Thread: Prop Shaft Arrgggh

Originally Posted by rusty05

Update..

$270
Replaced the center bearing
Replaced both uni's with heavy duty greasable units ( hardy spicer special units )...so they say.

Put it back in, back to happy driving!!!

And it came back with fresh black paint, sealed in a plastic bag.
N.B Only downfall is that I carnt grease it while in the car, need to look at getting a smaller grease nibble attachment!

Rusty,you should be able to grease it with a normal grease gun,its a mater of turning the shaft till the knuckles on the uni open wider,try it,you will see what I mean.
Andrew

Originally Posted by dearot

Anyone can recommend a garage/someone who can do this in South West of Melbourrne?

How far South West?
I know of a place in Sunshine, and a couple in Geelong that should be able to do it.

Steve

Originally Posted by Nicky

Ken Hastings Balancing Services Of Australia
43 Chifley Drv, Preston, VIC 3072
p: (03) 94804040

but you have to give them the shaft out of the car.

I use this company too. Used to have a decent chat with Ken when he was alive.

They consistently do a good job for me, but as mentioned above, you need to get the driveshaft out yourself. And that's not as easy as it sounds because those Land Rover nuts are very soft and easy to round off if you use a cheapier ring spanner. Do it with a proper socket.

And if in doubt, just replace the used nuts with new nylocs from Bursons or Repco.

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Rusty,you should be able to grease it with a normal grease gun,its a mater of turning the shaft till the knuckles on the uni open wider,try it,you will see what I mean.
Andrew

Yeah, I tried, couldnt get the gun to seal up properly over the nipple.

Maybe my gun head is just bigger than most.

I am very pleased to see that people have been repairing the uni's. My front shaft has started to make noises so I pulled it off and went to the local ie only rover mechanic expecting to have new uni's put in, but to my utter shock I was told they cant be repaired and I would have to buy a new drive shaft.

In the end I wasn't really surprised as this was the same place which said that they couldn't replace the bearings in an alternator, you have to buy a new alternator when the bearings start to go.

That place in Liverpool sounds ok, Rusty05 what was the turn-around time?

Originally Posted by reid

I am very pleased to see that people have been repairing the uni's. My front shaft has started to make noises so I pulled it off and went to the local ie only rover mechanic expecting to have new uni's put in, but to my utter shock I was told they cant be repaired and I would have to buy a new drive shaft.

In the end I wasn't really surprised as this was the same place which said that they couldn't replace the bearings in an alternator, you have to buy a new alternator when the bearings start to go.

That place in Liverpool sounds ok, Rusty05 what was the turn-around time?

Turn around was 3-4 days. Very happy with them.

Yeah, land rover will only replace the drive shaft as a whole unit, for around $1100.

Here's the Hardy Spicer part #'s.
You can have either an OE spec DC or HD DC



From this thread HD DC or 1330 uni for front prop ?

was already in The Good Oil