Do you know what a 'half-shaft" is?

[paul o']

Spline & stress?

Hamilton standard

 

[dryan]

Land rovers, relatively cheap to keep on the road, incredible when off road (and make you smile!) nice driving position v most pickups, but you’re always waiting for something to go wrong.

Like a doom cloud hovering, waiting till you think you’ve beaten it then *POW* something breaks. Ohh and the leaks, rain, oil, heat…..

Mine is rust free due to a very good previous owner so I am keeping it on the road until I find a non rusty pre dpf Toyota.

 

[HonestJohn]

Half shaft! I think it’s also known as a ‘semi’

 

[Navarone]

Picked up my 1971 series 2a today…broke down a couple of weeks ago on a hill, distributor cap and associated gubbins to blame. Fixed it with the help of the AA and nursed it to the garage where it has been ever since….

Anyhow 1900£ later I’ve got new upgraded brakes all around, a new carb, exhaust manifold and starter/coil/distributor cap etc.

She is now idling so quietly it’s very disconcerting indeed and the not cutting out at junctions is certainly novel as is pressing the brake and it stopping rather than pumping two-three times and nothing much happening!

My daughter was buzzing to have Winnie back from her holiday though so it’s all worth it. No pockets in a shroud.

 

[Mr B]

Rear half shafts have soft drive flanges and I was told these were designed to fail before the diff does. Anyway rear drive flange and half shafts are very simple to change and take about ten minutes each side! Done it many times. Front half shafts are a bit more of a Pain….

I know of people who upgraded to Heavy Duty drive flanges and boasted about it. Until one had a failure! The half shaft snapped instead of just rounding the splines on the drive flange, an easily replaceable part.

The result- half a half shaft (a quarter shaft at this point! Stuck inside the axle housing, proving difficult to extract!

There’ll always be a weak leak, let it be one that’s easy to access! Or buy a G Wagen!

 

[eldon]

Once upon a time.......

I watched a group of 4x4s struggle to get out of a bomb hole. This had a steep entry with an awkward exit if going that direction.

Peice of pi55 thinks I.
Drop in with my 3.9 v8 90 and fire it out ...... umm

Somewhere along the line, the front crown wheel lost x2 teeth and then the rear axle popped it's planet pin!!!

Yikes!

Remind me how effective the handbrake is under these circumstances?

 

[Dave_45]

Landrover ownership is up there with the sadistic pastime of following Manchester United.


not that I’m bitter or anything…

 

[eldon]

Just as an addendum....

When buying halfshafts, look at the postage cost as I did 30 odd years ago!

Just try looking up tdi 90 rear shafts and v8 90 rear shafts (same physical size so has to be density) , surprisingly they aren't, or weren't, the same postage costs?

 

[starr shot]

I’m
Not such a fan tbh as this means the half shafts fail at the expensive end ie the diff. It’s a simple inexpensive repair and not so the other end.

Years ago we thought it would be a good idea to change to the one piece ones,Until it snapped a few inches out of the diff end.

 

[Tegner]

I thought it was something Rachel Reeves was in the process of doing to us

 

[Bowland blades]

THE LANDROVER OF THE PAST HAD A BRIEF . A rugged yet capable Farm vehicle for the farm and road , that the farm could fix at home . After that point The Japanese Pickup took over and the " landrover " name was used because what it was the " Chelsea Tractor " Now , i don't really know what it is

 

[JockStalk]

THE LANDROVER OF THE PAST HAD A BRIEF . A rugged yet capable Farm vehicle for the farm and road , that the farm could fix at home . After that point The Japanese Pickup took over and the " landrover " name was used because what it was the " Chelsea Tractor " Now , i don't really know what it is

Like all things JLR now.

It’s gender fluid.