Thread: I've found the cause of the vibrations!

Ouch, something sure hit that hard. I had a similar thing happen with the D2. It is not the normal rotoflex wear but from something hitting it. I reckon a small guard should fix that up.


So do you still drive the Rangie?

OMFG!
How did you not notice that rubber donut???

Mine was nowhere near that bad and it was almost undriveable!

I have had two fail in 30000kms. One similar to that but no metal damage (contact marks though) and the current one is beginning to crack.

I've saved the donut pic That's a classic.

Looks like if you had left that any longer you'd have thrown the driveshaft off the diff

I'm not aware of hitting anything. The Disco hasn't been used for that type of trip in a long time. Not sure what the wife does with it in the supermarket car parks though...

Its only become undriveable in the last few days. Having said that, its our only working car atm so it will have to keep driving around till next weekend when i can get it all fixed up.

RR hasn't moved in months. Biggest problem is blown PS box seal and secondary issue is dead battery from lack of use. Really got to get it sorted and get some road tyres for it so I can use it around town. Only having one working car is really starting to give me the sh1ts. (especially when it is now only half working).

On second thought, I'm going to go out and rip the rear tail shaft off now and just have her drive around with the diff lock in. Better option that it letting go and doing more damage.

I would have thought the prop shaft damage came from the bolt chewing into the bracket because of your 4" lift. It looks like it is the same situation on the other side, although it's a bit hard to see in the photo.

The bolt heads are worn to match the yoke. But that would be some fantastic angles going on under there.


I would tip more that the rubber donut has failed and the shaft is rotating within the newly made slots in the donut(torn damage) until the bolts are transmitting drive directly on the yoke. With the missing rubber there is effectively no donut.

Originally Posted by spudboy

I would have thought the prop shaft damage came from the bolt chewing into the pracket because of your 4" lift. It looks like it is the same situation on the other side, although it's a bit hard to see in the photo.

Originally Posted by spudboy

I would have thought the prop shaft damage came from the bolt chewing into the bracket because of your 4" lift. It looks like it is the same situation on the other side, although it's a bit hard to see in the photo.

No 4" lift in the Discovery, thats the RR. Discovery has 2" lift (which i reckon is a bit less than that now).

And yep, its definately fubared...