Thread: Warning New Puma Owners

Holesaw, drill into the extension housing in such a place as to be able to see it and reach it with the grease gun from outside. That was the part that stopped me from doing this. You'd need a decent hole to make it work properly IMO.

JC

I'm going to wait to see what Ashcrofts have come up with. Pat

I'll be watching with interest too Pat.

JC

Well today I spoke to the bloke I know at the dealer in the UK, just outside of Manchester. He had never heard of this official or semi official mod that one of the main dealers had done. He did point out that because their dealership is in the county of Cheshire, which is a pretty wealthy area, where a fair few football players also reside, most of their work is on Rangies and Disco's. Hard to believe considering it's a pretty rural area, ah well how times have changed since I lived there.

Another point he made was that the those Defenders affected by this issue are in general out of warranty by now. Most owners once out of warranty go to the good selection of Independents in the area.
The dealer he works for has replaced 2 adapter shafts, one was a 2007 and the other was a 2011. Both came in with clutch issues.

He did however call the main dealer in Manchester, the service techs were very interested in this mod, but had never heard of it being done. They did say that Landrover now have a complete kit to do the job which includes New shaft and splined shaft, seal, clip, the 2 dust covers, plus the grease one applies. So far this financial year, this dealer has done 7 shafts. One 2008, one 2011 and two 2010's that came in with clutch issues. Two that had total loss of drive, a 2009 and 2011. Plus an inspection of a 2008 as requested by the owner, which was found to be badly worn.

I too will be watching with interest, Ian.

Hey Pat and JC.

Just a quick update, looks like Ashcrofts have come up with a well engineered solution.
Ashcroft Transmissions

Enjoy. Ian.

Originally Posted by ozy013

Hey Pat and JC.

Just a quick update, looks like Ashcrofts have come up with a well engineered solution.
Ashcroft Transmissions

Enjoy. Ian.

Well that wasn't what I was expecting but, brilliant none the less. Typical Ashcroft ingenuity though.

At any point did LR resolve this at the factory, or is it a feature to the end?

Originally Posted by Turtle130

Well that wasn't what I was expecting but, brilliant none the less. Typical Ashcroft ingenuity though.

That's very kind of you, thanks

Dave