rockafellqeinstien Member 325 Member For: 16y 6m 9d Posted 19/04/10 01:27 AM Share Posted 19/04/10 01:27 AM I dont think its a 100% thing or you would hear even more horror stories.mines manual and had a very hard life (now its out of warranty I can admit it) 100,000km of which 35,000 has been with almost 800 nm - no problems for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoke them tyres Member 557 Member For: 17y 1m 11d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 22/04/10 09:18 AM Share Posted 22/04/10 09:18 AM (edited) If it blows, replace it with a single piece unit that would be stronger and without these issues for less $$$$$$ than the 2 piece one. A std 9 inch diff has a 4" (???) diameter shaft and these can take more abuse than most street cars can dish out in sensible treatment.Ball type cv's just can't handle the torque these things have. The ball cages are always flimsy and don't locate the balls in the exact position they need to be in long term......and the outer sleeve is far from "substantial". Contact area of the ball/slot is also far from ideal. Even 2 piece truck shafts have the good old trunnion style uni's.Also, the splined stub that is part of the shaft has a load of leverage on it.....hmmmmm.....not my first choice for a shaft. Probably why the shaft outside diameter is so damn small in the first place......a little more twist allowed to protect the smaller spline diameter by loading it slightly more gradually. Edited 22/04/10 09:21 AM by Smoke them tyres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch179 Member 30 Member For: 17y 22d Posted 24/04/10 08:36 AM Share Posted 24/04/10 08:36 AM my ute is lowered an inch with those lowering blocks.. it's a manual, should I be worried?I have plenty of drive line shunt but I hear that's normal? I'd rather it didn't sh*t itself to be honest haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornado164 Member 3 Member For: 14y 9m 4d Posted 28/04/10 08:47 AM Share Posted 28/04/10 08:47 AM my ute has reset leafs with 2" lowering blocks.replaced 1 cv already..thinking about getting a heavy duty shaft made up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b2tf Member 6 Member For: 15y 5m 20d Posted 03/05/10 12:14 AM Author Share Posted 03/05/10 12:14 AM A bit of late reply but I have now installed the Herrods kit into my ute, SL all round and no problems so far. It's been in for 2 weeks now and I have given it a bit of a workout but it is still needing a wheel alignment and another go on the U bolts with the rattle gun as they recommend.No problems at all, no noises, looks and handles a hell of a lot better so in my opinion money well spent. No axle tramp either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridingtom Member 75 Member For: 16y 1m 7d Gender: Male Location: sydney Posted 11/05/10 10:22 AM Share Posted 11/05/10 10:22 AM mind me asking how much the herrod kit was? they guarantee tailshafts with the kit don't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deebs1990 Member 29 Member For: 14y 11m 17d Gender: Male Location: Greenbank, QLD Posted 12/05/10 05:54 AM Share Posted 12/05/10 05:54 AM (edited) +1 on what this ^ guy asked Edited 12/05/10 05:56 AM by Deebs1990 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ba_xr6_turbo Member 31 Member For: 21y 6m 9d Gender: Male Location: Geelong Posted 19/05/10 11:20 PM Share Posted 19/05/10 11:20 PM the herrod kit retails at $1150.. includes their new leafs and springs ect, I dont know about tailshaft replacment if it fails but ive got an fg xr6t ute now done 9k's with nearly 300rwkw and I drive it hard day in day out, no axle tramp no problems at all with the kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deebs1990 Member 29 Member For: 14y 11m 17d Gender: Male Location: Greenbank, QLD Posted 20/05/10 02:02 PM Share Posted 20/05/10 02:02 PM The price is fairly high but it's good to hear you've had no problems with the herrod kit. Is yours an auto or manual though, cause from what I've read on here the auto's are more prominent to the cv/tailshaft failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ba_xr6_turbo Member 31 Member For: 21y 6m 9d Gender: Male Location: Geelong Posted 23/05/10 11:24 PM Share Posted 23/05/10 11:24 PM mine is an auto, $1150 vs new tailshaft? cheap in my eyes lol.. most places like pedders or dunga tyre shops will charge half that and that would be without replacing your leafs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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