PickUp90

New Member

• Jun 26, 2011

• #1

I have just had fitted a 2" lift kit, trailing arms, camber correction arms, prop spacers, disc cones and front turrets to my defender 90. I now have a vibration from 30mph and up when shutting the throttle down, I have read about this and I believe it to be the prop-shaft, any ideas on the best fixes, have read lots about wide angled and double carden props but I'm just confused? :boom:

 

James1966

Active Member

• Jun 26, 2011

• #2

Does sound like the front prop, I had the same, have you driven it without the front prop just to make sure ?
Some say remove the front camber corrected arms and go back to original with a wide angle prop, others say double cardon prop.
I tried wide angle with the 3deg castor correction arms cured for a while then came back, went with a D/C prop and all good.

 

PickUp90

New Member

• Jun 26, 2011

• #3

James1966 said:

Does sound like the front prop, I had the same, have you driven it without the front prop just to make sure ?
Some say remove the front camber corrected arms and go back to original with a wide angle prop, others say double cardon prop.
I tried wide angle with the 3deg castor correction arms cured for a while then came back, went with a D/C prop and all good.

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Most ppl I have spoken with have said use a D/C prop, any idea of the best place to get one?

 

James1966

Active Member

• Jun 27, 2011

• #4

I used a company from Morecambe Cumbria way, driveline engineering/propshafts. good service. DC prop will be expensive, mine was fully greasable and bolted straight to existing t-box flange

 

bustersbus

Well-Known Member

• Jun 27, 2011

• #5

Ah'm pretty sure Trewey had the same probs a whiles back. Might be worth a search in the common faults and questions bit

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f38/thinking-lifting-your-landy-read-first-66840.html

 

PickUp90

New Member

• Jun 27, 2011

• #6

bustersbus said:

Ah'm pretty sure Trewey had the same probs a whiles back. Might be worth a search in the common faults and questions bit

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f38/thinking-lifting-your-landy-read-first-66840.html

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http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f38/thinking-lifting-your-landy-read-first-66840-3.html

Really good thread that, thought mine through enough, replaced all of the parts bar the prop which has a little play in the front shaft anyway, i'm guessing that renewing the spiders would cure it but from what I have read it may not cure it for long. I've found a double cardan front propshaft on eBay for £230 inc the flange fitting kit and grease nipples for maintance, bargain I'd say (the missus won't agree i'm sure) Trewey is spot on though and anyone thinking of fitting a lift kit should have a read of his post. :scratching_chin: