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diesel_jim



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spudfan wrote:
From my home mechanical experience, regarding the female cup. Up to a certain "milage" things fall out of the cup, after that they seem to flow out. Seems milage and age affects the rigidity and suppleness of the structure. Ah the old days when everything was a snug fit..... Whistle


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United Kingdom 2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS DCPU Santorini Black
blackwolf wrote:
ralsim wrote:
2014
2.4 110 xs double cab
Original shaft until May 2024
Failed at 1580,000miles
LOF heavy duty will replace it


One-and-a-half MILLION miles ! Shocked I presume that is a typo?


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Julie



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ashtrans wrote:
Hi,

I thought I would chime in,

We have never had one of our design wear out to my knowledge,

Some customers with the earlier designs have had to change to outer collars due to oil leak issues but this was on the earlier designs, the later red collars have very few issues, the few that we have had usually have a reason for failure ie installation related, cross threaded or collar coming loose,

FYI as of today we have sold 4669 kits,

Dave


Hi Dave,

Being installed in June 2018, my "blue" Ashcroft spline fails due to oil leak issues (after 90 000 km).
So I am thinking about a replacement part.

I don't like the idea of fixing an Ashcroft kit every 90 000 km / 5 years. Neutral
For 4 years the kit has outperformed very well, so installation cannot be an issue (done by JLR reseller)

Are there any differences between the "blue" and the "red" splines (with respect to tightness) ?

Best regards

Julie
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Bluest



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Had mine replaced yesterday, not for any reason other than the box was out for a clutch change and it seemed wise. However, on inspection, no signs of any wear on the old one to my eyes. You can still see the machining marks on the splines which suggests not much fretting at all.

2007 2.4 tdci 110, 97,000 miles. To my knowledge the shaft is original. It did have a clutch quite early in it's life, but nothing to indicate the shaft was done.


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 2007 110 TDCi Station Wagon XS
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With very limited wear and no grease to be seen ! you must have a very will aligned shaft Thumbs Up

Petty all were not built like yours.
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Julie



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France 2012 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 SW Keswick Green
Red Ashcroft kit being installed yesterday replacing the blue one from 2018.
Design failure of the blue kit are quite obvious
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France 2012 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 SW Keswick Green
Red Ashcroft kit being installed yesterday replacing the blue one from 2018.
Design failure of the blue kit are quite obvious
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MK



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Julie wrote:
Red Ashcroft kit being installed yesterday replacing the blue one from 2018.
Design failure of the blue kit are quite obvious


Can you explain the flaw of the blue one? Puma 110" SW

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Can you explain the flaw of the blue one?

My opinion, and I do not wish to negatively criticise Ashcroft in any way for the design evolution of their product.

Early pumas that failed did so at approximately say 50,000 miles on average.
Later vehicles that failed did so sooner at say approximately 30,000 miles on average.
This indicates that the alignment variability that causes the fail is worse in the later vehicles.
Julie's vehicle, 2012, is one of the later vehicles that has statistical been proven to be in the 'worse' category.

From page 9 of this thread showing failure rate for model years:

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Now consider the time that Ashcroft were first developing their coupling.
They were dealing with the earlier vehicles that had been in use for some time.
Later vehicles that were failing were still being fixed by LR under warranty and nobody outside JLR realised that the problem was getting worse.

So, in short, Landrover's quality problem got worse and the original Ashcroft design had to be modified to allow for that.

With the greatest respect.
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BrickBox



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LOF single piece above all IME. No extra splines to wear and no oil seals to leak. Fit and forget. 2008 2.4 110 Utility Station Wagon XS.
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Julie



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MK wrote:
]Can you explain the flaw of the blue one?


Have you ever seen plastic or rubber seals in engines or gearboxes ?

Just install your oïl sump using a rubber seal and see what happens after five years Wink
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DSC-off wrote:

This indicates that the alignment variability that causes the fail is worse in the later vehicles.
Julie's vehicle, 2012, is one of the later vehicles that has statistical been proven to be in the 'worse' categorie..


Neither spline nor cone present any trace of wear
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BrickBox wrote:
LOF single piece above all IME. No extra splines to wear and no oil seals to leak. Fit and forget.


It will be interesting to see how these and similar rigid shafts perform long-term in vehicles with a proven appetite for standard couplings. I am not aware of anyone who has yet covered a significant mileage with a LOF shaft in a vehicle known to have an alignment problem, and I cannot quite avoid the fear that something more expensive than the original coupling will be wearing. I have no doubt at all that they will be fine in vehicles with well-aligned components, but there again so does the factory design in these cases.

Time will tell.
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Julie



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These fabrication tolerances ("misalignement") are a forum legend - nobody ever measured and compared them.

Many design changes could influence corrosion :
- change of material (shaft or spline)
- grease
- tolerances
- temperature (the exhaust with DPF is hotter)
...

But tolerances do exist. They refused the installation of a rigid shaft (LOF, ...) - they install only Ashcroft and original ones. And it's one of the big five (independant Land Rover garages here in France )
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These fabrication tolerances ("misalignement") are a forum legend - nobody ever measured and compared them.

Many design changes could influence corrosion :
- change of material (shaft or spline)
- grease
- tolerances
- temperature (the exhaust with DPF is hotter)
...

But tolerances do exist. They refused the installation of a rigid shaft (LOF, ...) - they install only Ashcroft and original ones. And it's one of the big five (independant Land Rover garages here in France )
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