Thread: Front drive shaft

Originally Posted by dswatts

Had the chirping, checked the front shaft and it is dead.
Has anyone ordered one of these?

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY 2 NEW FRONT DRIVE SHAFT | eBay

Price seems ok
Opinions please

Dylan

Being American, they would be drive shafts to suit a V8 - something in the back of my cloudy memory suggests that the TD5 has a different drive shaft? I'll leave that for someone more knowledgeable to confirm/deny.

Have a look at Tom Woods drive shafts - they are very good as a few members here will attest to.

Cheers,

Franz

I just ripped mine out & took it in to Hardie Spicer up here in Kal. They fitted new heavy duty greasable uni joints, balanced and painted the shaft and gave it back. Has been running without problems since.

Also extended the air-con drain at the same time to remove part of the cause of the problem.

Originally Posted by Franz

Being American, they would be drive shafts to suit a V8 - something in the back of my cloudy memory suggests that the TD5 has a different drive shaft? I'll leave that for someone more knowledgeable to confirm/deny.

The Td5 Auto had a different drive shaft. There were two variants. The early one had a standard sliding joint. This was later replaced with a design that has ball bearings in the sliding joint. There was an issue with the standard joint binding due to torque increasing the plunge stiffness of the joint which resulted in noise//vibration being transmitted into the car at certain rev ranges - 2400rpm springs to mind. The change was made during the 2001MY. The later shaft is TVB000220.

And just had email from a US retailer warning international customers that USPS has put their international charges up by around 40% effective 27/1/2013. Ouch.

cheers
Paul

Originally Posted by BMKal

I just ripped mine out & took it in to Hardie Spicer up here in Kal. They fitted new heavy duty greasable uni joints, balanced and painted the shaft and gave it back. Has been running without problems since.

Also extended the air-con drain at the same time to remove part of the cause of the problem.

Ta. Rough indication of cost? I think your old D2 was a later model?

Originally Posted by OffTrack

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And just had email from a US retailer warning international customers that USPS has put their international charges up by around 40% effective 27/1/2013. Ouch.

cheers
Paul

Bugger.

Originally Posted by OffTrack

The Td5 Auto had a different drive shaft. There were two variants. The early one had a standard sliding joint. This was later replaced with a design that has ball bearings in the sliding joint. There was an issue with the standard joint binding due to torque increasing the plunge stiffness of the joint which resulted in noise//vibration being transmitted into the car at certain rev ranges - 2400rpm springs to mind. The change was made during the 2001MY. The later shaft is TVB000220.

And just had email from a US retailer warning international customers that USPS has put their international charges up by around 40% effective 27/1/2013. Ouch.

cheers
Paul

G'day Paul,

Now that makes me wonder if the 2250 rpm vibration has anything to do with the front drive shaft? I had a 2001 Disco with the vibration issue and nothing would solve it despite my numerous complaints to LRA.

My current Disco has it albeit mildly but it has become worse over time.

I think I might pull the front shaft sometime, drive around without it for a while and see if I notice any difference - a long shot I think but worth a try.

Cheers,

Franz

Originally Posted by gavinwibrow

Ta. Rough indication of cost? I think your old D2 was a later model?

I had mine rebuilt in Melbourne for around $250.

If you want to know anything about the front prop shaft look at this one.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/good-oil/6...an-joints.html

It's been in the oven for a while.

Regards
Andrew