Thread: D4 vs Stockton Dunes (D4 didn't win).

Originally Posted by Fuji4

Great vid. I feel like a clone now. Guy name Mark with the same hairline driving a white LR. Must be genetic.

Yep; we all no doubt loose our hair and buy a LR at the same time (an outdoor persons mid life crisis little red sports car!!)

Cheers
Mark

I had the same thing yesterday. 18 month old D4.

Soft sand but not seriously boggy, car came to a stop, stuck her in low range and tried to reverse back. The chassis was clear of sand.

Tyres could have gone down a bit more is guess.

Turned the wheels and i reversed, all was going well if a bit revvy, but it was slowly backing up, then BANG CV EXPLODED! Grease and ball bearings everywhere. I was super surprised, as weve driven this section of beach many times. Snatched out by an old Holden UTE.. Humble Pie

At least landrover care is a Top service, she's gone off on a flat bed to be fixed. 860KM to the nearest dealer!

Left me with a Toy Motor Prado, it's rough,but it goes...

Confidence in D4 sand with 19 rims is now dented.

Originally Posted by doddsy

I had the same thing yesterday. 18 month old D4.

Soft sand but not seriously boggy, car came to a stop, stuck her in low range and tried to reverse back. The chassis was clear of sand.

Tyres could have gone down a bit more is guess.

Turned the wheels and i reversed, all was going well if a bit revvy, but it was slowly backing up, then BANG CV EXPLODED! Grease and ball bearings everywhere. I was super surprised, as weve driven this section of beach many times. Snatched out by an old Holden UTE.. Humble Pie

At least landrover care is a Top service, she's gone off on a flat bed to be fixed. 860KM to the nearest dealer!

Left me with a Toy Motor Prado, it's rough,but it goes...

Confidence in D4 sand with 19 rims is now dented.

Geez I hope this is not a "weight saving" scenario creating a weak link in a lighter weight cv

CV joints on the majority of 4WD vehicles are weakest when those two / three actions are done.
Reverse and Turning ( full lock worst) and heavy throttle usage.
It is not a L/R isolated problem, more a driver education thing sorry.

The extended height turning and torque input from that monster of an engine can do a lot of carnage with CV joints. Even on sand. Maybe the fact it didn't happen much before is that the previous models had way less torque on tap?

Last cv breakage i saw was a d3 with mudders full lock lots of loud pedal in extended mode. On rock. Kind of expected that to happen!

Jc

doddsy, sorry to hear that.

I must say, I've been back on sand since that episode a number of times and my confidence has been restored.

Last trip was to Fraser a month ago and the car dealt with sand without raising a sweat - and that's on my 20"s. I suggest you do what I did - schedule in another trip to the sand as soon as the car is fixed

S_

You would have to be a **** stirrer to link this thread to the D4 vs Defender thread, , nice to see a civil useful conversation.

Originally Posted by Smcconnell

doddsy, sorry to hear that.



I must say, I've been back on sand since that episode a number of times and my confidence has been restored.



Last trip was to Fraser a month ago and the car dealt with sand without raising a sweat - and that's on my 20"s. I suggest you do what I did - schedule in another trip to the sand as soon as the car is fixed



S_

What pressures did you run on the soft stuff & tracks