Thread: Beefing up Series 2a Cv Joints

In far too many years of eating, sleeping & breathing things Land Rover I've not come across anything after market for the series uni joints. There may be someone who knows if one supplier makes better ones than another but I've never heard of this. A possibility is to use Stage1 CV joints but you're getting into modding steering swivels & hassles with spline counts. TI Consol in Holland do a series CV replacement but I think they're way expensive. This does not seem to come up very often so you may have been unlucky. Unless you're planning on a lot of similar heavy off roading I'd go for direct replacement.
Steve.

the original unis are more than strong enough when the vehicle is in original trim. they usually fracture the axle at the diff side (Ive busted 2 myself) if the unis let go my thinking tends to lean towards them not being lubed properly or the axle not being setup properly and the axle allowed to slide out of position and putting undesired stress on the joint.

Series Landrovers, except for very early 80" and Stage 1 that are full time four wheel drive, do not have CV joints. The universal in the swivel housing is the same as the one on the prop shafts except that it does not have seals. These are stronger than any CV joint, and failure is almost always due to poor lubrication or misalignment due to worn or badly adjusted swivel bearings - or just plain overloading, and in this case the axle usually breaks, although perhaps not with 24 spline axles (which would not have been original on the Series 2a).

I would simply replace it with the same as original (but a reputable brand), as anything else will involve either a lot of work or a lot of expense or both (as Steve says).

John

Brett

Go with the standard, there are thousands out there 2nd hand that will cost you next to nothing. Just make sure that you set up everything according to the book and it will keep going for more years to come.

Diana

Thanks, I will go with the oringal set up, And set as per the manual. I am running larger tyres 255 85 16 and was pushing her hard up some rock ledges which had cruisers with lockers having probs.

Brett

Well, that was silly!

Try taking an old (intact) one to a driveline shop and see what they've got in a top-line product. These UJs are a standard size and should be available. Some UJs are really awful and chasing down some quality for this is worth the trouble.

Hardi spicer uni joints.........Nothing else

Originally Posted by Brett

I am running larger tyres 255 85 16 and was pushing her hard up some rock ledges which had cruisers with lockers having probs.

Brett

Aaaah! So NOW you tell us!
Sounds like good quality originals still your best bet. I reckon you'll get quicker with practice.
Steve.