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Halfshafts

Please note all out heavy duty halfshafts now carry a 5 YEAR replacement warranty

* Now available - Heavy Duty Rear Salisbury Halfshafts*

We manufacture three types of heavy duty halfshaft to fit the front and rear axles of the Range Rover, Discovery and 90. We also supply shafts to fit the late type (2003 onward,) 110 rear axle. Our new generation of recently improved shafts are made from "4340" alloy steel. We have also made some design improvements to remove the stress concentration which typically causes failure at the diff end, this allows the shaft to flex along its length absorbing much of the shock loads. For a Tech sheet on these shafts please click here

These shafts have been proven,in competition and on our destruction test rig, to meet the demands of many winning vehicles worldwide.

We designed and built the testrig mentioned above to allow us to twist shafts until they failed to get a definitive measure of the elasticity and ultimate strength. The rig consists of a steel box section frame which holds a 3000 PSI hydraulic power pack, pressure gauge, 100mm diameter ram, 75mm duplex chain and a large diameter sprocket. This sprocket is bolted to a drive flange and another drive flange is bolted to the frame, the shaft is fitted between the 2 drive flanges and when a valve is opened the ram pulls the chain which in turn twists the shaft.

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A photo of the testrig

Click Here for a video of the test ring in action.

We are interested in 3 things :

1) torque applied, this is calculated as we know the oil pressure applied to the ram from the gauge, we know the ram piston diameter and we know the sprocket radius, from the we can calculate the torque applied.

2) total twist, we have a simple "clicker" which clicks on each tooth of the sprocket as it turns, we know how many teeth are on the sprocket so we know how many degrees each "click" is.

3) Elasticity, i.e. how much the shaft springs back once failed, worked out from a line drawn on the shaft before the test, total twist - twist when line aligned on failed shaft.

by plotting the pressure at each click we can plot a graph of torque on the vertical axis versus elongation/twist on the horizontal axis.

Please click here to see the results of the testing we have done on the front landrover halfshafts.

Front halfshaft results

Please click here to see the results of the testing we have done on the rear landrover halfshafts.

Please note we no longer supply 10/32 or 24/32 spline halfshafts. By replacing the 32 spline CV with a 23 spline CV we can use the stronger 24/23 shaft.

It can get a little confusing working out what parts are required for your vehicle so the following is a guide to cover most applications, scroll down to the vehicle you have, down to the year/engine type then to front or rear to see standard spec and upgrades available, should you wish to order the product codes are shown in brackets :

Landrover 90 / Defender

upto and including the Turbo Diesel engine, to about 1989

Front Axle

Standard : halfshafts are 10 sp at the diff and 23 sp at the CV, CV"s are the AEU2522 type,

Upgrades : HD Shafts (OSF) please note to fit our shafts you will have to fit some form of 24 spline diff centre, HD CV Joints (CVE) HD Drive Flanges (5806)

Rear Axle

Standard : halfshafts are 10 sp at the diff and 24 sp at the drive flange,

Upgrades : HD Shafts (OSR) please note to fit our shafts you will have to fit some form of 24 spline diff centre, HD Drive Flanges (5806)

200 TDi

Front Axle

Standard : halfshafts are 10 sp at the diff and 32 sp at the CV,

Upgrades : HD Shafts (OSF) please note to fit our shafts you will have to fit some form of 24 spline diff centre, HD CV Joints (CVE) HD Drive Flanges (5806)

Rear Axle

Standard : halfshafts are 10 sp at the diff and 24 sp at the drive flange,

Upgrades : HD Shafts (OSR) please note to fit our shafts you will have to fit some form of 24 spline diff centre, HD Drive Flanges (5806)

300 TDi and TD5

Front Axle

Standard : halfshafts are 24 sp at the diff and 32 sp at the CV,

Upgrades : HD Shafts (OSF) can only be fitted with our HD CV"s, HD CV Joints (CVL) can only be fitted with our or other 23 sp shafts HD Drive Flanges (859)

Rear Axle

Standard : halfshafts are 24 sp at the diff and have an integral drive flange,

Upgrades : HD Shafts (NSR) please note to fit our shafts you may need the drive flanges, if you currently have intergral drive flanges. HD Drive Flanges (859)

Landrover 110 / Defender

upto and including the Turbo Diesel engine, to about 1989

Front Axle

Standard : halfshafts are 10 sp at the diff and 23 sp at the CV, CV"s are the AEU2522 type,

Upgrades : HD Shafts (OSF) please note to fit our shafts you will have to fit some form of 24 spline diff centre, HD CV Joints (CVE) HD Drive Flanges (5806)

Rear Axle

Standard : Salisbury type, halfshafts are 24 sp at each end,

Upgrades : HD Shafts (SALEARLY) HD Drive Flanges (5806)

