Thank you so much Christian and Vera! I just changed the oil on my LR3 a week ago and happened to look at my driveshaft and the front and middle bearing rubber covers failed and were leaking grease all over everything in that unmistakable "ring of death" pattern. I am a longtime follower of the channel and was praying that you had a driveshaft replacement video, and am so happy you did! I just finished changing out everything and went on a short test drive before checking the torque again and putting the heat-shield back on. Here in the States I actually got a new OEM part for barely more than the Chinese aftermarket, something that's probably not an option for you guys in Germany! Thanks for the video, it's still helping people like me almost 3 years later!
I live in Barbados🇧🇧 in the West Indies and I have been thinking about buying a LR3. I’m really glad I came across your channel. Thank you for explaining so thoroughly the problems of ownership and the solutions that I can do myself. I really enjoy your work.
Brought back memories of a driveshaft dropping off my RWD car at speed back in the 80s. Bonk! I just coasted a bit and got the car onto the verge. It was a cold night in the middle of nowhere, so when the towtruck turned up, we went and searched for the driveshaft. It was in the ditch by the side of the road. It was really heavy. I think the thing had actually broken off with metal fatigue - it needed replacing as I recall.
Wow what a story. Drive shafts got really light weight in recent years and improved in quality a lot. A CV joind in a propshaft will likely outlast the car. The weak points today are the center or carrier bearings. Thanks for your coment.
Hi Christian and Vera, loved this video. I have very slight vibration when moving off slowly most of the time on my 2007 HSE Automatic. I'm hoping it's the centre bearing on my prop shaft rather than my torque converter!? Keep up the fantastic content from, N.Wales UK 😊
The torque converter runs with the engine speed and the propshaft with axle speed. If you pay attention, you should be able to figure out where the vibration is comming from. Here are the gear ratios of the ZF 6 HP. You can see that there is no 1:1 ratio because otherwise the unbalance in the driveline would add to the unbalance of the crankshaft and torque converter. First 4.17:1 Second 2.340:1 Third 1.521:1 Fourth 1.143:1 Fifth 0.867:1 Sixth 0.691:1 Reverse 3.403:1
You both take such good care of your LR3, and this can as you say happen without you knowing it. It looked so bad I was cringing as I saw it shifting around. It makes you wonder what damage it could cause to have that play.
Agree. Wonder how long it was like this. Check the video where we drove on the Autobahn "one more thing you may not know about your Discovery 3". Scarry.
I am generally from time to time checking undercarriage to see the wear and tear of everything underneath. So, instead of replacing full driveshaft, I went to indie and replaced only bearing as driveshaft wasn't damaged yet, so far it's holding ok
Hallo Christian und Vera. Am Anfang ein großes Lob für die perfekten Videos und die technische Anleitung bei diversen Problemen mit euerem LR Disco 3. Ich habe ein Problem, welches ich bis jetzt nach diversen Besuchen von mehreren LR-Werkstätten nicht loswerden kann. Während der Fahrt mit meinem LR Disco 3, TDV6, BJ 08/2008, Automatikgetriebe, Laufleistung 190 300 km spüre ich eine stark brummende Vibration im Bereich von 1500-1700 Umdrehungen/min und Geschwindigkeit zwischen 70-90 km/h. Bei niedrigeren und höheren Umdrehungen sowie anderen Geschwindigkeiten habe ich absolut keine Vibrationen. Heute habe ich die hintere Kardanwelle für eine neue in einer nicht autorisierten LR- Werkstatt austauschen lassen. Ich hatte eine große Hoffnung, dass dieses Problem verschwinden wird. Leider besteht das beschriebene Problem mit der Vibration nach wie vor. Habt Ihr vielleicht Paar Lösungen woran dieses Problem liegen kann? für Eure Hilfe wäre ich sehr dankbar Stan
Hi Vera and Christian. Love your informative and amusing video work, and like many Europeans your command of the English language is so much better than most Briton’s command of any foreign language. And I should know, as an Englishman living in France whilst working in an Arabic country, and owning a Discovery 4 .... all very confusing! By the way, now that we’ve sorted out propshafts, halfshafts and driveshafts, is it true that Vera secretly ‘wears the trousers’ in your relationship...?( This is not an insult by the way, just another English expression!). Keep up the good work 👍
09:44 - excellent dig by gentle Vera...and beautiful footage of the snowy landscape. What brand are your workpants? I have never seen them in the States and they look like great quality.
