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Rorie

Active Member

• Oct 4, 2018

• #1

Is it possible to identify the wear on a half shaft by looking at the splines, or so you really need to feel for play when built into the hub /diff?

 

Paul D

Old, nackered 'n broke, but the Landy is fine . :)

Events Planner

• Oct 4, 2018

• #2

Yes, no ..

Images of a google search, top one is a excessive, but the new shaft on the right shows what the splines should look like. The bottom image is a worn shaft, the tops of the teeth are shiny because of wear, sharper, and have a changed profile from relatively square to mostly triangular ..

 

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Rorie

Active Member

• Oct 4, 2018

• #3

Here are a few photos of the half shaft I just pulled out last night.

 

jamesmartin

Well-Known Member

• Oct 4, 2018

• #4

theres the start of wear but not enough to worry about yet

 

Paul D

Old, nackered 'n broke, but the Landy is fine . :)

Events Planner

• Oct 4, 2018

• #5

What @jamesmartin said ..

 

TorsionBhudda

Well-Known Member

• Oct 4, 2018

• #6

Yeah they look servicable

 

zeaphod

Well-Known Member

• Oct 5, 2018

• #7

There's another 100k in that.