Slip Differentials ? Ashcroft Transmissions

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Hello Daz,
It is a shame that you are in Perth and and Dave (BlackKnight) is in Melbourne. In Bundaberg if you contact a mechanic the next word you get from them is usually rude as soon as the words Land Rover are mentioned. I tried to organise a more Land Rover friendly local mechanic. However, they were a no show. Also no reply to phone calls and texts.

Before I had the chassis work done I had wanted a mechanic to inspect it to assess whether the whole vehicle was worthwhile spending money on. I would still like a skilled experienced Land Rover mechanic to inspect the vehicle to let me know what work needs to be done to get it up to being road legal. Or to let me know if I would be better off to start advertising it for wrecking.

I rolled the dice on getting the chassis work done instead of just leaving the vehicle sitting idle and deteriorating. Also, with a damaged chassis no matter how much money I spent elsewhere on upgrades and repairs it would never be able to be registered with a damaged chassis. Catch 22. Now I find myself still in the Catch 22 situation - just with a fully engineer certified repair to the chassis.

You know the bit about polishing a turd. According to Mythbusters it can be done... It just has to be from either an ostrich or a lion - apparently!

Kind regards
Lionel

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Originally Posted by DazzaTD5

as others have pointed out they are not MD drive flanges, nor are they Ashcroft drive flanges as both have a slightly different style to your one.

As a cost effective good option if you are looking at changing diff centres to something better then look at the Ashcroft ATB, I fit these to all the diffs I rebuild and also the LT230 transfer case

Limited Slip Differentials – Ashcroft Transmissions

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Attachment 195943
Maxi flange rear sals Detroit and md axles
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Terafirma hd flange front standard axles/cv Ashcroft air l

I’d guess Terafirma or another knockoff …the tv ones are ok , there not maxis though . Still way better than the standard flange
The axles are visibly different when pulled, I’m not Shure there was a difference visible in the splines but from memory the md was way cleaner in its finishing etc and heavier

Quote:

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Originally Posted by DazzaTD5

as others have pointed out they are not MD drive flanges, nor are they Ashcroft drive flanges as both have a slightly different style to your one.

As a cost effective good option if you are looking at changing diff centres to something better then look at the Ashcroft ATB, I fit these to all the diffs I rebuild and also the LT230 transfer case

Limited Slip Differentials – Ashcroft Transmissions

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The atb in the transfer is a huge step up from what I’ve heard. And the ashcrofts have a great rep for working really really well with rover traction control.
I went Detroit rear[sals] and Ashcroft air front …the rear is like a tractor and mostly transparent . The front I use cautiously and very selectively lol
Oh and no leaks in the front locker line at all