Td5 and 'that bolt'

**catch-22** · 10th January 2009, 07:23 PM

Well I dropped the sump today to check that bolt. NO LOCTITE

I am ever so glad I did it and thank the gents that attended Scouses' Jenolan cruise.

Whilst the bolt wasn't loose, it did not take all that much effort to loosen. Loose enough to be a risk in my opinion....anyway, all fixed now.

FYI - My Disco was manufactured 10/03, and again, had NO LOCTITE

I think that EVERY Td5 should be checked. If you are unsure how, then ask me as I have now done one so I am of course, an expert

Cheers
Caine

**George130** · 10th January 2009, 07:29 PM

Glad you caught it.
Took me 6 months after doing mine to stop getting nervouse. I kept wanting to go and check it again everytime I started the engine.

**trev** · 10th January 2009, 07:35 PM

Now! that is a worry! I thought that the problem was sorted at least by early 2002,now we seem to be having later models with the same issue.
My Disco is a 06 2001 and it has been checked because that was in the region of concern. As it turned out mine was O.K.but 2003?obviously still an issue.
Why didn`t they put on a lock tab or wire the bloody thing in the first place?

Trev.

**catch-22** · 10th January 2009, 07:52 PM

Hi trev,

yeah I thought I was immune as I owned an '03. I hadn't read any '03 Td5 bolts without the loctite.....but there it is. I can confirm this is not the case and I would say that 'ALL' need to be checked as a matter of urgency.

And as I said, I wasn't going to even check it until I went 4x4'ing with Scouse.

Cheers
Caine

**LandyAndy** · 10th January 2009, 08:19 PM

A good news story for a change.
If a left handed thread was used it would never have been an issue.
Andrew

**Graeme** · 10th January 2009, 08:46 PM

I'm sure there was a post quite some time ago re 2 Defenders being checked on the same day and the '03 had a suspect bolt whereas the earlier one was OK.

**jmkoffice** · 11th January 2009, 12:16 PM

Caine, you have made me nervous.

Maybe the design of the bolt was changed in the later models so Locktite is not mandatory?

**catch-22** · 11th January 2009, 03:43 PM

Might have been. Not sure.

Either way, DO IT.

**sadbenn** · 11th January 2009, 07:43 PM

I did mine about three months ago mine a 01 model was not tight or loose just in limbo land glad i did it in time had about 125000 on the clock **** of a job to do as i left the gasket hanging an a nail in the shed for three months it was a little distorted at the time of installation