Thread: D2 front drive shaft problem?

Originally Posted by Discobaker

I've removed all the circlips & the tutorial I found calls for a specific uni tool to push the pins out to remove, did you have this when you rebuilt yours or is there another option/procedure you'd be happy to fill me in with?
Cheers
Mat

Hi there Discobaker,
I use my bench vice as a press with a socket just small enough to push the cup through and a large socket on the other side that will allow to cup to slide out of the carrier and through inside it.

Urban Panzer uses a similar method to press in the new UJs in his tutorial here www.discovery2.co.uk / Workshop :- front and Rear propshaft (about half way through the tute).

I have never had much luck with the FBH approach. It tends to just bind the UJ in the carrier and jam everything up.

The pain with the centre carden joint is that it does not have a square face to press against. I had to use a screw driver wedged on one side to square up the faces so that the vice would push them in squarely.

I have done this prop shaft and all of the UJs on my Series 1 restoration this way.

Hope this is helpful.
Cheers,
Chris

Thanks Chris
Much appreciated

Mate, As the Tom Woods is an upgrade you may have been so dazzled with its features and missed the fact the yoke is bigger.... Check to see if it is catching on the heat plate of the exhaust at the front joint.... The knuckle will probably b a bit shiny..... Just leaver the shield away by a cm or 2... Mine was just catching when the vehicle was turning and made the same tinny chirp as the failing uj did!
James

James I will certainly double check that but I'm sure I checked everything was clear of the shaft. A few months back I ended up with a stone between the cat & the heatshield/protector plate & bent ut up a little doing some "panel beating" to remove the stone.
Thanks for your thoughts
Mat

Originally Posted by Discobaker

James I will certainly double check that but I'm sure I checked everything was clear of the shaft. A few months back I ended up with a stone between the cat & the heatshield/protector plate & bent ut up a little doing some "panel beating" to remove the stone.
Thanks for your thoughts
Mat

Best of luck.... Strange thing was when the vehicle was going straight it was well clear, but on turns to the right in particular it caught... James

Originally Posted by twodoors

Best of luck.... Strange thing was when the vehicle was going straight it was well clear, but on turns to the right in particular it caught... James

WTF?? Strange indeed, guess I'd better check there's a little extra clearance then to allow for more sideways movement?
I would have thought it'd stay pretty straight but hey, they are LR's!
Anythings possible lol
Cheers James
Mat

HI

I Have 2 new greasable UJ in my drive shaft and 2 old or original ones. When I greased them tonight with all 4 wheels in the air the newer ones had a good ooze on all 4 seals but the older ones only oozed on 2 seals. should I replace the old ones as well?

also one of the newer ones had creamy grease ooze out. have done a few water crossings and possibly more tomorrow, good thing I checked this tonight. I will do them again after the weekends fun.

Cheers

Matt

Matt,,
was it just the colour or a consistancy problem?