Hello Allen, the brand is called Engelbert & Strauss www.engelbert-strauss.de Biggest work wear manufacturer in Germany. Expensive but popular and good.
Ow Christian, a fantastic video, but a little disappointed because i thought you whre going to change the centre bearing and not the whole driveshaft. .But in the meantime i was amazed about the fact that you where able to find a whole driveshaft incl. Bearing and cross couplers for under 200 eutos. Great job.
Well, that's one way to fill in a Sunday morning !!, couldn't believe that you went for a test drive without the Chief Engineer and accountant !!!!!. That would have cost you a McDonalds drive through !! :-)). Very interesting and entertaining video, thanks, stay safe, and take care, Cheers.
...now i know why your car is so often break down ...you work on it on sundays🤣👍🏼good work, you are lucky with your wife who knows that much about cars
Thank you. I purchased a replacement drive shaft yesterday but I fear it maybe a bit loose fitting as yours in given I purchased it for just over €100. I'll check if it is OEM otherwise, I may return.
I'm about to do this but will be using stands - I've heard you should remove the air suspension relay before starting so that the suspension is already dropped when you begin otherwise it might try to level or drop when you're underneath. I would value your opinion!!!
We always, always, always take out the suspension fuse, always. We show this in every single video where we have to do this step ( at least I hope so). But, first we put in the right height, depending whether the car is easier to fix in access height or offroad height, or normal height. Again, always 😅👍🙋♀️ Vera
Great and interestimg video - thanks. But why does Vera always get the blame? ;-) It woukld be nice to see a comparison video of the centre bearing with the new drive shaft fitted.
Hello John, of course because I cut out all the sections where I get the blame... Like for ordering wrong parts. Compare video should be out as soon as I can find time to finish the edit.
Thanks for this nice Video :-) Did you reuse the bolts? And why didn't you just change the centre bearing? I have the same problem with my LR3 and thinking about to change only the bearing ... King regards from Happurg :-)
Yes, good luck trying. That was our plan of course too. But you have to remove a boot in order to remove the bearing, and that one did not come off, at all. We have tried, and the risk in damaging that boot and ruining a 1000€ propshaft was just too much. Even with careful chiseling, we do not believe that we could have gotten that boot to seal up again. That is why we opted short term for the chinese shaft and we will give the OEM shaft another try when we have a replacement boot. Christian has some connections due to his job. But we have heard from viewers who successfully replaced the bearing. But on our 15 year old shaft, there was no way. 👍🙋♀️ Vera
We had no rotten bolts. All opened fine and we had them loose before. So without Vera and no filming it would be a 2h Job max. If you wreck a bolt head, you will commit suicide. Christian
Hey LR TIME!! I have an issue with my LR3 (Discovery 3) where when driving, when let off the gas and then immediately hit it again, I have a clunk in the drive train. I’m wondering if that was the issue that you had that let to this repair. If not, what happened that indicated a repair being necessary?
Hi to you both another great TH-cam video. Do you have a Facebook page as well? I am thinking of going on a trip to Morocco in 2022 with my Discovery 3 if your interested in going on a trip. Regards Peter
Hi Peter, we have not updated our Facebook page, yet. Christian and I are both on Instagram, you can find the links in our Channel Info. I would love to go to Morocco at one point, I'll keep your comment in mind. 🙋♀️ Vera
A test drive without Vera! what were thinking? Anyway a long time ago a guy I worked with had a new Triumph Dolomite Sprint & for some reason the prop shaft (drive shaft as you call it) drop off at speed, it hit the road and came back up through the car floor between the seats leaving the car a write off. The moral of the story, check your bearings. Which I know you do. Thanks for the fun video. 👍
I heard about such stories before. This is more likely to happen with 1-piece propshafts (right name used here!) than with 2-piece shafts. Hope to never have such a failure.
