Thread: D2 front drive shaft problem?

TD5 auto with 190,000kms, stock suspension, little offroad, some heavy towing. Symptons were a chirping noise at neutral throttle which would disappear under load. Closest uni to the diff in the double carden was cactus with the caps just about off.

Removed shaft & took it to Hardy Spicer who replaced all uni's with greasable, centre bearing and balanced shaft for $340. Happy with the service & thought the price was reasonable.

Also since most of us have lifted our cars, how much influence over wear does the lift and subsequent side shifting of the diff (when done without an adjustable panhard rod). You end up with, A/C dripping on it, angular changes from the lift plus a lateral influence from side shifting.

Adjustable rods seem to be immediate fittings for other makes but the last if any consideration for us?

Double Cardan startied clicking after backing off accelerator, checked it and its had it. Had to take it off and put diff lock on with spanner to complete a small trip. Will take some photos and post. And call around some drive line places to get rebuild cost to compare against doing it myself. (if its rebuild-able, maybe too damaged)

185k auto td5, no mods, but likely ac drain suspect.

Still to read through this thread though as well as this one: http://www.aulro.com/afvb/discovery-...goes-bang.html

Originally Posted by DiscoCam

TD5 auto with 190,000kms, stock suspension, little offroad, some heavy towing. Symptons were a chirping noise at neutral throttle which would disappear under load. Closest uni to the diff in the double carden was cactus with the caps just about off.

Removed shaft & took it to Hardy Spicer who replaced all uni's with greasable, centre bearing and balanced shaft for $340. Happy with the service & thought the price was reasonable.

Hardy Spicer just did mine too for the same price. 3 Greasable unis and cardon centre bearing.

Very good service and good people to deal with.

Beats the $660 i paid to buy a new one due o centre bearing failure!

i rang up HS in sydney and there must have been some confusion as they said it would cost me what you guys said it cost you in total just for the parts...

anyway was in a local ultracheap and was suprised that the guy there knew what uj it took and had it in stock. ill definately be going back there, as i have enough trouble at supercheap just getting the blonde counter chick to ask someone else if x product is in store...

anyway being country and all i picked some Toyo K5-L4R up for $28 each.

then some circlip pliers from SC for $10

decided to have a crack at it tommorow atleast just replacing the two uni's in the cardan and possibly leaving the ball joint and other uni...

Hi Haydent

Be sure to check the yolk holes and circlip grooves carefully. My shaft looked just like yours, I "repaired" it myself and had a near catastrophic failure shortly after, luckily at low speed, because a circlip had come adrift because of excessive wear to the yolk and circlip grooves.

thanks for the tip