Disco 4 CV joint dead

[Hoss]

Howdy, holed up in Mansfield waiting for flat bed back to Torquay. Got a flat bed here from sheepyard flat after being towed back from zeka spur by the guys I was touring with.

Any rough estimates in what it’s going to cost to fix.

Frustrating as was we weren’t doing anything particularly hard when the dreaded bang of the CV joint interrupted a planned 4day adventure in the vic high country...

Any advice appreciated

[Hoss]

Can I get stronger cv joints installed for off road for example?

[Hoss]

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Bugger

[PerthDisco]

Do you work in super extend mode a lot? Do you have Llams?

[Hoss]

No never

[Graeme]

Front or rear? If rear, does your D4 have an e-diff? Rear CVs are bigger when an e-diff is fitted but can still be broken. If front, was it the RH? RH will pull apart at off-road height + full lock + heavy right boot.

[discomatt69]

What exactly were you doing when it broke?
I have never broken a CV , touch wood NOW, but I never use full lock at full articulation and the skinny pedal at the same time. If at full lock or even close very little accelerator and I never steer left and right like a mad man to try and find traction, if its that slippery I have a winch and recovery gear.
Am very interested in what made it go and if it is a very weak unit or no offense but the nut behind the wheel

[Hoss]

No offence taken. I drive conservatively. In fact, I was just climbing a reasonably steep, and slightly bumpy dry 4wd road. Not slipping. Going straight ahead. would describe the section as medium grade tops. So definitely not full lock, and not trying to find traction.

Can they wear over time or do they usually require the type of driving you describe to fail?

[rick130]

It's an overload/fatigue failure, the overload/damage has been done in the past and it's finally let go.

[Hoss]

Maybe so. I got the car with 40k on it (previous owner used it for city driving. Have done 60k since. Off road some of that time. Only time I can think where I might have over loaded it was a climb out of a river crossing in the vic high country in January this year. Slippery, heavily rutted, and steep, I reckon I might have put too much steering in. I remember thinking that was stupid- brain fade. Thought I’d dodged a bullet at the time. That might have done it I suppose. Paying the price 10 months later?