Hi Christian, I had a VW Tourag with a failed centre bearing. On acceleration the drive shaft would whip so badly it hit the floor panel sending my wife into panic mode. As usual with VW, no centre bearing replacement possible so the whole drive shaft had to be replaced. $1700 thank you!! I fitted the shaft and after many other problems (that occurred before this) I traded it on a Toyota Prado. Would you believe we've had no problems since!! You have all the skills, all the knowledge and all the tools - please don't be offended by this comment - but the videos would not be as enjoyable without Vera. She is magic. Keep the videos coming - very instructive and fun to watch. Cheers, Simon (Australia)
I bought a cheapish propshaft about 5 years ago , I think it was about €250 and the genuine one was about €1000. After about 4 months the carrier bearing started to whine over 60km/hr. I packed the old bearing rubber with some strong marine silicone type sealer/glue and put it back on the Disco and it works great. Last year I got a bearing for the second propshaft but I couldn’t get it to fit. There appears to be no play in the bearing after using the sealer but it’s on the list , to buy a good quality propshaft soon.
I was going to do this too but idiot me tried to take the shaft appart and broke the boot of the center cv. I should have used Würth bond and seal silicone to fix the bearing but that idea came to late. I will keep the shaft because I expect the cheap one to fail soon. No way I would spend 1000€. I would rather fix it five more times.
I bought a genuine shaft from Rimmer Bros but it ended up being a different length than the shaft in my 2005. They sent the aftermarket shaft and it fit perfectly. I’d be interested to hear if anyone else had this issue trying to fit a genuine shaft.
There is only one shaft from LR called out in the spare parts list. The cheap one I used had that same reference number. I would guess that you just had bad luck. I assume they took the shaft back?
I replaced my drive shaft last summer on my LR3 V8 4.4L. My carrier bearing went out and even though you can buy the carrier bearing it's not replaceable...WHATEVER! My drive shaft was about $450 US. Awesome videos, you and the wife are totally cool.
Same happend to me. I wanted to replace the carrier bearing and could not get the shaft appart. I destroid the boot of the CV in the process. Then I found a TH-cam video how to do it but it is very difficult. I I try it again, I will post a video.
Your wife is a 1 in a billion I can tell you no wife or girlfriend helps their partner like this when it comes to working on the car, well not in the UK
Land Rover calls it a drive shaft in the workshop manual. And that is a fact and they are british. Christian works for the largest balancing machine on the planet as their driveshaft expert. He has forgotten more about driveshaft balancing than most people will ever know.
Is that aftermarket shaft holding up? I have no heard good things about longevity of them. I myself went OEM which is GKN, bought from LR Direct for less than $400 USD.
Aftermarket is holding up just fine. We had our reasons back then going for the aftermarket shaft. But Christian works in the balancing industry, also closely with GKN, and still plan on fixing our old shaft. Just haven't had the time to do so. 😃👍🙋♀️Vera
Yes, that is right. I do need to call it a drive shaft because it is called drive shaft in the Land Rover offical work shop manual. And that is a UK document. The name propshaft is most common in the UK except by Land Rover themself. In the US it´s called drive shaft. Land Rover calls the shafts between the wheels and diff side shafts. Vera calls it a propshaft too! Appreciate your comments and hope to hear more from you.
Yes we did, th-cam.com/video/604513GUKws/w-d-xo.html But there is another project in the making. Unfortunately, our current project took over all the time we have. 😅 So it might take another while until we finish it. 🙋♀️Vera
It came with the house. I think it was common that you did this in the 70's when the Garage was added. There are more houses in our area that have a pit build in during that time. 🙋♀️ Vera
New subscriber and loving both you and Vera you make me laugh I came across your videos after being offered a discovery 3 HSE 2007 with a 180k so needed to find out all about them and I think Christian you must be the worlds best land rover discovery expert love the videos love the humour Should I buy the discovery ?.?.😳
😅 Now, you have to be either able to fix it yourself, or have the money to have someone else fix it. As you may know by now, they are kind of high maintenance, and want to be pampered regularely. Also, get yourself a OBDii tool and learn how to use it. That way you can read out all the faults it has before buying, then you kind of know what repairs are waiting for you. Do not necessarily trust the owner blindly. They might even not know what kind of faults it has. Then check on the Disco3.co.uk website what they mean. Also know how it was used and what kind of maintenance has been done. Regular oil change, no more than 10000Km apart, EGR valves, reinforced oilpump, and the list goes on. Get yourself the LR3 maintenance schedule from the disco3.co.uk website and see if it has been followed. And let them show you the actual invoice, not just some check mark. If everything is all well, you got one great car to look forward to. 😃👍🙋♀️Vera
Hello Christian and Vera Christian your wife is so helpful she is one amazing lady. Amazing piece of filming of the driveshaft on the Land Rover I'm surprised you didn't get any knocking high-speed or banging as you board away it shows how rugged Land Rovers are fingers crossed you don't get any more trouble but then again you won't have no videos to make lol take care both of you can't wait to see the next video . Ralph
😊 thanks. Usually we are very sensitive when it comes noises or vibration out of the ordinary. And most of the time, Christian orders the spare part before he even looks more closely into it, and he is always right. We definitely didn't see that one coming. Thanks for your nice comment. 🙋♀️ Vera
@@Vera_and_Christian never fix the old one they will go bad again do some reading on the english page. And the cheap one will break on power had it happen twice.