200 TDi

Front Axle

Standard : halfshafts are 10 sp at the diff and 32 sp at the CV,

Upgrades : HD Shafts (OSF) please note to fit our shafts you will have to fit some form of 24 spline diff centre, HD CV Joints (CVE) HD Drive Flanges (5806)

Rear Axle

Standard : Salisbury type, halfshafts are 24 sp at each end,

Upgrades : HD Shafts (SALEARLY) HD Drive Flanges (5806)

300 TDi and TD5 upto 2003

Front Axle

Standard : halfshafts are 24 sp at the diff and 32 sp at the CV,

Upgrades : HD Shafts (OSF) can only be fitted with our HD CV"s, HD CV Joints (CVL) can only be fitted with ours or other 23 sp shafts HD Drive Flanges (859)

Rear Axle

Standard : Salisbury type, halfshafts are 24 sp at each end,

Upgrades : HD Shafts (SALLATE) HD Drive Flanges (859)

TD5 2003 onwards

Front Axle

Standard : halfshafts are 24 sp at the diff and 32 sp at the CV,

Upgrades : HD Shafts (OSF) can only be fitted with our HD CV"s, HD CV Joints (CVL) can only be fitted with ours or other 23 sp shafts HD Drive Flanges (859)

Rear Axle

Standard : Banjo type, halfshafts are 24 sp at each end,

Upgrades : HD Shafts (NSR) HD Drive Flanges (859)

Disco I

Front Axle

Without ABS, upto VIN JA032850

Standard : halfshafts are 10 sp at the diff and 32 sp at the CV,

Upgrades : HD Shafts (OSF) please note to fit our shafts you will have to fit some form of 24 spline diff centre, HD CV Joints (CVE) HD Drive Flanges (5806M)

Note : to fit these CV"s you will have to purchase modified stub axles from us at a cost of £ 100 / pair.

With ABS

Standard : halfshafts are 24 sp at the diff and 32 sp at the CV,

Upgrades : HD Shafts (OSF) can only be fitted with our HD CV"s, HD CV Joints (CVL) can only be fitted with ours or other 23 sp shafts HD Drive Flanges (859)

Rear Axle

upto VIN number JA 032850

Standard : halfshafts are 10 sp at the diff and have an integral drive flange with a thick flange,

Upgrades : HD Shafts (OSR) HD Drive Flanges (5806M)

from VIN number JA 032851

Standard : halfshafts are 24 sp at the diff and have an integral drive flange,

Upgrades : HD Shafts (NSR) please note to fit our shafts you will need the drive flanges, HD Drive Flanges (859)

Disco II

Front Axle

Supplied as a kit to include both CV"s, halfshafts, rubber boots and clips. Front Kit (D2 FRonts)

Rear Axle

Now available, £300 per pair. HD Shafts (D2 Rears)

Range Rover Classic

Front Axle

VIN CA to HA610293, Non ABS, axles with a suffix A serial number,

Standard : halfshafts are 10 sp at the diff and 23 sp at the CV,

Upgrades : HD Shafts (OSF) please note to fit our shafts you will have to fit some form of 24 spline diff centre, HD CV Joints (CVE) HD Drive Flanges (5806M)

Note : to fit these CV"s you will have to either purchase modified stub axles from us at a cost of £ 100 / pair or remove and machine yours to THIS drawing, once machined they should look like this

VIN CA to HA610293, Non ABS, axles with a suffix B serial number,

Standard : halfshafts are 10 sp at the diff and 32 sp at the CV,

Upgrades : HD Shafts (OSF) please note to fit our shafts you will have to fit some form of 24 spline diff centre, HD CV Joints (CVE) HD Drive Flanges (5806M)

Note : the stub axles on this axle will look like this, to fit our heavy duty CV"s you will have to purchase modified stub axles from us at a cost of £ 100 / pair.

VIN CA to HA610293, with ABS,

please advise Axle number,

Rear Axle

Non ABS,

Standard : halfshafts are 10 sp at the diff and have an integral drive flange with a thick flange,

Upgrades : HD Shafts (OSR) HD Drive Flanges (5806M)

With ABS,

Standard : halfshafts are 24 sp at the diff and have a separate drive flange,

Upgrades : HD Shafts (NSR) HD Drive Flanges (859)

Range Rover P38

Sorry but we do not currently make any halfshafts or CV joints for the P38 RR.

Front Shafts £245 per pair
To fit the earlier, larger diameter 23 spline CV joint, 24 spline at the diff.
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Late Rears £260 per pair
New Style Rear Halfshafts
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Early Rears £260 per pair
Early Style Rear Halfshaft
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Salisbury Halfshafts £300
Now available - to compliment our existing range of Heavy Duty Strengthened Halfshafts we are now able to offer these to suit the 110 Salisbury Rear axle.
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Disco II Rear shafts £ 300 / pair
Heavy Duty rear halfsahfts to fit the Disco II rear axle.
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