I go through donuts like nobody's business I *hate* them. Just to get that off my chest. I had been wondering about an unusual vibe then on Saturday I ended up retrieving my rear propshaft 100m back down the road. All part of the fun:-)
Now I've found an old post from young Angus. Seems like it is possible convert a d1 from donut to universal at rear diff.
Does anybody have any links or info about this please?
What he said. Mine isn't wearing out at all because my car blew up , but prior to that I've only gone through 2 donuts in two separate cars in 150,000 combined kms. Buy OEM/genuine and they will last many long time.
If your car is lifted like a skyscraper (bigger than 3 inches) or you have ridonkulous sized tyres get a tom woods double cardon conversion. And convert the diff pinion flange from the pin type to the unijoint type. Job sorted.
D2 Tailshaft conversion - www.slunnie.com
4-bolt flange need a washer?
"Dolores" my '97 model 300tdi D1 and "Donkey" my '20 RE Himalayan.
Previous: ‘00 D2, '04 110 wagon, '96 D1 and '95 110 ute, plenty of other bikes and cars too :angel:
Yes, I used about 5 donuts in 4 years. I was using quality parts with new centre bearings. No lift, but does have an upgraded intercooler. Purchased a new tailshaft with uni joints and used the flange setup from a front diff. Problem solved.
Tom.
1996 Disco 1 300TDI manual - Lucille a cantankerous red head! :D
1997 Disco 1 300TDI Auto - sold
My old D1 had a 3" lift and only ever replaced one in almost 200k, carried a spare but never needed it.
Converted it to a uni shaft from an early D1 just in case.
MY08 TDV6 SE D3- permagrin ooh yeah
2004 Jayco Freedom tin tent
1998 Triumph Daytona T595
1974 VW Kombi bus
1958 Holden FC special sedan
My D1 lasted a bit over 100K klms.
Only had cracks in it .. not badly broken but replaced it with a cheapie spare .. Made vibration much worse, so ended up renewing all components(including pin).
Not sure how old brothers D2 donut was, but again had cracks and replaced all components as preventative work.
I just replaced all unis on the front shaft of the D2 barely lasted 50K klms, I think as low as 35K(bro can't remember exactly).
It'd be interesting to work out the stats as to why some folks get so low klms out of them, yet others get a lot more.
Also curious is manual or auto has any bearing on the life of the donuts too ... maybe auto is a bit more gentle on them or something weird like that.
Arthur.
'99 D1 300Tdi Auto
'03 D2 Td5 Auto
For a 4WD that was so far ahead of the other brands when introduced this "Doughnut" that connects the rear driveshaft to the diff seems to me to be a bit "Agricultural".
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2004 D2 "S" V8 auto, with a few Mods gone
2007 79 Series Landcruiser V8 Ute, With a few Mods.
4.6m Quintrex boat
20' Jayco Expanda caravan gone
in all the years i have had vehicles with them (20+) i have only ever had to replace one....
i would rather tear a donut than another part of the driveline...
1998 Discovery 300TDi Manual SE7
1996 Discovery 300TDi Auto
2012 SZ Territory TX 2.7TDCi
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