Nodge68 said:
The only option is to strip out the crown wheel and rebuild the IRD, with the rear drive pinion in place
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Thinking about it. If you're wanting to makr it 4WD again, there's little point in messing with a bad IRD. It's better to have a good one rebuilt, so it'll be trouble free for years to come.
 
Nodge68 said:
Removing the propshafts is now an MOT fail.

The only option is to strip out the crown wheel and rebuild the IRD, with the rear drive pinion in place. The propshafts can then be refitted, and will spin with the drive from the rear diff.
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Doubt it really is a failure though, how many Land Rover have had EGR’s blanked off? Only running one prop on my defender as it got picked up on the UJ’s. I simply removed it and put it back in for test. How long has this failure been in place?
 
So just checked and yes propshafts are now included in the new test regulations (hence why mine got picked up on UJ’s), however they cannot test what is not there and it doesn’t say anything about removal of props.
 
gil said:
So just checked and yes propshafts are now included in the new test regulations (hence why mine got picked up on UJ’s), however they cannot test what is not there and it doesn’t say anything about removal of props.
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I had a disco with a rotting boot floor around the seat belt mounts, I removed the seats and seat belts and got an advisory to refit.
 
gil said:
however they cannot test what is not there and it doesn’t say anything about removal of props.
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True. The tester can't test what isn't fitted, so now it's a fail if propshafts are removed, which is clearly written in the new regulations. ;)
 
  1. A transmission shaft:
  1. securing bolts loose or missing
Major
  1. likely to become detached
Dangerous
  1. A transmission shaft bearing:
  1. excessively worn
Major
  1. likely to break up
Dangerous
  1. A transmission:
  1. joint, belt or chain excessively worn
Major
  1. so worn it is likely to fail
Dangerous
  1. A transmission shaft flexible coupling:
  1. excessively deteriorated
Major
  1. so deteriorated it is likely to fail
Dangerous
  1. A transmission shaft bent or badly damaged.
Major
  1. A transmission shaft bearing housing:
  1. fractured or insecure
Major
  1. likely to fail
Dangerous
  1. A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot:
  1. severely deteriorated
Minor
  1. missing or split



Nothing about a propshaft being removed
 
gil said:
Nothing about a propshaft being removed
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The propshaft has been added to the UK MOT.

New items New items that you’ll test from 20 May 2018 are:
brake fluid contamination
additional braking device performance
daytime running lamps
front fog lamps
reversing lamps
bumpers
prop shafts
all rear drive shafts
cab security
cab steps
floor
spassenger hand grips (quads and heavy trikes only)
noise suppression material
undertray security
emission control equipment
Oxygen sensor
NOx sensor
exhaust gas recirculation valve
other emission control equipment
engine malfunction indicator lamp
diesel particulate filter (DPF) tampering

fluid leaks -
engine, transmission and so on

Missing propshafts are now a fail. I've checked. ;)
 
There is nothing saying that a missing propshaft is a failure. It talks about condition not removel. Like I said, my defender passed with only one propshaft since this change came in.
 
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