Longfield cvs

Madaz · Post by **Madaz** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 7:37 pm

Is anyone running Longfield chromemoly CVs?
What do you think of them?

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 8:23 pm

try rokhounds attempt to break his longs......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWewY5Y6e-8

he swears by em..

i'll get longs when the time comes..

my 2c worth..

Madaz · Post by **Madaz** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 8:32 pm

Do you reckon theres much difference between 27 and 30 spline?

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 8:34 pm

enough yep... more purchase area on the 30 spline = better contact..

SMOKEY · Post by **SMOKEY** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:37 pm

Come on Nib, that old oil burner ain't gunner need LONGs.

DREAMS ARE TWO A PENNY,

FITZY.

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:41 pm

dreams are aspirations that are not yet realised smokey... :wink:

it'll need em... you just wait and see..

roll on the oil burners.. :roll:

Leithfield · Post by **Leithfield** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 5:06 am

Have been running the 30spline superset (axle + cv's) for the last two years - swear by them; don't even look like breaking under conditions that would have others in pieces.

Makes for great piece of mind on the trail.

rokhound · Post by **rokhound** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 6:12 am

100% agree with Leithfield. An absolute must if you have front lockers and/or biggish tyres.
The guys I run with used to go through between 2 - 5 cv's per outing, (that is only with 3-5 trucks on a trip). Leithfield himself did 2 cv's on 1 trip before changing to the longfields, and after changing cv's in nasty little gorges and on the side of really shitty rivers, the joke wears thin really quickly.
I've run mine with 36" swampewrs and have just recently changed to 39.5" swampers. Never had a problem with them. We have 2 other rigs with them as well, one on 37's and one on 36's, and no problems there either.

Not the cheapest thing in town, but for peace of mind, they are worth every cent :wink:

Madaz · Post by **Madaz** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:39 am

So no one you guys know has ever broken one?
I am running a 1uz-fe (maybe supercharged if done in time) with a front locker and 35" extreme treckers as a winch challenge truck.I like the idea of the 30 spline ones being unbreakable but, if you did break one at a comp theres nothing else that will fit a 30 splined end. At least with a 27 splined longfield your still using a standard toyota axle and can chuck in any old cv to get going again.

rokhound · Post by **rokhound** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 8:53 am

There are guys in the USA who are running ' charged 350 small blocks (350-500hp) on 40" tyres plus. They have had very few breakages (at last count I think it was 3).

If it worries you about breaking them, just carry your old axle set and cv's with you,(you can then replace the whole side, and it,s quicker to do that than replace a cv any way.)
I'm telling you they won't be needed

Leithfield · Post by **Leithfield** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:18 am

Madaz wrote:I am running a 1uz-fe (maybe supercharged if done in time) with a front locker and 35" extreme treckers as a winch challenge truck.

You wont break the 30spline super set (axles + cv's) - even with a grunty setup such as yours above, the Longs will take everything you can throw at them, and snarl back:

"that all ya got pussy"!.

mud_slinger · Post by **mud_slinger** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:42 am

jus curious how much do they retail for?

rokhound · Post by **rokhound** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:08 am

Not sure of exact pricing, but count on about $1 200 incl landed at your front door for axles and cv's. Takes around 2-3 weeks delivery time. Money well spent

hosehustler · Post by **hosehustler** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 4:39 pm

I'm saving for mine

$100 bucks a week I think it's gonna take me about 3 months