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I’ve finally finished the substitution of the Stage1 CV joint with the early defender AEU2522 CV joint. Looking on one UK website that has both part numbers, there is a significant price difference 30 pound vs 300 pounds. So it was well worth investigating an alternative.
Looking at both CVs externally they look virtually identical with the only apparent difference being the length of the splined shaft. I did not measure the exact difference but can tell you that the AEU2522 shaft is just short enough that it does not protrude out of the end of the drive flange when installed. In fact the splined shaft sits about 1/8 to3/16 of an inch short of the outside of the drive flange.
My plan was to use a large fender washer and an appropriately sized bolt with some loctite to hold the shaft in place. After searching around I could not find the correct bolt. 10mm was too small, 12mm was too large, 11mm may have worked but could not find one locally. SAE sizes also did not work. The final solution was to run a 7/16 fine thread tap down the hole and use a 7/16 bolt with a large fender washer and some loctite. Got it all zipped up at SCARR and ran a full day of trails with no issues.
I’ve finally finished the substitution of the Stage1 CV joint with the early defender AEU2522 CV joint. Looking on one UK website that has both part numbers, there is a significant price difference 30 pound vs 300 pounds. So it was well worth investigating an alternative.
Looking at both CVs externally they look virtually identical with the only apparent difference being the length of the splined shaft. I did not measure the exact difference but can tell you that the AEU2522 shaft is just short enough that it does not protrude out of the end of the drive flange when installed. In fact the splined shaft sits about 1/8 to3/16 of an inch short of the outside of the drive flange.
My plan was to use a large fender washer and an appropriately sized bolt with some loctite to hold the shaft in place. After searching around I could not find the correct bolt. 10mm was too small, 12mm was too large, 11mm may have worked but could not find one locally. SAE sizes also did not work. The final solution was to run a 7/16 fine thread tap down the hole and use a 7/16 bolt with a large fender washer and some loctite. Got it all zipped up at SCARR and ran a full day of trails with no issues.
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