After seeing that propshaft bouncing around inside the remains of the bearing, I think I would have abandoned the test-drive immediately. I'd happily ignore it for months but once I could SEE it, on camera, it'd terrify me! Glad to see Vera is biting back at you now. She's quite the master of snarky comebacks. :-P
Hi Christian and Vera from South Africa. Thank you for a very entertaining and informative channel ... I only wish there was more than one video a week. Christian, please could you give me the dimensions of your garage pit and if there is anything you would change if you had an opportunity to build one again.
Our pit is 200cmx80cm, and it was 200cm deep originally. But we raised the bottom with a wooden construction up by about 40 cm. If we build a pit, we would put more effort into the entrance of the pit, getting in and out with a discovery above your head. It is quiet a hassel with ours. But it came with the house we bought. We didn't build it ourselves, so we are really thankful that we even have one.There is rock solid granite below our property, so digging deep is a major act. Christian really wants to get a hoist. Working in a pit, you really need someone, like me, handing you the tools down all the time. Doing it allone takes a lot more time. And with a LR 3, we spend a lot of time in the pit 😅🙋♀️ Vera
Christian next time you interrogate Vera about the drive shaft tie her in a chair and shine a spotlight in her face that normally works. Brilliant Video
Hello Vera and Christian and greetings from Perigord, France! Melanie and I really enjoy your videos and we have learned a lot about our 2005 Discovery 3. I have a question; I noticed that a propshaft carrier bearing is available and I wondered why you decided to replace the whole shaft instead of just the bearing? Thanks for the videos, we will definitely be looking forward to more! Ed McGaugh
To be honest, we tried just replacing the center bearing, but we could not get the old bearing off without causing damage to the boot. And that boot is not available as a spare part. We know that there are videos where people do it, but I am not sure if that boot is sealed perfectly again. I'll link a video, then you know what I mean. th-cam.com/video/SWNYasUdGIc/w-d-xo.html 🙋♀️ Vera
Hi Christian and Vera, thank you for this and all the other videos. Here I have a small technical English lesson for you : the driveshaft is the shaft between the differential and the wheel. The one that you've replaced (between the transfer-box and the differential) is called the propshaft. I hope this was helpful. Best Regards, David
In the Land Rover world you are 100% right. In British english the correct name is propshaft. For the rest of the world the comon name it is drive shaft. The shafts going to the wheels are called side shafts for most people ouside of the UK. I should have called it propshaft just like I am wearing trousers instead of pants and the car has a bonnet and not a hood. This is what I learnd so far from our viewers. Now there will be one more video about the drive shaft, taken last week. So don´t be surprised if I did not call it a propshaft. Will do better in future! Thanks for your coment!
@@Vera_and_Christian Hi Christian, I've just watched this video after watching the one which follows this one if you see what I mean. It seems to me that the chinese propshaft needs a fine shim on it to take up that 0.26 difference between the LR one and the chinese; could you make something on your lathe?
15 years of exposure to the elements is a problem. We would have only replaced the center bearing if we could have gotten off the boot in order to seperate the shaft. We could have tried harder and deformed that boot while chiseling away, like many do on TH-cam. But the risk that it will not seal up 100% was to high for us. So, rather than further damaging a 1000€ propshaft, we opted for a cheap chinese one until we have an adequate solution for our boot, or a spare one. Now Christian works in the balancing industry, specialicing in propshafts / driveshafts. So he does know when to stop trying. 👍🙋♀️Vera
@@Vera_and_Christian Is the boots cover you are worry about you can get replacement in UK. th-cam.com/video/SWNYasUdGIc/w-d-xo.html This guys did reuse their but I think better to replace it.
