Thread: converting to 24 spline, what do i need?

I have a complete diff in housing and driveshft(no rubber donut, it was stuffed) no idea what it's worth and it needed new wheel bearings
but it's out of a 98 D1 anyway let us know if you were interested as it's just taking up space for me

I funny enough I put a ~83 RRC housing(maxi-drive centre and axles) into my d1

hi mate, do u know if its 24 spline or 10? front or rear?

cheers, andy

Heh thats what I get for posting when 1/2 asleep

it's a Rear out of 98 D1 which would make it a 24 spline

seems a lack of info on this,
I wanted to put a rear 24 spline locker & axles in my 88RRC but couldn't find enough accurate info if it would fit,
I first read that that 24 spline axle flange wouldn't bolt up to the 10 spline hubs, (imperial vs metric) also read that there was slight difference in axle length, so I bought a 10 spline locker, only to find when pulled apart someone had in fact put in a 24 spline diff & axles.

stood the 2 spline ends (24 vs 10) on concrete, looking at the seats of the flange, they looked to be the same length.

The 24 spline centre bolts straight on, all that was done to the 24 spline axles was the lip on the axles ground down (see my thread with pics)
(whoever done it should of machined them)
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/technical-...e-housing.html

Anyhow, i had already bought the 10 spline locker, so i fitted it, and the 10 spline axles.
The 10 & 24 spline axles bolted straight up to the rear hubs on my 88.

I have 24 spline front axles, cv's, even hubs for the front but cant find enough info if it will all bolt straight on to my 10 housing, so it's all still sitting there.
cheers

I believe the imperial/metric change over happened around 83/84 as the brake calipers on this diff are all imperial while the disco was metric.

Ended up using the disco calipers to save having to swap brake lines which worked fine.

Funny the prop shaft I'm using is labeled as being from an 88rrc and the bolts that came with that were all metric

thats an interesting bit of info roverv8, so atleast i know ill be fine for the rear diff apart from whatever i need to machine off. i think it will be a case of trial and error in the case of what needs changing on the fronts. as for the rear axel from the disco distortion, i might be getting just a center and halfshafts from a rrc thats getting wrecked this weekend, if something goes wrong and i dont get it then i might just be intrested, but like youreself im not extatic about having a whole axel lying around. any ideas on what price youre looking for? iv got little coin at the moment so might be a while haha

cheers, andy

Hi Andy

Welcome aboard to the forum.
Some time ago there was a booklet put out by Maxidrive, that listed all the axle types for Land Rovers.
I will keep a eye open for it, I know that it's here in this house somewhere.
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haha cheers mate, iv done a bit of reserch on another forum but didnt really get anywhere, thanks to roverv8 i now know what im doing on the rear axel, now i just need to figger out what can be done to get the front axel to 24 spline.

Cheers, Andy