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So if the shaft is correctly lubricated either from new or early on in life, will it fail or not? Has anyone found a failed shaft that was greased from new?
If slip joints on the drive shafts from the transfer case to the diffs survive many years when lubricated, why not the adaptor shaft splines if lubricated, or are the adaptor shaft joints that sloppy from new that wear is inevitable?
Any information gratefully received.
Hi Karlz
A local updated his Defender to a MY 14 still under warranty .Old story ,clunk in drive line. Gave him details of Repco CV boot (25x82mm) which he supplied to local dealer who replaced flogged shaft (20K !) with boot all under warranty.Once you fill the boot with grease after greasing coupling (before assembly) then sliding the boot from the trans case end towards the now strapped end on gearbox side it puts the grease under pressure in a totally sealed area ( no need for the grease nipples as I did),there is little chance of this spline failing. I have encountered this problem many times in agricultural machines in a previous life!
bushmech Tony
How easy or difficult is it to remove the transfer case to lubricate the jack shaft?
I got my 2015 done at PDI. I agreed to pay for the time etc if they pulled it all apart and it was already lubricated. Didn't have to get my wallet out.Quote:
Originally Posted by justinc
Cheers,
Who's PDI?. Pat
P.D.I.=Pre Delivery Inspection?
I spoke about this isue in another thread. It was mentioned to me this morning that not all fail. But what happens is that some parts are made at different times/have minutely small different tolerances etc, which, when matched together, over time, can & does, cause an issue. If the parts are perfectly matched, there is less chance of a failure, hense,...some don't.
Sounds reasonable to me, because obviously there are a LOT (majority) of Defenders that don't have a problem in this area. If too many did, there would have to be recalls as in turbo hose & oil pump?
Pickles.
Tim,Quote:
Originally Posted by TimNZ
Do you know if this grease was blue in colour?
Hi, I supplied the grease - Penrite Molygrease Ep 3%. The dealer only had wheel bearing grease on hand, so the Molygrease seemed a better option.Quote:
Originally Posted by Avion8
Just to be clear, I had this conversation with the sales dept. The service team at the "south of the river" LR dealership has been very good to me, and I can't speak highly enough of them. Any time I mention a problem the reply is "we'll get it sorted", and they do. I can't say the same for the other dealer.
Edit: Sorry, missed the question Pat, yes PDI = Pre Delivery Inspection
Cheers,
Also... I'm on my fourth "Puma" now, all but the current one had the coupling replaced, (I had none fail, they just got real clunky). A tell tail sign of impending sadness is usually a small rusty stain coming out of the drainage port on the gear box extension housing, (between the gearbox and transfer box).
Hope this helps,
Hi Tim,
That drainage port is where I had my blue grease leak from as did many other new Defender owners towards the end of 2015. So just wondering if this was the grease for the output shaft? I use Southern Land Rover & find the service good - had my wife's Citroen serviced there for 8 plus years & never a problem. The attached photo is the leaking area in question, & hence the question concerning colour of the grease? I have never seen a definitive answer to this question!
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...016/03/616.jpg