@@khunchai43 We commented on that video ( first comment) and Sam agreed that the boot is not available as a spare part. I am not talking about the bearing itself but that boot he removed using a chisel at 3:16. You see how deformed it is at 4:20. We will not risk that. 🙋♀️Vera
@@Vera_and_Christian You mean the cover between CV joint and the bearing? If it is I think they used hot melt tapering manufactured. It is like Hellermann Tyton tape.
Our Disco has the plate DIRT44 and our Challenger has DIRT57. The DI stands for Dieburg which is the city where the car is registered. The Challenger is actually the RT trim level with the 5.7 L engine. So the DIRT57 has a different meaning than the DIRT44, obviously. Sorry for talking so much about the plates.
Thank you so much Christian and Vera! I just changed the oil on my LR3 a week ago and happened to look at my driveshaft and the front and middle bearing rubber covers failed and were leaking grease all over everything in that unmistakable "ring of death" pattern. I am a longtime follower of the channel and was praying that you had a driveshaft replacement video, and am so happy you did! I just finished changing out everything and went on a short test drive before checking the torque again and putting the heat-shield back on. Here in the States I actually got a new OEM part for barely more than the Chinese aftermarket, something that's probably not an option for you guys in Germany! Thanks for the video, it's still helping people like me almost 3 years later!
That is so great. Thanks for your comment. 😀👍🙋♀️Vera
I live in Barbados🇧🇧 in the West Indies and I have been thinking about buying a LR3. I’m really glad I came across your channel. Thank you for explaining so thoroughly the problems of ownership and the solutions that I can do myself. I really enjoy your work.
😃👍🙋♀️ Vera
Excellent video great footage of the drive shaft. I look forward to the next instalment.
Thanks 😊🙋♀️ Vera
Thanks. Next one may be about propshafts again. Could not cover everything in one video.
Oh I miss winters in Germany, I so love the snow! Christian, I heard you say "I'm aging..." a few times now, I'm definitely pinching that to use!
Brought back memories of a driveshaft dropping off my RWD car at speed back in the 80s. Bonk! I just coasted a bit and got the car onto the verge. It was a cold night in the middle of nowhere, so when the towtruck turned up, we went and searched for the driveshaft. It was in the ditch by the side of the road. It was really heavy. I think the thing had actually broken off with metal fatigue - it needed replacing as I recall.
Wow what a story. Drive shafts got really light weight in recent years and improved in quality a lot. A CV joind in a propshaft will likely outlast the car. The weak points today are the center or carrier bearings. Thanks for your coment.
Hi Christian and Vera, loved this video. I have very slight vibration when moving off slowly most of the time on my 2007 HSE Automatic. I'm hoping it's the centre bearing on my prop shaft rather than my torque converter!? Keep up the fantastic content from, N.Wales UK 😊
The torque converter runs with the engine speed and the propshaft with axle speed. If you pay attention, you should be able to figure out where the vibration is comming from. Here are the gear ratios of the ZF 6 HP. You can see that there is no 1:1 ratio because otherwise the unbalance in the driveline would add to the unbalance of the crankshaft and torque converter.
First 4.17:1
Second 2.340:1
Third 1.521:1
Fourth 1.143:1
Fifth 0.867:1
Sixth 0.691:1
Reverse 3.403:1
I love it when I get a notification that your video is on. I look forward to them every week. Very informative and you are both so funny 👍👍
We are glad that you like our content. Thanks for watching.
That is so great, 🙋♀️ Vera
Looking at getting a 2010 lr4 hse cant wait
Fully understandable! The LR4 is a great car.
You both take such good care of your LR3, and this can as you say happen without you knowing it. It looked so bad I was cringing as I saw it shifting around. It makes you wonder what damage it could cause to have that play.
Agree. Wonder how long it was like this. Check the video where we drove on the Autobahn "one more thing you may not know about your Discovery 3". Scarry.
@@Vera_and_Christian I already watched it :-) Haha
I am generally from time to time checking undercarriage to see the wear and tear of everything underneath. So, instead of replacing full driveshaft, I went to indie and replaced only bearing as driveshaft wasn't damaged yet, so far it's holding ok
I tried that too and could not get it separated. Now with the drive shaft out and a bit time, I will try again.
Hallo Christian und Vera.
