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woody5248

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Hi all,

Second post so go easy!

I have a land rover td300 90 diesel with R380 box on an 88 model year chassis. It has a disc brake conversion on the rear. The axle is an early range rover classic item with ten splines. The front is standard I believe.

The rear is very noisy with a grinding noise on the over run when warm.

I have the opportunity to either fit a set of axles from a 2010 defender (puma) with 24K miles or a set of Defender td5 axles, these come complete plug and play with arms and brakes.

What is the best option? I plan to use this off road in the winter and want the best bang for buck as far as strength and longevity are concerned.

Any help/ advice gratefully received. If this has been covered before please accept my apologies and send the link.
 
theres not much difference between td5 and 300 but if td5 axles are bette fit the pair and sevice wheel bearings at the same time
 
jamesmartin said:
theres not much difference between td5 and 300 but if td5 axles are bette fit the pair and sevice wheel bearings at the same time
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88 it would have had TD engine in it and drum rear axle Surely. OP said it's had a Rangey disc braked, rear axle fitted (RRC presumably) be cheaper to just fit a noo (2nd hand) diff to the existing axle, I would have thought.
 
Thanks for the info, I understand that just fitting a new diff would be the lowest cost option. As this is a ten spline set up it is weaker (so I am told) and you have less options in the future. With this in mind, I wanted to know if the Puma axles/ diffs were any better than the TD5 option. The Puma axles come complete and are very low mileage. it seems that it costs about £500 for a heavy duty diff(pegged and 4 pin in a case), I would then need to add HD shafts(not sure of cost) and change the axle to accept this kit (£225) The total cost for and hd set up would be about £1800. The complete axles come too me for less than third for both, in fact both axles(Puma) would be less than the cost of one conversion. If none of this is any stronger than the fitting of a new ten spline diff then that is what I may end up doing.


Thanks
 
24 spline is better and if he has the opportunity to fit td5 pair its worth doing ,more choice of wheels ,diff obviously would be less work and cash
 
woody5248 said:
Thanks for the info, I understand that just fitting a new diff would be the lowest cost option. As this is a ten spline set up it is weaker (so I am told) and you have less options in the future. With this in mind, I wanted to know if the Puma axles/ diffs were any better than the TD5 option. The Puma axles come complete and are very low mileage. it seems that it costs about £500 for a heavy duty diff(pegged and 4 pin in a case), I would then need to add HD shafts(not sure of cost) and change the axle to accept this kit (£225) The total cost for and hd set up would be about £1800. The complete axles come too me for less than third for both, in fact both axles(Puma) would be less than the cost of one conversion. If none of this is any stronger than the fitting of a new ten spline diff then that is what I may end up doing.


Thanks
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It all depends on what you intend doing with the landy If it's for Comp spec trials or P&P days then deffo go down the TD5/puma axle route. If it's just for a spot of laning on the plains then just whack a std 2nd hand 10spline diff in it..
 
Again thanks,

Yes it is more easy comp / p and p days rather than just green lanes.

Looks like I will take your advice and go down the used route on newer axles. The front axle has a number stamped on it H874491 or H374491 not sure if this helps identify the front unit. I can not find anything with this reference.

Mike
 
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