PUMA - Drivetrain Upgrade

[Drover]

Just got my shipment from Ashcroft Transmissions in Luton UK.

These guy's are very easy to deal with and nothing is to much bother.

All of the bits are of very high quality and the machining is outstanding.

In the kit.....

· Front and Rear heavy duty half-shafts.
· 2 x ABS CV Joints.
· 4 x Drive Flanges.
Beatrice from Ashcroft’s, arranged for the purchase to be completed in two separate consignments, keeping each under the $1000AUD’s and avoiding the import tax.
Just need to fit them now

[PAT303]

Drover,do puma's wear the flange splines like the Tdi's did?. Pat

[TwoUp]

Looks good Drover,
Any chance of placing one of the old shafts next to a new one for comparison photo?

Are they doing a front locker as yet?

Regards,
PeterW

[Drover]

Pat,

They come with an advice sheet warning to keep drive flanges/axels lubricated or excessive ware can occur, so I guess....yes

TwoUp,

Comparison photo’s wont be a problem, just need to find the time to get the old ones out.

Ashcroft’s have just released front and rear locker for the PUMA, there was a thread on here somewhere (not defender section) from a member who just got one.

Cheers

[Psimpson7]

nice!!

[JohnR]

Nice, When did you order? Ashcrosft's told us they were out of flanges for 4 weeks about 10 days ago! We have ours on order from the states now. Waiting.........

[Drover]

Nice, When did you order? Ashcrosft's told us they were out of flanges for 4 weeks about 10 days ago! We have ours on order from the states now. Waiting.........

I got the same storey about 3 weeks ago, but they contacted last me Thursday to say that they had a couple of orders that weren't collected.....so my luck day.

Their new stock should be in late next week

[wagoo]

Pat,

They come with an advice sheet warning to keep drive flanges/axels lubricated or excessive ware can occur, so I guess....yes

TwoUp,

Comparison photo’s wont be a problem, just need to find the time to get the old ones out.

Ashcroft’s have just released front and rear locker for the PUMA, there was a thread on here somewhere (not defender section) from a member who just got one.

Cheers

Drover, Do you know if the outer splines on the halfshafts and matching drive flanges are longer than standard? The longer splines on the earlier 110's to 200TDIs lasted a very long time even allowing for that they were oil lubricated.
Wagoo.

[Allan]

Just got my shipment from Ashcroft Transmissions in Luton UK.

These guy's are very easy to deal with and nothing is to much bother.

All of the bits are of very high quality and the machining is outstanding.

In the kit.....

· Front and Rear heavy duty half-shafts.
· 2 x ABS CV Joints.
· 4 x Drive Flanges.
Beatrice from Ashcroft’s, arranged for the purchase to be completed in two separate consignments, keeping each under the $1000AUD’s and avoiding the import tax.
Just need to fit them now

This is now some SVX. I need to con the other half that all this is needed for mine

Allan

[Drover]

Drover, Do you know if the outer splines on the halfshafts and matching drive flanges are longer than standard? The longer splines on the earlier 110's to 200TDIs lasted a very long time even allowing for that they were oil lubricated.
Wagoo.

Hey Wagoo,

Not 100% sure, I am learning as I go.

The Ashcroft site refers to the "Original thin type flange" so I assume that these new ones are longer.

They also mention to keep flange and axel lubricated to avoid "fretting corrosion".

On early oil filled swivels oil migrated along the CV stub shaft and lubricated the drive member spline, on later grease filled hubs this migration does not occur so regular attention is required

I am hoping to convert to oil lubricated during the fitting of the new bits".

Cheers