Thread: Discovery 2 Propshaft Failures

Why did they put the double cardan on the D2? Mine failed at 135ks, still have a nice 4" hole punched in the side of the bell housing. That doesn't seem to have caused any probs as it now has 200k"s up.
I had a D1 300tdi and it didn't have a double cardan and obviously had no troubles. These props are the same length and from what I can see will fit a D2. It also had greasable unis. I changed the D2 to greasable heavy duty specers and moved the AC drain and have had no further issues. mIt seems to me that I should have put a D1 shaft in, it would have been cheaper and e as reliable as the D1 was.
We own Land Rovers don't we? If things did not go wroung, how boring life would be and there would be no need for this forum as there would not be anything to bitch about.


I love my Land Rover, I do, I do...............who are those guys in the white coats?

Does anyone know where to get a greasable double cardon front shaft quickly?

Cheers

Originally Posted by ozscott

Does anyone know where to get a greasable double cardon front shaft quickly?

Cheers

It would be nice to know where in the world you are

where are you?

and probably your local LR dealer,,

Sorry - silly bigger arent I - half way between scarry and pedro. Blue Ribbon motors territory. I think they did a greasable one recently.

Originally Posted by ozscott

Sorry - silly bigger arent I - half way between scarry and pedro. Blue Ribbon motors territory. I think they did a greasable one recently.

dont know anyone out that way,MR did mine.....

Someone else may know.

Dont go to anyone who hasnt done one before

I too have joined those who can vote in the Poll...nice. I pulled mine out very recently - about 6k ago before my Frazer trip and there was no play at all and it all looked good and no dryness or rust....so the moral is you just cannot trust them...and should probably replace them if they are sealed units every 100,000 or so unless doing Slunny type offroading where obviously they are given a much harder time. Mine has done 148,500 and is a manual V8 - had quite a bit of offroading, 2 tonn boat towing, dirt roads etc so I have done ok with mine.

Thanks to this forum though for it being the first thing in my mind when I heard the chirping and new what to look for AND knew the catestrophic results if I ran her at speed and she flew apart.

Cheers and thanks.

Please remove one TD5 Auto also.