Danjo
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Sent to mot via a normal garage. Its on advisory. Because apparently drive shafts are not part of mot.
Passed mot but dangerous advisory
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Danjo
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Thankyou. very informative. There is very small play in splines.
Think the best thing as you say.. Is get someone who knows them to tell me what whole prop shaft i need is.
I could prob remove and fit new one on myself. Once i know what i need.
Goin to spend the new year sorting it all out properly.
Cheers bud
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Around £75 for a new one. Phone paddocks and give your vin number and they will get you the right one. Get the bolts as well. Fit prop and it is all done. If you can work a spanner, you can diy. Grease joints and then grease them at service times and they will last.
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Spanner that want is a 9/16" there is a special tool that you can buy which also helps. If you lived closer you could borrow mine. I always cut them out of the yoke with an angle grinder and put them in using a vice.
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He thinks he has a lift but my gaps are bigger and standard prop is what is fitted to mine. Both 85 ish 90s.
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Barring the UJ is F0000000Ked I don't think it has much lift ! 1" at most ! BLUE springs if my memory is right give 1" lift !! 
So if yu bin a good ikle boy santa may fetch yu a GREASE GUN & a NEW PROP !!
So if yu bin a good ikle boy santa may fetch yu a GREASE GUN & a NEW PROP !!
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A grease gun is a good investment
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IF you go down the NEW prop route DON'T chuck yu old 1 away ! Have it referbed & keep as spare !
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Strewth! Your truck must be shaking itself to bits!
UJ's are easy to replace, but given the (probable) state of your yokes, it may be too late.
UJ's are easy to replace, but given the (probable) state of your yokes, it may be too late.
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WRONG. The drive shafts are testable, and should have failed, because the hand brake is a transmission brake and operates via the shafts to lock the wheels. It would be OK to pass and advise a normal car with U/Js that bad, with the hand brake operating in the wheel hubs.
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Thats as may be, but it doesn't mean the tester is right, as toonarf pointed out having an intact rear driveshaft is critical to the parking brake working. Imagine a scenario where you are driving up a hill and the shaft fails, apart from the clattering of a loose shaft flailing around (doing untold damage) your instinct would be to stop and put the park brake on. However in this case even with the park brake on the instance you remove your foot from the brake pedal you would start rolling backwards. Leaving it in gear won't make any difference plus you couldn't pull away either. Basically you will be stuck in the vehicle with your foot planted on the brake pedal. The only practical way to stop it rolling is to engage the diff lock and then the parking brake will work (as will leaving it in gear).
Danjo
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I see.. Im greatfull for everybodys input. Im just an inexperienced 4×4 owner relying on what im told . And just from this thread im learning a lot. I didnt even know what uj's were or that they have grease nipples lol.
No idea why it passed when it clearly states its dangerous.. the other bits it failed on i paid to get sorted.
Will be going with what Neilly said and get someone who knows landys to tell me what whole new prop i need.. and now i know how often i should grease them
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You called?
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That is completely fooked . Change before you use it again.
