Urgent help needed.......

[skyhuck]

Glad its sorted mate!!!!!!

[Peter]

If you got out of Manchester and still had 4 wheels on the disco you did well!

[Buzz]

It was touch and go for a while there Peter !!

[Treewolf]

If you have any LR with the double cardon joint on the front propshaft, keep an eye on the DC joint. The UJ's fitted by LR are sealed for life so you can't grease them, and if they fail the joint will twist apart and the broken propshaft will take out the sump, the brake lines, the wiring harness, and (if fitted) the ACE plumbing. The bill for repairs will come in at several thousand quid. Not good.

 

LR will tell you that you can't replace the UJs in the DC joint but have to have a new propshaft (at £300+).

 

In fact the UJs in the DC joint are the same size as the front joint and are replaceable, and you can also fit aftermarket ones with bigger bearing surfaces and grease nipples. The centre bearing in the DC joint (a spherical ball joint) is also replaceable but you can't by them in the UK. Rockauto.com in the USA will sell them and ship them to the UK for about £25.

 

On the Disco 2, TD5 front props seem to last longer that on the V8 probably because the grease gets baked by the cat on the V. Some last for miles (my TD5 lasted 155k miles) but I have heard of them failing in under 20k. Some folk who offroad a lot replace the joints every year.

 

If you do have one, keep an eye on it!

 

Sorry if this is old news, but if it saves someone a £2500 bill in this economic climate then it was worth posting.