Longfield HD halfshafts, need to weld studs?

A question to you guys that has installed these HD halfshafts, are you having any issues with the studs rotating in theire splines, so you had to weld them?

I saw a post, cant remember who, that had to weld them after they had started rotating during wheel change. But i dont know if this is a common issue, only on first batch, or if i should do it to mine as well. Bought them 3 months ago, installing them now on wednesday/thursday.

Front and rear.

That was me... I've had two wheel studs twist out of one of my TrailGear HD rear shafts...

I'm not sure if this is an isolated case though? As I've not read of any other problems?

Dave

Interestingly though, and if it inspires more confidence, I've recently fitted another pair in a new (secret winter) project -



And I haven't welded these studs on... I figure this one won't get so much abuse as S200KYS, and this one has drum brakes so the flanges are protected from the elements (S200KYS has a disk brake conversion so the flanges are open to the elements?)

Dave

S200KYS wrote: Interestingly though, and if it inspires more confidence, I've recently fitted another pair in a new (secret winter) project -
And I haven't welded these studs on... I figure this one won't get so much abuse as S200KYS, and this one has drum brakes so the flanges are protected from the elements (S200KYS has a disk brake conversion so the flanges are open to the elements?)

Dave

Thanks Dave! I`m also still running drums, and will keep on doing that.
I guess they should be fine then, if you havent heard about any others.. Youve been around here alot longer than me, so you would know i guess

Another question , have you installed front HD axles as well?
I`m wondering how to install shafts into the knuckles.. Just shove them in till they click in place?
I thought thats how it was done, but in the knuckle box, theres some C clips iin a bag... And the knuckles are full of grease.. So i thought i should ask

The c clips on on the ends of the stub axles before fitting into the CV. Don’t try it without them, I did and it caused a embarrassing 3wd issue when out laning

Other than that, shove em in. Pretty easy.


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Riccy wrote: The c clips on on the ends of the stub axles before fitting into the CV. Don’t try it without them, I did and it caused a embarrassing 3wd issue when out laning

Other than that, shove em in. Pretty easy.


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C-clips on, shove in, got it! Thanks!

Just out of curiosity, is it some mechanism inside the knuckle that locks onto/over the C-clip?

There's just a groove the C-clips sits in. Which is also why it's such a pain the ass to take it apart again, should you ever break a shafts.

TomDK wrote: There's just a groove the C-clips sits in. Which is also why it's such a pain the ass to take it apart again, should you ever break a shafts.

Ok thanks.

Trust me, its just as hard of a job to get the stub axle out WITHOUT the C-clip fitted as it is in. What a time I had getting it back out to fit the c-clips. Some sort of hydraulic vacuum lock had happened we think, stopping the stub axle sliding out easily

What happened without the c-clip is that the stub axle slid into the CV further than its supposed to, and thus out of the diff (or at least to the point of chewing the shaft end a bit ). I conclude that the c-clip is very important therefore cost me some new half-shafts and beer for the guy who got the shafts out of the CVS!