Thread: What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

a new timing chain job it seems , thanks to a wayward bolt

Getting the top bolt on the diff guard fitted at Rova Range. My fingers are just too short.

Embarrassed it for another year haha

Rear diff pinion bolt came undone.
I was heading to a place called Tuncurry, a trip of 1050 Km to purchas a Tvan. About 150 km from home on the Hume highway there was a reduction in speed limit.

When I backed off the throttle there was an almighty scream which sounded like a diff. I was intending to pull over when a suitable spot was found
but next thing the rear tailshaft has detached from the rear diff with pinion flange still attached to the shaft, at 80 kph.

I pulled the the shaft off the transfer case, removed the pinion flange and tried to refit the flange to the diff.

The pinion was protruding from the diff at a horrible angle and I was unable to get the flange back on.
After doing some driving(centre diff locked) I was able to get it back on. I stopped at the next servo to get some diff oil.
All sounded good, so I continued my trip on the front diff, got to my destination, purchased a Tvan and drove home.

Had it been a D2 that did not have a center diff it would have been a very expensive flatbed truck home.

Lucky man.
Maybe Jesus loves you as he does me.(front double cardan failed without separating and trashing transmission)
Regards PhilipA

Originally Posted by PhilipA

Lucky man.
Maybe Jesus loves you as he does me.(front double cardan failed without separating and trashing transmission)
Regards PhilipA

One of my first upgrades when I got the D2was a Tom Woods front shaft.

Less than an week old front hub in d2

Originally Posted by Kaaaiju

Less than an week old front hub in d2

Did you solder the connectors?