Thread: Broken Hi-Tuff Half Shaft

Originally Posted by IceFyre

Out at Janowen on the weekend and one broken half shaft later ..... I even have the moment it broke on video as my partner was driving at the time ..

Anyway .. Supposedly they are Hi-Tuff shafts, but still managed to break one ... Will 100% know once MR Automotive take a look. But the question I have is ... should I put another Hi-Tuff in there or order some of the Ashcrofts ?

What size tyres and what other mods do you have (lockers, gearing, etc...)

How old is the shaft?

Ashcroft uses 4340. MD/HTE use AMS6418, which is as good or even significantly better - though this depends on heat treating. Ashcroft have a 5 year breakage warranty though.

35's, 4.12s and it had the rear ARB locker engaged when it went bang. Age - Well 3 maybe 4 years ... She was driving up a tractor tyre jump up .. wasn't going too fast but just after she cleared it with the back wheels was when we heard it go bang.

Yeah I have read that the Hi-Tuffs should be better based on material used .. but the Ashcrofts 5 year breakage warranty looks good as well. You can at the moment get the shafts made in 300M from Ashcrofts but that is another 200 pounds.