Thread: Front Universal Joint on Front tail shaft. (Gearbox end!!)

Originally Posted by p38arover

I'm confused.

The front UJ on the front propshaft is at the diff end, not the gearbox end.

I think he means the Double Cardan joint at the gearbox end (which technically has 2 unijoints )

Originally Posted by Tombie2

Question: If you could have had an upgraded heavy duty unit for $750.00 delivered would you have purchased it?

I'm looking to stock a range of H/D driveshafts with fully serviceable & greasable components in the near future.. Just wondering what people think?

probably yes on the face of it - but I would like to know more about it first. The guys where I got it done have had a heap of the greasable units fail over the past 12 months (various types and brand - even including the Tom Woods ones that are mentioned above) and have gone back to reccomending original components (although straight from the OEM not via Land Rover).

On that note, i would be interested to hear everyone else's experience with greasable units failing?

Originally Posted by froryan

probably yes on the face of it - but I would like to know more about it first. The guys where I got it done have had a heap of the greasable units fail over the past 12 months (various types and brand - even including the Tom Woods ones that are mentioned above) and have gone back to reccomending original components (although straight from the OEM not via Land Rover).

On that note, i would be interested to hear everyone else's experience with greasable units failing?

If they are recommending the Spicer 1300 over the Spicer 1310 then I'd be taking their advice with a grain of salt. That will also be the old Tom Woods shaft, not the current one which has been upgraded.

Im all for rebuilding the Factory shaft, done about 5 now, and with the new design of the "genuine" GKN UJ's where the bearing cup has the seal "built in" instead of the stupid cup washers, its a doddle, can do a shaft now in 30 mins.

My origninal shaft last 80,000 miles, so if the rebuild lasts the same (built with LOADS of grease in the centreing bearing) its good enough for me. Can rebuild one 5 times for the cost of a new one.