jai_landrover
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Ok Evidence here to prove that Britpart supplied OEM drive shafts are made of cheese!
Ok today I had a go at a punch event for standard vehicles and Thus went for the more deifficult punches/numbers. Resulting in this:

Now this is not an issue but when it snapped I wasnt bouncing wheels or spinning my rear wheels up just 1st low up a steep face that isn't completly unpassable just a bit hard. I would normally say when somone breaks shafts regularly they need to learn to drive but I'll lay some background and you can make your mind up if:
A: Im a Cuunt of a driver and I will be forever breaking shafts, or
B: Britpart shafts are just worthless.
Ok now I won a salisbury on Ebay for £20 and fitted it to my 90 along with a detroit locker. The shafts seem to be original salisbury/LR items and I believe have done a fair few miles from the wear on the splines below:

Now because of the wear I brought some new cheap shafts from Paddocks so everything was nice and new with no wear. I fitted one side and never got around to the other but carried the new one as a spare just in case.
Now the nice new shaft broke today instead of the old worn item that I believe to be almost U/S. I now rate LR shafts much more than ever their temper or treatment must be better than Britpart. Also normally the short LR shaft breaks because it has less Twist flex in it due to its shorter length thus breaking the shorter one. Today I broke the longer shaft with as new splines when the other side had completly shot splines but was of LR manufacturer. I guess I may well have to fork out for a set of ashcroft shafts next time but £300 isn't exactly cheap. Jai
Ok today I had a go at a punch event for standard vehicles and Thus went for the more deifficult punches/numbers. Resulting in this:

Now this is not an issue but when it snapped I wasnt bouncing wheels or spinning my rear wheels up just 1st low up a steep face that isn't completly unpassable just a bit hard. I would normally say when somone breaks shafts regularly they need to learn to drive but I'll lay some background and you can make your mind up if:
A: Im a Cuunt of a driver and I will be forever breaking shafts, or
B: Britpart shafts are just worthless.
Ok now I won a salisbury on Ebay for £20 and fitted it to my 90 along with a detroit locker. The shafts seem to be original salisbury/LR items and I believe have done a fair few miles from the wear on the splines below:

Now because of the wear I brought some new cheap shafts from Paddocks so everything was nice and new with no wear. I fitted one side and never got around to the other but carried the new one as a spare just in case.
Now the nice new shaft broke today instead of the old worn item that I believe to be almost U/S. I now rate LR shafts much more than ever their temper or treatment must be better than Britpart. Also normally the short LR shaft breaks because it has less Twist flex in it due to its shorter length thus breaking the shorter one. Today I broke the longer shaft with as new splines when the other side had completly shot splines but was of LR manufacturer. I guess I may well have to fork out for a set of ashcroft shafts next time but £300 isn't exactly cheap. Jai
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