Thread: part time 4x4 kit

Why bother? Fuel consumption is unchanged, handling is worse and it costs heaps to do.

Garry

If you mean one that involves freewheeling hubs, then give it a miss. The benefits of full time 4wd far outweigh its shortfalls.
Even Toyota woke up to that one, took them a while though.

There is a part time conversion available for the LT230 transfer case (I have one here somewhere).

I don't know if there are free wheeling hubs that will suit a disco 2.

The Spanish Santana LT230 is part time and so the available kits merely use the Santana gearset.

Some words of warning,

1. the Disco diffs and axles are probably not up the the task or reliable (long term) running in rear wheel drive only. (Where a Defender/110 Salisbury diff probably is.)
2. The replacement kit does not offer a centre diff option.
3. Running in rear wheel drive with freewheel hubs has problems of uneven wear of the front prop-shaft, lack of lubrication/protection of front diff crownwheel and pinion and lack of lubrication of front swivels.

I personally wouldn't consider it with a Disco.

cheers fellas just thought id put some feelers out there and see what other people think but i think it just might be easier in the long run.

easier for what?

Originally Posted by garrycol

Why bother? Fuel consumption is unchanged, handling is worse and it costs heaps to do.

Garry

Gary, having been a longtime nissan patrol man myself and only today crossing the fence and getting a 95 discovery i would have to question most of the comments in relation to handling. after test driving a lot of disco's and finally buying one i found them all to be ****house for steering/handling including the one i decided on, they all tend to oversteer excessively which i may be wrong but put down to the fact of full time 4wd, any time i've forgotten to disengage my hubs back on the black stuff the patrol behaved badly having said that im looking forward to what the disco has to offer good or bad
cheers

Originally Posted by 79transtar

Gary, having been a longtime nissan patrol man myself and only today crossing the fence and getting a 95 discovery i would have to question most of the comments in relation to handling. after test driving a lot of disco's and finally buying one i found them all to be ****house for steering/handling including the one i decided on, they all tend to oversteer excessively which i may be wrong but put down to the fact of full time 4wd, any time i've forgotten to disengage my hubs back on the black stuff the patrol behaved badly having said that im looking forward to what the disco has to offer good or bad
cheers

Odd...

I find the Discoverys to be very balanced, with a more neutral turn in.

Lift off coming into a corner they tend to shift around, but keep a steady pace and they are very composed on corners / curves...