Member Since: 15 Mar 2016
Location: Shrewsbury
Posts: 63
rear propshaft centre bearing replacement
Hi guys does anyone know how to replace the centre bearing on a 06 d3 2.7 rear propshaft
17th Jul 2016 8:23 am
HughMartin
Member Since: 30 Mar 2008
Location: Aberdeenshire
Posts: 751
Yes. Buy a new propshaft.
17th Jul 2016 8:35 am
Cellerdweller
Member Since: 05 Oct 2012
Location: Macclesfield
Posts: 1315
Personally I wouldn't bother messing with it . The prop shaft is made by GKN . They are in Leek Staffordshire . Or Firow propshafts at Holmes Chapel offer a good service ,I have used them in the past . You're not afraid of the dark are you ?
17th Jul 2016 8:45 am
Fatboy Slim
Member Since: 16 Dec 2007
Location: Bridgend
Posts: 197
Might just be my heavy plant background but buying a whole new shaft for the sake of a £50 centre bearing seems a bit extreme???
17th Jul 2016 8:56 am
HughMartin
Member Since: 30 Mar 2008
Location: Aberdeenshire
Posts: 751
I would agree but LR haven't assembled the shaft in a way which makes it easy to change it. I tried once on my D3 and came to the conclusion that if it went wrong, the result could spoil your day. Unfortunately I didn't have any professional bearing change company's in my locality.
Member Since: 02 Jan 2015
Location: pontyclun
Posts: 433
I changed mine yesterday for £20.
Fiddly but easy enough to do
17th Jul 2016 11:27 am
jeep948
Member Since: 16 Feb 2017
Location: Kelso
Posts: 200
How long did it take you to do and was it on a ramp? Thanks
7th Feb 2018 12:24 pm
yaxman
Member Since: 02 Jan 2015
Location: pontyclun
Posts: 433
Best thing to do is to replace the whole propshaft. you just cant seal them back up again properly and mine sprayed grease everywhere and destroyed the U/J inside. so had to do the propshaft anyways,
I did mine on the floor with a torx socket and breaker bar. TIGHT AS
7th Feb 2018 12:33 pm
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 20789
As per previous post
Even the propshaft repair centre's cant seem to get the to reseal correctly...
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
Cellerdweller wrote:
Personally I wouldn't bother messing with it . The prop shaft is made by GKN . They are in Leek Staffordshire . Or Firow propshafts at Holmes Chapel offer a good service ,I have used them in the past .
You will also find the rear prop u/j is notchy and thats staked in.
Why they have a u/j in that set up I dont know as the zero movement is going to cause the rollers to wear in one spot only.
7th Feb 2018 3:38 pm
jeep948
Member Since: 16 Feb 2017
Location: Kelso
Posts: 200
yaxman wrote:
Best thing to do is to replace the whole propshaft. you just cant seal them back up again properly and mine sprayed grease everywhere and destroyed the U/J inside. so had to do the propshaft anyways,
I did mine on the floor with a torx socket and breaker bar. TIGHT AS
Thanks for the heads up.
8th Feb 2018 12:49 am
jeep948
Member Since: 16 Feb 2017
Location: Kelso
Posts: 200
lynalldiscovery wrote:
Cellerdweller wrote:
Personally I wouldn't bother messing with it . The prop shaft is made by GKN . They are in Leek Staffordshire . Or Firow propshafts at Holmes Chapel offer a good service ,I have used them in the past .
You will also find the rear prop u/j is notchy and thats staked in.
Why they have a u/j in that set up I dont know as the zero movement is going to cause the rollers to wear in one spot only.
8th Feb 2018 12:51 am
jeep948
Member Since: 16 Feb 2017
Location: Kelso
Posts: 200
Disco_Mikey wrote:
As per previous post
Even the propshaft repair centre's cant seem to get the to reseal correctly...
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