HD Halfshafts and CV's

Yeah. It's categorically early next year now!

Well it's obviously this year but it's last years next year now!

Kirkynut

kirkynut wrote: Yeah. It's categorically early next year now!

Well it's obviously this year but it's last years next year now!

Kirkynut

Yep it is and and I NEED heavy duty shafts and CV's ASAP so any updates would be appreciated.

Ian

so why not RS cv's and shafts that are already being made, or is there going to be summit special about these ones?? :laugh:

lindsay wrote: so why not RS cv's and shafts that are already being made, or is there going to be summit special about these ones?? :laugh:

No mate, I suspect I will be going with the RS ones..........just making sure there are still no alternatives to consider before I spend the money.

lindsay wrote: so why not RS cv's and shafts that are already being made, or is there going to be summit special about these ones?? :laugh:

The Rs ones look like a great bit of kit and are probably the best as you have to put the side gears from a rear diff on the front diff to strengthen it up, so you strengthen the next weakest link in the drive train. They are made from super strong material also.

BUT this is a pain and I would like a simple like for like swap. The Jimnybits ones have been tested with a front locker in arduous conditions and have held up fine. I don't plan to have a locker so they are going to have an even easier time in mine. So for me, the Jimnybits ones will be the way forward but they just aren't coming.

I have a spare set of shafts with CVs on at the moment and only go laning now, so I'm unlikely to break a CV, but it is still possible.

So you can see for me why the straight swap Jimnybits ones are easier.

If I were to have an ARB front locker I'd get one with 26 splines and the RS ones will be a straight fit into that. But I'm not, so that's that.

Kirkynut

ive shelved these for now as were too busy with general work and manufacturing parts we already sell as well as parts for other companies, we get asked far more for other parts than we do these kits as they are more of a specialist kit for the enthusiast compared to someone who wants to do some light greenlaning now and again

i expect it would be around 2 years before we even look at doing these kits again due to the amount of work load we have, and for 570 ish GBP thats a good price for the kit