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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: stretchy on January 09, 2010, 21:08:50
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alrite guys can we tell just from apperance wether an axle is 10 or 24 without geting the half shafts out and all that type of jazz ??
just curios :-k
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yes the ends of the drive flanges are different 10spline being pointy 24 spline being flatter
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Not that simple....... the early disco's used imperial axles...a10 spline with fat drive flange ends..... the late 200's and very early 300's from what i can gather used a metric 10 spline.... with flat ends.......... and the later 300's used a metric 24 pline axle..... again, flat ends............ the casting numbers for BOTH the flat 10 AND 24 splines is the same............ i have both in my garage!
so, if you have flat ends, you simply HAVE to pull a shaft to check, however, IF you have the three pronged rubber coupling on the rear of the prop...... it's 99% bound to be a 24 spline one.....
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Somewhere in the muddle they were fitted with 2-peice halfshafts like on a Defender, ABS axles I think. The halfshafts for ABS are different
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good to know, i knew there was a catch somewhere
thanks guys
stretchy