86" Propshafts - What are they worth?

[Yorkshire_Jon]

Hi all,
In my 86" 300Tdi conversion I need to replace the front prop with a longer one out of a Defender 300Tdi / TD5. For the rear I need one about 2.5" shorter than standard.

For the rear I have two options, cut up and shorten an original S1 part or put a shortened Defender one in.

In my heart Id rather sell off the original shafts to goto another genuine car and use a butchered Defender shaft on the rear of the 86, but it comes down to $$.

Opinions please.

I have 2 straight & good propshafts off my 86". 3 good UJ's, one new GKN one.

What sort of money would they be worth?

Any ideas?

Thanks
Jon

[Yorkshire_Jon]

Anyone any rough ideas?

[101RRS]

If you buy from a recognised landie supplier you will probably pay a few hundred - but second hand they are a "dime a dozen" so they are worth what someone is prepared to pay. Most are second hand for a reason as good ones will most likely still be on vehicles. I appreciate yours may be very good but a buyer will assume the opposite.

For me and only me, I would not pay more than $50 for a second hand shaft. I will always assume they will as a minimum need new UJs and will have suspect splines so need to take those costs into account.

I would charge what you are happy with and maybe be prepared to negotiate a bit.

Garry

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Hi Jon

I'd be going for a late SIIa or SIII shaft as they have larger uni-joints than the later vehicles that have gone back to the S1 size. In fact the later joints are common with Ford Falcon and F100 so can be picked up anywhere. At generic Ford parts prices.

Have you measured an 80" prop shaft for length? There are two lengths, one for the early "long nosed diff" and the later pinion length we all know. Both the 80" rears are shorter than the 86" rear.

Can measure one on Friday if you want.

Also, given that you are having a significantly shortened shaft, I'm wondering if the standard yokes are what you need, perhaps you'd be better off with yokes that allow greater articulation and hence you need specials made up.

Diana

[Yorkshire_Jon]

Thanks Diana, much appreciated.

I managed to drop on 2 TD5 Defender front shafts for not bad money.

The front shaft yokes will be fine and I suspect the rear will be too, but will offer it up and have a look before I start chopping it up!

I did look at the 2 80" lengths, both were too short. I did find it interesting though just how short the shortest one is, 407mm from memory.

If I need to get wide yokes for the rear shaft then i haven't wasted a lot of money by going down this route but have potentially saved a heap of $.

Thx again
Jon

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Hi Jon

I think that was the only reason the Rover Co shortened the pinion length in 1950. If they were only building cars they could have left the long pinion length.

Diana

[Yorkshire_Jon]

Hi Jon

I think that was the only reason the Rover Co shortened the pinion length in 1950. If they were only building cars they could have left the long pinion length.

Diana

Good point Diana,
I'd never made the link in my mind, but certainly stands to reason.

R
J