Thread: maxi drive ? so whats the next best

Originally Posted by uninformed

regarding ashcrofts axles, i have never had one....

if they are made out of 4340, which i believe they are, and looking at there test rig breaking figures.... i think they must be quite hard to get that amount of foot/lb breakage....

if so how will they hold up to shock loads, in real driving situations....

and somewhere here it said they weren't waisted down to root dia...
i think this is bad

im not an engineer, by no means....

i have talked to mal story alot about axle design etc

there are reasons for his choice of material and how it has been hardend he had contracts with the australia army and the israili army, and sold many many around the globe, yes some broke but only a hand full...

i think no other axle on the market, for land rovers, are as good as maxi dirve....
and they are still being made the same way...

i think mals design is about as good as it gets, just simple principle...

only way to make it better is to make it out of a better material...

hehehehe yes there is better stuff out there but i understand you have to order 10 tonnes of anything in the ball park of hytuf. so good luck getting someone to commit to that!

cheers, serg

Hi Serg,

the shafts we make are indeed wasted down to allow max flex along the shaft and not to focus the stress at the splines, they seen to take the shock loading fine,

I have just measured a maxi shaft in the workshop and ours are slightly smaller in diameter.

out of about 2500 shafts sold since Oct 05 I would guess failures are :

Rear : 12
Front : 5

Dave

cheers Dave, great to have you give some details here for us

i guess we all just want the best value for money....

and feedback and discussion hopefully in the right direction, will lead to better products....

as far as i know all maxi drive/ Hi- tough engineering axles are all waisted

slunnie, why would you say that people buying jacmac axles are more likely to be hard core or more thereof than buyers of maxidrive????

people all over the world have been competing with maxidrive products...

and if you are referring to 30spline or something else thats not a fair comparisson to a 24 spline rover axle...

i agree that a toy 3rd with 30 spline is and upgrade but wouldn't it be better if jac macs axles where made hytuf or 300m???

serg

JM will make what you want, eg to longfield CV's prior to the Ashcrofts even if it is all still 24 spline at the diff.

I can only be guided, but I would assume that if JacMac did use the same materials as Maxi that they would be a better axle.

Interstingly, I'm jusst trying to think back... but if I recall correctly, and this may not be the case, the P38 Defender Maxi's were not wasted. Tusker would be able to confirm this though.

Originally Posted by Slunnie

JM will make what you want, eg to longfield CV's prior to the Ashcrofts even if it is all still 24 spline at the diff.

I can only be guided, but I would assume that if JacMac did use the same materials as Maxi that they would be a better axle.

Interstingly, I'm jusst trying to think back... but if I recall correctly, and this may not be the case, the P38 Defender Maxi's were not wasted. Tusker would be able to confirm this though.

Jeez, I've just come from the car, could've checked.

I don't recall them being waisted either though.

Regards
Max P

hey Tusker,

can you tell me when the Maxi axles were made?

what diff was it in? rover sals p38???

if p38, is it a semi floater?

were the axles replaced for you by Maxidrive?

cheers, Serg

Originally Posted by uninformed

hey Tusker,

can you tell me when the Maxi axles were made?

what diff was it in? rover sals p38???

if p38, is it a semi floater?

were the axles replaced for you by Maxidrive?

cheers, Serg

Hi Serg

Yep P38a in the rear. Installed the maxidrive when the car was new in early 2004. I did twist one, replaced that about 18 mths ago. I just paid for it, didn't try on a warranty claim. They aren't that dear. Otherwise I don't recall any axle trouble at all.

And the P38a is a full floater.

The Maxidrive stuff in the front is nearer to 10 years old, swapped over from my old Disco. No front diff or axle issues. Apart from wearing out the CW&P with about 400,000 kms between the two cars.

Regards
Max P

Serg, I know of one twisted MD axle (rear), and one broken MD axle, but it was one of the old EN25/26 axles - before Mal switched to hy-tuff.

An Italian (not Michele ) posted on Land Rover addict that he broke one a few weeks back and was asking for an alternative. I gave him Barry's contact details.

The Belgian fella on LR4x4 with the stroked/chipped TD5 90 snapped both his so then had some made by whoever supplies Williams GP Engineering with their half shafts. Can only imagine the cost....