Thread: Check your wheel bearings!

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Next time you'll go to Maccas!

Diana

Originally Posted by Shonky

( Broken Defender CV image deleted )

Yuk!

Mal Storey MaxiDrive always said that Disco/lateRRc and Defender CVs had gone to junk. His comment is "the County/110 CV are the last decent Rover CV".

I trust you went to an Ashcroft CV as a replacement!

Diana

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Yuk!

Mal Storey MaxiDrive always said that Disco/lateRRc and Defender CVs had gone to junk. His comment is "the County/110 CV are the last decent Rover CV".

I trust you went to an Ashcroft CV as a replacement!

Diana

Not overly impressed with County AEU2522 joints either as they are through hardened and too brittle. Question is, and maybe Dave or Ian could chime in if they see this thread. Is the heat treatment of the Ashcroft CV joint biased more towards ultimate strength for competition use at the expense of long service life in constant 4wd vehicles ? Or has a satisfactory compromise between the two been found?
Wagoo.

Originally Posted by wagoo

Not overly impressed with County AEU2522 joints either as they are through hardened and too brittle. Question is, and maybe Dave or Ian could chime in if they see this thread. Is the heat treatment of the Ashcroft CV joint biased more towards ultimate strength for competition use at the expense long service life in constant 4wd vehicles ? Or has a satisfactory compromise between the two been found?
Wagoo.

Competition use, 5 year warranty, unlimited

I too think county CV's suck, as I've broken 2 and probably half a dozen early classic CV's

Originally Posted by rovercare

Competition use, 5 year warranty, unlimited

I too think county CV's suck, as I've broken 2 and probably half a dozen early classic CV's

I have an unreg Isuzu powered RR/Landy hybrid that was given to me for use clearing my property that eats classic CVs for breakfast ,lunch and dinner.The front end is in good order and set up correctly. And even though I get a steady supply of CVs for free I can't be bothered replacing them anymore, when my own hybrid with welded Toyota CVs just keeps on keeping on after tons more hard work and abuse.
Wagoo.

Originally Posted by wagoo

I have an unreg Isuzu powered RR/Landy hybrid that was given to me for use clearing my property that eats classic CVs for breakfast ,lunch and dinner.The front end is in good order and set up correctly. And even though I get a steady supply of CVs for free I can't be bothered replacing them anymore, when my own hybrid with welded Toyota CVs just keeps on keeping on after tons more hard work and abuse.
Wagoo.

Funny what metallurgy can do

It was not my claim about early RR and County/Stage 1 CVs, it was Mal Story's comment to me when we were designing ENV-Stage 1 hybrid halfshafts. And to clarify: he thought the Phase II RRc CVs were weaker than the early 2 door ones. He also thought the later RRc with 24 spline diff the soft dash etc were even weaker than the earlier phase II types.

Maybe he was not suggesting the early Rover CVs were great, but they were better than the later and current ones. If you want more clarification, you will have to ring him yourself.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

It was not my claim about early RR and County/Stage 1 CVs, it was Mal Story's comment to me when we were designing ENV-Stage 1 hybrid halfshafts. And to clarify: he thought the Phase II RRc CVs were weaker than the early 2 door ones. He also thought the later RRc with 24 spline diff the soft dash etc were even weaker than the earlier phase II types.

Maybe he was not suggesting the early Rover CVs were great, but they were better than the later and current ones. If you want more clarification, you will have to ring him yourself.

I wasn't being critical of you or Mals opinion Diane, and agree that the RRC and 110 cvs were the strongest joints that rover ever fitted in production. It's jut that they were the best of a very bad bunch.Having said that I've seen them in as new condtion in high mileage but not hard worked vehicles with over 300,000km on the clocks. I just believe that kind of wear resistance is acheivable without the brittleness that comes with through hardening.
i would concede however that the much more ductile flame hardened 40/60
series Toyota CVs that I use would wear out rather rapidly in a constant 4wd vehicle. A compromise between the two forms of heat treatment is what is needed, and is hopefully what Ashcrofts CVs are.
Wagoo.