Member Since: 18 Mar 2015
Location: Zurich
Posts: 468
How can I get the front right driveshaft back in?
It won't quite go...can't find similar previous post.
What advice can anyone give me? Mid repair and stuck!
29th Jan 2020 3:54 pm
rrhool
Member Since: 28 Aug 2014
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 4400
Do you mean the driveshaft into the front diff?
If so, it should just push in, and click. It might take a knock with a soft mallet to help it go.Richard
D3 SE 2007. Triumph 2.5Pi 1973. Ferguson TEA20 1948.
Discovery 2 4.0 ES 2001- Gone
Discovery 1 300Tdi ES '95 - Gone
Range Rover Classic '79 - Gone
29th Jan 2020 4:53 pm
Ruper
Member Since: 28 Jun 2019
Location: Virginia
Posts: 318
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I used a buddy. I lined it up under car and hit used the hammer with a block of wood as to not damage end of shaft. It didn't take but a good tap.2005 Land Rover D3, 4.4L V8, Maya Gold Metallic
1966 Scout 800, 196 cu.in.
1975 Scout II, 392 cu.in.
29th Jan 2020 5:00 pm
mek
Member Since: 18 Mar 2015
Location: Zurich
Posts: 468
I said to heck with the bearings and forced it in from the hub nut end. With a couple of interconnected rebounds I got it (both) in. Changing the diff seals was PITA but had to be done because it was leaking from one side (I changed both & driveshafts)
Since doing this work the "clonk" changing gears has reduced by 80%. There is still something of course but a fraction of what it was.
Land Rover did have one "gotcha" up their sleeves for me. I used GKN drive shafts which now require a 36mm nut with a sort of free wheeling side. This means that the socket required (at least the one I had) was too wide to go through the centre of the stock Poverty Spec (winter) wheels with the centre cap removed. So I used an air impact driver set to "2" and backed it off a touch. Torque? Who knows. Hopefully around 230.... I know that setting 1 is just shy of 140 NM. Tragically I was agonising about this ..."my nice new GKN driveshaft and I have to torque it to ??? against my almost new Timken bearings" So I took the disco to a self car wash and used ALL of the different programs by way of apology!!
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