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trailbear



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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.
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LandRoverAnorak



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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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miker



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

I believe they come with threadlock from the factory?
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trailbear



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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.
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Bluest



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

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
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trailbear



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



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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
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