Discovery 2 Propshaft Failures

Guys,

I am on the final hurdle proving that the problem with the Discovery 2 front propshaft is a design fault to Land Rover.

I just need to know specifically what engine and gearbox you guys have experienced the front propshaft damage on.

If you could please vote in the above poll i'd appreciate it.

If there's anything you want to share, age, mileage, and any details of what happened when the shaft broke or any communication you made with Land Rover that would also be greatly appreciated.

Regards

David.

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For feck's sake not again

bigchiefbumfluff deserves 10/10 for tenacity though.
Does he think we all suffer from Alzheimers :doh::doh::doh:

who? wot? sumone say summat?

The Mad Hat Man said:

who? wot? sumone say summat?

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It's alright mate, you where just having a bad dream, nowt's happening here.

I had a bad dream once, back in September next year.

Guys,

I can appreciate that it is more then likely you don't agree with what I am doing however there are some points I would like to make:

1. The vehicle was serviced 3 weeks prior to this shaft failing, the rear uni with the grease nipple was greased and the front inspected with no signs of wear visible.

2. On my car there were no warning signs of the propshaft going, no shaking/vibrations, no clunking and no whining. My shaft let go suddenly on the motorway with an explosion type of noise immediately after the cruise control was disengaged.

I wrote to Land Rover and asked for their input on this and they responded saying that it was likely that the part was eroded by salt water, after I highlighted that I didn't park in the sea they refused to acknowledge the problem with this shaft and refused point blank to do anything about it.

When they took this stance I did file a legal case against them, I would like to point out that I am not in this for financial gain and by the end of it if I do win am not likely to be any better off financially then I was before I started due to costs.

The point I am trying to make is that this shaft/vehicle has a design fault on it which causes a lot of damage to the car and in many cases these days will write them off due to the cost of repair weighed up against the cost of the vehicle. Whilst having the shaft flailing around underneath the car it has the possibility to flip the car with a possibility of causing numerous fatalities. If a pedestrian were walking along the pavement on a national speed limit stretch of road and your propshaft sheared and dropped itself out form under the car it could also seriously injure that completely innocent 3rd party.

The heat from the catalytic convertor constantly heats and cools the propshaft and the drain tube from the air con dripping onto the shaft doesn't aid the longevity of the shaft.

I can appreciate that not everyone will share the same views as I do which is why I not saying much about it.

If you have nothing useful to contribute like the last few people who have posted, please don't feel the need to spam the thread, I am sure that none of us will gain from it.

I just wanted to know what combination of engines/gearboxes were in other peoples cars when these shafts failed.

Thanks to those of you who have answered the poll.

Regards

David.

How old was your disco when the propshaft failed? Were you the original owner? Mileage? Service history? Last time one of my u/j's went I just got a new one and replaced it. Didn't chuck me toys out of the pram, just fixed it and got on with the rest of me life.

i no how mutch damage a prop can do a farmer at work had one go and it made a hole in his gear box and they said that it was due to lack of grease (but no grease nipels) its good to see that some one it trying to some thing about it but i dont think you will get any thing out of landrover but good luck

I use a TD5 front prop on my 300tdi with a 4" lift and big Mo Fo tyres. Not had a problem..........YET!

I Changed my front prop joints at 96K, just as a precaution (Disco 2 V8). the ungreaseable uj,s were fine but the bearing between them was a little loose. Now I can grease them regularly.

D2's are old vehicles, why should LR accept there's a design fault when the vehicle went out of production many years ago? If it was a design fault D2's all around the world would have drive shafts dropping out. The fact of the matter is that if you dont maintain your vehicle, things will drop off. As for greasing the propshaft bearings, the shaft is fitted with a blanking plug, this is removed and a 1/4" UNF grease nipple fitted. When the bearing is greased, the blanking plug is put back into place. So, the fact there is no visible grease nipple doesn't mean it doesn't have to be greased. Possibly this is one reason for failure if the owner is unaware of the proceedure.

Changed my front prop last year (now 10 years old/120k)

Had vibration from it so decided to change the whole thing. Easy job, no problems since

Dave

Doesnt sound like design fault to me just a failure

Nigel-S said:

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As for greasing the propshaft bearings, the shaft is fitted with a blanking plug, this is removed and a 1/4" UNF grease nipple fitted. When the bearing is greased, the blanking plug is put back into place. So, the fact there is no visible grease nipple doesn't mean it doesn't have to be greased.

Possibly this is one reason for failure if the owner is unaware of the procedure.

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I think you'll find the the removable plug method allows grease into the sliding shaft component of the propshaft, not the U/j's or the centreing bearing.

This thread is nearly 3 years old

Soloby Rob said:

This thread is nearly 3 years old

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Yes but. still interesting

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