Worn driveshafts?

In preparation for replacing the rear diff on my 88 RRC (see thread on
rear diff knock noises) I pulled the driveshafts to check for wear and
number of splines.

N/S shaft appears almost unmarked but O/S shaft has wear marks on the
splines.

There is a very poor picture at
http://www.ofoto.co.uk/I.jsp?c=18izn9a9.808x5rh&x=0&y=-8w5gr4

The wear marks appear much worse in the photo than in real life. Should
I replace one or both of the drive shafts when I replace the diff?

TIA

Richard

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In <[email protected]> Richard wrote:
> In preparation for replacing the rear diff on my 88 RRC (see thread on
> rear diff knock noises) I pulled the driveshafts to check for wear and
> number of splines.
>
> N/S shaft appears almost unmarked but O/S shaft has wear marks on the
> splines.
>
> There is a very poor picture at
> http://www.ofoto.co.uk/I.jsp?c=18izn9a9.808x5rh&x=0&y=-8w5gr4
>
> The wear marks appear much worse in the photo than in real life.
> Should I replace one or both of the drive shafts when I replace the
> diff?

I wouldn't bother, that sort of marking is fairly normal and it's
probably got another 150K left in it yet

cheers

Dave W.
http://www.yorkshireoffroadclub.net/

Looking at the pictrue you seem to have nothing to worry about - maybe you
will need to change it after another 10 years?

A

"Richard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In preparation for replacing the rear diff on my 88 RRC (see thread on
> rear diff knock noises) I pulled the driveshafts to check for wear and
> number of splines.
>
> N/S shaft appears almost unmarked but O/S shaft has wear marks on the
> splines.
>
> There is a very poor picture at
> http://www.ofoto.co.uk/I.jsp?c=18izn9a9.808x5rh&x=0&y=-8w5gr4
>
> The wear marks appear much worse in the photo than in real life. Should I
> replace one or both of the drive shafts when I replace the diff?
>
> TIA
>
> Richard
>
> --
> Real email address is RJSavage at BIGFOOT dot COM
>
> The information contained in this post
> may not be published in, or used by
>
> http://www.diyprojects.info

Andrew Renshaw wrote:

>Looking at the pictrue you seem to have nothing to worry about - maybe you
>will need to change it after another 10 years?
>
>A
>
>
>
Thanks. 'Tis what I thought. But, hopefully, I will not have the RR in
10 years!

Rgds Richard

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