One real easy question. Has anyone on the list ever broke
or bent a haft shaft? I can see an advantage to the bigger cv
joints but not a chance of bending or breaking the shaft! The transmission
will break first.

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          86-SS Syncro
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler
            www.my.treeway.com/emz

On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, mark lortie wrote:

> I used to have a couple of old land rovers & the rear axles broke once in a while but it
> wasnt a big thing cause you could slip them out through the wheel hub & use 2WD  to limp
> home (wouldnt work in a syncro) . At first I thought it was another legendary english design
> problem but upon reflection I realized  it was an inexpensive weak link in my drive train &
> fixable in the field (I tried welding a few ... didnt last ).  Bottom line it saved my
> tranny when working in low gear ratios . You may ask yourself what  you prefer to save .. A
> syncro axle or a tranny .
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> On the positive side . .. The land rover axles are encased & protected . The syncro axles
> are not and I can easily see a shaf getting bent in the field by dropping onto a rock so a
> heavy duty shaft could be of benefit .
>
> another $0.02 for the pot
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> Mark J Lortie PhD
> Division of Nephrology & Hypertension
> UCSD School of Medicine
> La Jolla CA.
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