loopylou
New Member
Hi, hoping someone can possibly help me with this so here goes....
The other night I had to use my Disco to tow a mates Disco to his garage, only a few miles away. Dropped his Disco off then drove home, no problems at all with mine on the way home. The next day we used mine to go get parts for his. He said he noticed a slight vibration which hadnt been there the night before. He stuck it on his ramp and said that the U/J nearest to the transfer box needed replaced. Found it a bit weird since there had been no vibration the night before but he said he would replace it anyway to be on the safe side! Drove it home (8 miles, doing no more than 50mph cos its a nasty twisting back road) no problems at all. Yesterday I went out in it, made it about 1/4 mile away from my house before I started to feel a very slight vibration, was only doing about 30mph then bang, the front prop snapped, bits and pieces went flying! My mate came out with his recovery truck and took it to his garage, he says it looks like the new U/J might have failed but as theres bits of it misisng he cant be sure. Im going to look for the missing bits in the morning as Im pretty sure I know where they will be but has anyone else ever heard of this happening before, especially with no warning at all?!
The other night I had to use my Disco to tow a mates Disco to his garage, only a few miles away. Dropped his Disco off then drove home, no problems at all with mine on the way home. The next day we used mine to go get parts for his. He said he noticed a slight vibration which hadnt been there the night before. He stuck it on his ramp and said that the U/J nearest to the transfer box needed replaced. Found it a bit weird since there had been no vibration the night before but he said he would replace it anyway to be on the safe side! Drove it home (8 miles, doing no more than 50mph cos its a nasty twisting back road) no problems at all. Yesterday I went out in it, made it about 1/4 mile away from my house before I started to feel a very slight vibration, was only doing about 30mph then bang, the front prop snapped, bits and pieces went flying! My mate came out with his recovery truck and took it to his garage, he says it looks like the new U/J might have failed but as theres bits of it misisng he cant be sure. Im going to look for the missing bits in the morning as Im pretty sure I know where they will be but has anyone else ever heard of this happening before, especially with no warning at all?!