Discovery 2 Propshaft Failures

replaced my shaft this morning. Vehicle has done 125000km's. two cups opposite each other on the centre uni flogged out. Vehicle is standard but I've only had it a week. Seems it has travelled from NSW to WA and at a guess towing a van.
The shaft i got is reconditioned and the bearing holders machined out to take bigger, greasable, bearings. (supplied by rovertech jordon )

Sorry I didnt read the thread before I voted so cancel a td5 manual.I know Im not in any landrover loop but this is the first I heard of this problem,better go check mine done 200k and towed a van around oz in its early life.
Cheers Ean

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Originally Posted by Tusker

My theory is that it related to the air conditioning...

The D/C joint has water constantly dripped on it, it lives on a constant diet of grinding paster effetively.

I've fiited a D2 front shaft to the Defender. No probs to date, & the a/c drips to one side.

Regards
Max P

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I'd say its the air con too, it drips on the double cardon uni and then the seals rust and disintegrate causing play on the uni themselves. My advice, chuck the sealed uni's and replace them with greasable ones and grease them regularly, especially after water crossings.

I voted before I read the post. However, mines been replaced before I bought the vehicle with greasable unis so it was obviously a problem for the previous owner at around the 120k-150k klm mark.

I replaced mine at 162,000 Ks. with a greasable unit.
The joint started making chirping noises,a sure sign of dry needle rollers chewing out.
This has been mentioned on this site more than once.
Thanks guys! saved me a lot of grief.

Cheers....Trev.

please disregard my vote on the poll vote of TD5 Auto...just saw poll that said what type of D2 engine/ transmission and didn't realise it was in relation to propshaft reliability. 154k and no detectable problem

Im with slugburner - D2 V8 manual with 140,000 and I removed it recently and checked the double cardon properly and now play or vices at all...and my ac drains dont seem to drop stuff onto the joint. Mine is one of the very latest builds of the D2 rectangle lights....last one of 3 in the country when I purchased it..wonder if they had cottoned onto the problem and changed the drains slightly?

Cheers

Replaced yesterday. 190,000 k's. Definitely the aircon.

Have experienced most of the problems listed by FenianEel, and others. :mad:

Most expensive being the oil pump bolt, but let's not go there.

What happened to your previous poll on this subject?

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/discovery/...-failures.html

We seem to be going around in circles.

The previous poll I did had the wrong options on it, and I couldn't edit them, the only way I could get the options I needed on the poll was to start a new thread.

Thanks

David.