trickster5000 wrote:

A wise chap I went greenlaning with a few times always said leave the drive flanges standard - they act a bit like a shear bolt in the transmission, cheap and easy to replace. Just carry a spare one.

You seem to have 10 spline diffs. The weak point is at the diff side, where it narrows to 10 spline - to maintain the contact surface area for 10 splines, the splines are deeper, and that reduces the X sectional area of the shaft. And the drive members on 10 spline axles (DM still 24 spline) are beefier with more spline contact area compared to the later 24 spline axle DMs.

Nice pics, and a little envy for that 90, especially since the soft top conversion  1988 90 Hard Top, 19J Diesel Turbo, Shire Blue - Restoration ongoing
2012 90 CSW, 2.2TDCI, Santorini Black

trickster5000 wrote:

Thanks Clayton

We did it clockwise, no particular reason and can’t see it makes a huge amount of difference either way

Thanks for the reply Matt and that's a good route which ever way you decide to do it  Clayton.

1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper.