Thread: How Strong are the CV's in a '96 Disco & '96 Defender?

One option not often considered but one that I have been carrying for many years is thus:

On my offroad boat trailers I run landy hubs/stubs and landy drive flange to seal the bearings.
I simply broached the splines out of the drive flange for the trailer hubs.

Sooooo if I bust a front end up, I can drop out the front drive shaft (10 minutes with the rattle gun)
Then swap over both front drive flanges for the trailer drive flanges (maybe 20 minutes)
And then drive out or more likely winch out in rear wheel drive, with no spinning mangled mess in the front swivel housings.

No jacking required and all oily compartments remain oily and sealed.

I guess if you were worried you could carry a pair of broached out drive flanges for justincase...




I am yet to actually need the above services but one day... one day

Steve

And when you do you will be up to your nuts in a tee tree swamp::

Originally Posted by roverrescue

One option not often considered but one that I have been carrying for many years is thus:

On my offroad boat trailers I run landy hubs/stubs and landy drive flange to seal the bearings.
I simply broached the splines out of the drive flange for the trailer hubs.

Sooooo if I bust a front end up, I can drop out the front drive shaft (10 minutes with the rattle gun)
Then swap over both front drive flanges for the trailer drive flanges (maybe 20 minutes)
And then drive out or more likely winch out in rear wheel drive, with no spinning mangled mess in the front swivel housings.

No jacking required and all oily compartments remain oily and sealed.

I guess if you were worried you could carry a pair of broached out drive flanges for justincase...




I am yet to actually need the above services but one day... one day

Steve

We used to do this with 4x4 Bedford trucks in the 1980s in the NT.