28 spline axles

[djr4917]

Hey, I bought a diff housing from a VL to fit into my VK and has almost all I need. Disc brakes, 4 pinion LSD center and the gears I need. I'm just missing the axles but also having problems finding second hand ones.
Anyone one know where I should look in Melbourne or if anyone has any other ideas on on to get ahold of a pair it would be much obliged.
It's not a huge HP motor. I'm only expecting 250 to 300 HP out of my 202 so I want to avoid spending $800 on a new pair. Also the gearbox is a shift kitted trimatic if that matters.
All the threads I found relating to this topic were quite old so sorry for posting something that has been brought up a few times but I'm hoping for something to change.

 

[djr4917]

So I'm guessing they are still hard to get? Well where would be a good place to get new axles?

 

[mr j-man]

ahhh maybe a diff shop?....its a simple search in the yellow pages and a phone call away

 

[djr4917]

I still want to avoid spending $800 if I can help it. Everyone quotes me about that for the axles. I don't need billet axles so I was hoping there were cheaper options.

 

[Dirbatua]

cheapest option is to buy a complete diff.

can pick up a 28 spline vl diff disc to disc for under $300

 

[nasty1]

$300 for a complete 28 spline diff? point me in that direction ill buy 10 thanks

 

[djr4917]

The diff I bought was complete minus the axles and I paid $300 + I got a set of gears and a sway bar. $300 for a 25 spline sounds right though.

 

[nasty1]

yes $300 for a 25 spline rear end disk to disk.

$650+ for a 28 spline diff easy

 

[Young gun]

Would a chopped down vn axels work? Vl diff 40mm shorter ant there is excess spline on vn axels if can they can be shorted by 20mm each and still have enough spline to slip into Centre could be a cheep way around it. And then tell me if it works

 

[djr4917]

I've read into that. It apparently works for mini spools but not LSD's, unless you increase the length of the spline. I wouldn't risk doing it at work but I'm looking for a gear cutting / engineering shop that can do it properly.