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trailbear

Member Since: 14 Sep 2016
Location: Scotland
Posts: 405

One piece half shafts

Ladies / Gents

I am slightly embarrassed by this one but having decided today to fit my 1 piece half shafts which have been in the garage for a while I noticed that they come with 4 paper gaskets. Should I be fitting 2 either side or are there 2 extras in case of breakage / tearing?

Also should the bolts have spring washers fitted as mine don’t have washers in the pack nor are they fitted to the original set up.

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

4th Sep 2021 11:35am

LandRoverAnorak

Member Since: 17 Jul 2011
Location: Surrey
Posts: 11324

They should only need one gasket each, so you've got a couple of spares.

Spring washers are not a standard part, although they are a good idea. They remove the temptation to use thread lock, which can be a bad idea as there are many stories of bolts sheared off in the hub.

When I did mine, I used galvanised cap head bolts and springs washers, torqued to 65Nm:

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A bit more detail here: https://www.defender2.net/forum/post727193.html#727193 Darren

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4th Sep 2021 4:21pm

miker

Member Since: 13 Sep 2015
Location: Surrey
Posts: 1763

Unless you're of the opinion that spring washers do basically nothing

I believe they come with threadlock from the factory?

4th Sep 2021 5:08pm

trailbear

Member Since: 14 Sep 2016
Location: Scotland
Posts: 405

Thanks for that.

I’ll make sure I don’t rip any gaskets then. Fortunately mine came with the cap head bolts from IRB.
Will have to see about getting spring washers then.

4th Sep 2021 5:50pm

Bluest

Member Since: 23 Apr 2016
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 4206

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Java Black

miker wrote:
Unless you're of the opinion that spring washers do basically nothing

I believe they come with threadlock from the factory?

A good video on the topic of lock washers. Language NSFW

2007 110 TDCi Station Wagon XS

4th Sep 2021 6:04pm

trailbear

Member Since: 14 Sep 2016
Location: Scotland
Posts: 405

Well, I watched the video and found it interesting but had absolutely no clue
What he was doing and saying or what actually happened 😁

4th Sep 2021 8:46pm

Bluest

Member Since: 23 Apr 2016
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 4206

I find the channel very amusing, and he is knowledgable engineer. It takes a while to get used to his turns of phrase though. 2007 110 TDCi Station Wagon XS

5th Sep 2021 9:33am

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