Thread: Anyone interested in heavy duty DC drive shafts?

Hey mick,

Baily-Morris in the UK will supply heavy duty D/C or wide angle front propshafts for all landy's.

You supply VIN number and they make the shaft. I got mine delivered to the door for $650.

It huge, greasable and the build quality is second to none.

Cheers

what size uni's does it use though?

Ok, found the info, they only use 1310 uni's still which are what is used normally, they do look good though, and they can also do 40dg unis which would be interesting. The shafts i am looking at getting done while they maybe 200 more then those from the UK they are a much more heavy duty shaft using 1350 series uni's that have a much higher torque rating and working angles over 30dg.
http://www.baileymorris.co.uk/pdf/Extreme%20shafts.pdf

Originally Posted by cal415

Im looking into getting some custom drive shafts made, mainly a DC shaft for the front, ive been talking to a local place that makes shafts for the mine vehicles at work and have been susing out some very nice parts.

What company you looking at using - I had a shaft made by a specialist at Edgeworth and he was pretty good.

Garry

Same company Gary, that would be Gibsons, i've been dealing with them for years they have made and rebuilt alot of shafts for me for landys and cars i have had, we also deal with them for work doing our mine truck shafts. Chris is the guy there i always speak to and he is the one who has organised what parts will do the job. Like you said, they are very good and really know there stuff.

He build the front driveshaft in my 101. At the time he discussed the 101 rumble issues and was convinced that a bigger, rubber filled shaft (dampen vibrations) would work when combined with larger, finer needled UJs and longer splines - and not the use of a double carden.

The result was a driveshaft better than the original but the rumble and vibration was still there - when I found a suitable double carden joint I was going to take the lot back to him and get him to cut off the gearbox end if the shaft and weld on the double carden - I believe that his rubber filleshaft with, bigger UJs and a double carden would most likely fix the issue.

Have you got any prices on these double cardens as yet?

Yes - he is a good guy to deal with - you can personally discuss requirements with him.

Cheers

Garry

So what sort of ballpark figure for F+R?

Any discounts if there are enough takers for a group buy?

At least one of the shafts on the county is quite floppy in the spline area (last I looked), so I may be interested.

The front DC shaft is about $200-250 more than a Tom Woods shaft too, which uses 1310 uni's.

Apparently Jeep Konnection in Melbourne have the Tom Woods shafts on the shelf. Supposedly their price is much the same as if you import one direct from the US.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/good-oil/6...an-joints.html