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miker

Member Since: 13 Sep 2015
Location: Surrey
Posts: 1762

Welding Half Shafts

First off, if anyone knows a source of one piece half shafts for a salisbury diff, I'll just buy them and drop this whole idea!!

I suspect my current drive flanges are close to wanting replaced, so am pondering welding or brazing them to reduce the slop in the driveline. Has anyone done so and got any advice?

I have mig, which is probably the wrong tool for the job. I can borrow a TIG, which opens up the option if TIG welding or TIG brazing, or I could sort out some sort of flame welding rig if I asked enough people...

Thinking that brazing may work as certainly TIG brazing is less heat, so less likely to affect material hardness.

9th Jan 2022 8:35pm

jimbo55

Member Since: 15 Jul 2020
Location: Midlands
Posts: 397

I welded up my half shafts a fair few years ago, they were starting to show wear and I was being a cheapskate and didn’t want to fork out for Ashcroft shafts - at the time the standard single piece ones weren’t available other than the old 300tdi era ones.

I ground the front face back all around, tacked in a few places whilst assembled in the axle before taking it off and turning up the current on the mig and welded them up. Have done probably 30k on them now, including giving them a lot of abuse and no sign of any further failure

Edit, this was on a 90 so standard LR axle and not salisbury

9th Jan 2022 9:05pm

Danny Fireblade

Member Since: 16 Mar 2018
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 318

1998 Defender 110 300 Tdi HT Alpine White

I may be wrong but when I was looking for single piece for my Salisbury the word on the streets we’re they don’t do them for the Salisbury.

I’ve now got a wolf HD rear axle but don’t need them now😂

9th Jan 2022 11:11pm

miker

Member Since: 13 Sep 2015
Location: Surrey
Posts: 1762

That's the issue, lots of suppliers for the Puma diff, but none I've ever found for the salisbury... And despite it being a bit of an agricultural boat anchor, it's a pretty effective piece of kit!

10th Jan 2022 1:00pm

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