Thread: Front prop shaft

What brand of shaft?

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Originally Posted by ozscott

What brand of shaft?

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It's a Tom Woods that has certainly stood up to more than its fair share of punishment. If I can't rebuild it I'll certainly be getting another TW shaft.

Interesting mate. It is possible to get a dud in even the best products. I have had mine in for the same period and have likewise thrashed the rig full laden along some horrendous tracks/roads - badly corrugated - at speed. What size lift (if any) do you have? Mine is a bit over 2 inch. I should check mine.

I have a feeling that Slunnie has flogged his truck something chronic with 4 inch or so lift and huge tyres (relatively speaking) and his Woody has lasted well.

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Is it the centering bearing or the unis?

I couldn't quite make it out from the vid.
If it's the centre bearing, I'm pretty sure it's an off the shelf Spicer bit but you'd have to email Tom to find out the part #.
Or Jeep Konnection in Melbourne.

[Edit] and I found getting grease into the centering bearing a real PITA on the Defender. The easiest way was to take the floor out, something not that's not really possible on a D2 without an angle grinder

I haven't acquired a Woody for the Disco yet.
But I have spare 1310 unis already.

…..yep and was the centre greased as well as unis? Its a bugger to get to.

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Originally Posted by ozscott

…..yep and was the centre greased as well as unis? Its a bugger to get to.

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Yep the centre bearing was greased as well. The easiest (???) way to get to it is to disconnect the flange at the transfer box end and drop the shaft which is a bugger but at least you can be sure that the grease has gone in the hole...

I have a Tom Woods with nearly 100k on it..... auto gearbox, 2” lift, vehicle sees all conditions, shaft gets grease every 5 or 10k depending on what it’s done......so front of shaft unbolted from diff for grease into centre ball. I never run air con though.....

Originally Posted by ozscott

Interesting mate. It is possible to get a dud in even the best products. I have had mine in for the same period and have likewise thrashed the rig full laden along some horrendous tracks/roads - badly corrugated - at speed. What size lift (if any) do you have? Mine is a bit over 2 inch. I should check mine.

I have a feeling that Slunnie has flogged his truck something chronic with 4 inch or so lift and huge tyres (relatively speaking) and his Woody has lasted well.

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It's got no lift and standard size tyres. It has been thrashed though - if you really want to break suspension bits and tyres give the road between Hermannsburg and Kings Canyon a try. Bits of the Oodnadatta Track are properly horrible at the moment too.

While I'm contemplating the prop shaft I'll try to work out a way of keeping the red dirt outside. I'll let everyone know if I can dream up some mad scheme...