New set has arrived! Front shaft uppgrade *Finland-Fix*

[jute91]

well i just did this because if i sometimes might turbocharge mine, the splines would last at least...

[Bmjpv]

All good ways to upgrade these front shafts. I have also thought about blocking off the hollow d/shaft at the case end and installing a grease fitting . As a 30+ year mechanic I don't believe I ever saw a car part die that had a life line of grease. Please keep this going . 91' Ix owner , Joe

[jute91]

yes thats right... now i uppgraded touching area lenght from 18mm to 50mm..

[nando]

Looks good! You could definitely sell a few. I assume the extra "gap" you made between the O-ring and the start of the splines is where it doesn't go into the T-Case anyway?

[Kershaw]

I believe those are 525ix shafts.

[audiquattrot]

Nando who did those for ya? I have a couple donor shafts that would be nice to have as spares.

[nando]

maybe something collapsable like the rear yoke on the ix driveshaft?

[jute91]

im thinking it would be good around 190$ per head... yeah its a lot of work to remove all that just for shaft... i need to figure that flange thing... im studying in school now so it might take some time to make head... ill update when i got some extra head done with splines... splines are under work atm...

[nando]

I've got something like that now



how much you thinking? I've got two shafts I could rebuild with new splines.

even better would be to make a flange on both sides so the shaft could be removed and inspected without having to drop the whole transfercase.

[jute91]

So I made a second round of these spline extension as requested. Price is 250euros including shipping worldwide. If you want to use paypal, that will add 20euros more.

pm me if you are interested.

Quoting old text:
Hi guys!

I started to uppgrade my ix drivetrain and first thing is front shaft splines.. I have reade that they are the first point where it cracks.. here is couple articles that i read

http://savarturbo.se/~mattias/motor/pictures/ix/shim/

http://home.earthlink.net/~hainesinutah/members/newsletters/iXchange26.html

i teared my ix transfer case apart and took measuments

http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/321094_4862846383267_701143662_n.jpg

front shaft splines are on top of each other only about 18-20mm and there is 60mm long splines in gear sprocket..

so..

Heres what i got




im making new weld-able splines to my front shaft..

...increasing spline "neck" of the shaft so that splines start from the same mark than spline touching each other... also i make splines 50mm long in the shaft... so touching are increases x2.. head is made of imacro M steel and it has section that will be pressed into old shaft pipe, making it stiff and help welding..

so if someone is interested purchasing this part, i will make it and post it with instructions...