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[discojools]

Very rare to break a CV. LR service sounds exceptional!
What tyres were you on for your Cape trip? Also how was the Conquerer? Looks like a lovely piece of kit.

Jools

[BobD]

Sounds like a good test for what 4WD Action will do with their D4! I doubt that even Gleno would be able to achieve all that with his D4, although he was apparently the first to break a CV on his 200 series, again while fighting for grip with a trailer behind.

The Conqueror 490 is a fantastic cross over van. I was seriously thinking of one but decided to stick with my modified Adventure Camper with independent trailing arm air suspension replacing the leaf sprung live axle. You certainly feel the 1500 kg plus of trailer behind you, especially in sand, so it puts a lot of extra strain on the drive train when towing in difficult conditions. Still very bad luck to break your CV though. It must have been a bit of a freak combination of grip, wheel spin and throttle that caused it.

Thanks for telling us what happened.

Bob

[gghaggis]

Most reported CV breaks (not that there have been more than a handful in the last 8 years) have been whilst applying full power either in reverse or on full lock (or both), with the car in extended height. If the car was spinning wheels whilst fighting against the trailer brake (or during the recovery), it would likely have gone to extended mode.

In low range, the car would be driveable in Rock/Crawl, but only with minimal steering lock, as the car will progressively unlock the wheels as the lock increases.

Cheers,

Gordon

[bowie]

Hi Gordon,
hopefully it won't happen again. well I know I won't be going that hard and the trailer break will be disengaged. but thanks for the advice...Ian

Hi Bob, Gleno was giving it heaps when he broke that cv. if front lockers were available then I think I could have got out. what I didn't tell you is that it took a 100series and a Pajero to pull the conqueror from where it was and that was after we emptied all the water and unloaded it. so, the D4 was doing a brilliant job. as for the conqueror we had so much trouble with it that after that trip we started looking at other options.

Hi Jools,
I have a set of cooper discoverer st lt . they are sand and mud. not that we saw much mud this year up the cape. hopefully planning another trip to see the other spots we missed due to the breakdown. Ian

[Graeme]

Did the CV actually break or did the shaft pull out of its circlip?

[justinc]

Most reported CV breaks (not that there have been more than a handful in the last 8 years) have been whilst applying full power either in reverse or on full lock (or both), with the car in extended height. If the car was spinning wheels whilst fighting against the trailer brake (or during the recovery), it would likely have gone to extended mode.

In low range, the car would be driveable in Rock/Crawl, but only with minimal steering lock, as the car will progressively unlock the wheels as the lock increases.

Cheers,

Gordon

gordon, better add another to that list down here. loaded (read accesorised and heavy) d3 tdv6, 2008. extended mode, full lock, grippy tyes = snap/ crunchy time.

had some great pics on my ph but sadly phone is now dead

i am actually surprised they don't break more of them, they aren't really that big when you take into account the vehicles weight and the torque these engines can put out, especially in low range


it was an easy fix, now have another shaft made up for him as a spare as he doesn't seem to know how to drive with mechanical sympathy.

same vehicle has had all wheel bearings, front bushes, rear bushes, air struts, steering rack and pump, you name it. has done heaps of remote touring at 3000kg+ tare so imo has done a lot of hard work, more than most will see.

jc