Thanks Jeff,I'm actually already one if their customers!booked in for next week get them to give it a good look
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Thanks Jeff,I'm actually already one if their customers!booked in for next week get them to give it a good look
Chirp chirp chirp...squeak squeak...slight vibration under acceleration..oh crap!:mad:
Sure enough I climbed under the car and was greeted by shiny bits of UJ in the DC joint. My $30 3/8" air ratchet from Bunnings made getting the bolts undone alot easier.
After 140k km, and alot of beach work and gravel roads it was bound to happen sometime.
Having a look at the rubber boot that goes over the center bearing of the DC joint, it it a bit perished.
Does anyone know if it can be removed or replaced?
same.thing.happened.to.mine.turn.on.your.air.con.a nd.see.where.the.air.con
drip.hose.drips.on.mine.driped.straight.on.the.knu ckel.
thats.what.stuffs.em.re.route.the.hose:)
yes i just got the same with mine chirp, chirp, chirp, clunk! but at 189000k i thought it was a pretty good effort to get it that far without detonating gonna pluck the shaft 2morrow and try to rebuild it
I thought that too...but damn public holidays mean I will have to wait til Tues to get the new uni'sQuote:
Originally Posted by bluelightdisco
I really doubt its the aircon,,
more to do with no grease for ten years:p
i wholy agree with you pedro it was definately a design flaw thank god for aftermarket company'sQuote:
Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift
Well it was one of those jobs you always promise yourself to do!....
Land Rover Discovery V8 Year 2000, 125K. Lived a good life for its first 80K then we got her!!!
Thought I heard the chirpping of a very small and weak cricket....
Left it a bit longer and not many k's...
Had a look at the front prop shaft and noticed the slightest glimmer of shiny metal on an end cap where the circlip had managed to rotate....
Mmmm yup a job after nights!.. Just driving up the road at a snails pace due to roadworks and convincing myself .... It will be okay the prop shaft fairies will have fixed it in my sleep!... Silence became a Chirp which became an instant screech... Straight to Neutral...
A muffled bang....
Oh yeah the double carden failed.... Fortunately not a dimple in anything...
SO the moral of the story get under those trucks....
Now split the shaft and splines u/s also so.....
After numerous international phone calls due to silly pricing in Oz.... (900 - 1100 via L.R genuine suppliers)
Spoke to them and they were sooo helpful and knowledgable and couldn't give me enough info... So I've ordered a Tom WOODS extra length for lift, HD 5 point greasable...
Should be here by Thursday which would probably have broken even with a local supply anyway BUT at a better spec and price...
Will post a pic when she arrives.
James
Serviced the Disco at the weekend and have to say its a good feeling to pump the grease into the propshaft and to know the worrying "chirps" wont be visiting. ;)
I can only thank the previous owner for undertaking the DC modification.
I've read over all the threads linked to this issue and it looks like the original shaft if I'm right only has one greasable uni and the unis aren't all replaceable (correct me on this if I'm wrong). he one thing I'm wondering is I had a 2dr RRC with a Borg Warner 3sp auto and t had a CV at the tfr end and a uni at the diff on the fnt tail shaft. Could never work it out as the gbox/tfr assy was moved back the length of the auto so there was more length but less angle. I had it replaced as it was painful to say the least. Mark at Allspares (yes that long ago) built me a shaft with a double uni but it didn't have the centre ball thing we seem to suffer with. These are clearly a different type of joint different but would they be any better/worse? It worked a treat and he apparently sourced the joint from a series or county of the time.