Am Anfang ein großes Lob für die perfekten Videos und die technische Anleitung bei diversen Problemen mit euerem LR Disco 3. Ich habe ein Problem, welches ich bis jetzt nach diversen Besuchen von mehreren LR-Werkstätten nicht loswerden kann.
Während der Fahrt mit meinem LR Disco 3, TDV6, BJ 08/2008, Automatikgetriebe, Laufleistung 190 300 km spüre ich eine stark brummende Vibration im Bereich von 1500-1700 Umdrehungen/min und Geschwindigkeit zwischen 70-90 km/h. Bei niedrigeren und höheren Umdrehungen sowie anderen Geschwindigkeiten habe ich absolut keine Vibrationen.
Heute habe ich die hintere Kardanwelle für eine neue in einer nicht autorisierten LR- Werkstatt austauschen lassen. Ich hatte eine große Hoffnung, dass dieses Problem verschwinden wird. Leider besteht das beschriebene Problem mit der Vibration nach wie vor.
Habt Ihr vielleicht Paar Lösungen woran dieses Problem liegen kann?
für Eure Hilfe wäre ich sehr dankbar
Stan
Du musst als erstes herausfinden ob die Vibration Drehzahl, Gang oder Geschwindigkeitsabhängig ist. Bitte per email. Christian
this was entertaining, and I learned something about universal joints. Thanks!
Thanks 😃🙋♀️ Vera
Hi Vera and Christian.
Love your informative and amusing video work, and like many Europeans your command of the English language is so much better than most Briton’s command of any foreign language. And I should know, as an Englishman living in France whilst working in an Arabic country, and owning a Discovery 4 .... all very confusing!
By the way, now that we’ve sorted out propshafts, halfshafts and driveshafts, is it true that Vera secretly ‘wears the trousers’ in your relationship...?( This is not an insult by the way, just another English expression!).
Keep up the good work 👍
😂 I wish I had the pants on 👍 , thanks for your comment 🙋♀️ Vera
Excellent job & very informative. I will do mine now. Than you
We also have a video where we replaced the center bearing. Christian
i’ll watch that one to as i love your videos. thank you
09:44 - excellent dig by gentle Vera...and beautiful footage of the snowy landscape. What brand are your workpants? I have never seen them in the States and they look like great quality.
Hello Allen, the brand is called Engelbert & Strauss www.engelbert-strauss.de
Biggest work wear manufacturer in Germany. Expensive but popular and good.
@@Vera_and_Christian Danke!
Not (easily) available in the States -- oh well, we have Taco Bell so I guess that makes us even!
@@AllenManor LOL. 😂
Great video guys very informative always interesting to watch you both
Thanks, appreciate your comment. 🙋♀️ Vera
Ow Christian, a fantastic video, but a little disappointed because i thought you whre going to change the centre bearing and not the whole driveshaft. .But in the meantime i was amazed about the fact that you where able to find a whole driveshaft incl. Bearing and cross couplers for under 200 eutos. Great job.
I agree, this was a bit easy. There will be more down the road. But right now, the original shaft was smarter than me.
Well, that's one way to fill in a Sunday morning !!, couldn't believe that you went for a test drive without the Chief Engineer and accountant !!!!!. That would have cost you a McDonalds drive through !! :-)). Very interesting and entertaining video, thanks, stay safe, and take care, Cheers.
I should get credit for having this done by myself. Alone getting in and out of the pit is worth an award. Thanks BigKev.
...now i know why your car is so often break down ...you work on it on sundays🤣👍🏼good work, you are lucky with your wife who knows that much about cars
😊 thanks, 🙋♀️ Vera
Ours needs replacing soon. Sure wish there was an exchange rebuild option.
We are also going to look more into the rebuild option, since we are not happy with the Chinese prop shaft. 🙋♀️ Vera
@@Vera_and_Christian I wait in hope. I have faith that you both can find a solution worthy of german quality standards.
Love you guys
Thank you. I purchased a replacement drive shaft yesterday but I fear it maybe a bit loose fitting as yours in given I purchased it for just over €100. I'll check if it is OEM otherwise, I may return.
Ours also cost only about 100€, still driving strong. 👍🙋♀️ Vera
@@Vera_and_Christian thanks for that information.
nice video again but here in the uk we call that part the prop shaft
You're right, and I told him he should call it propshaft. 🙋♀️ Vera
I'm about to do this but will be using stands - I've heard you should remove the air suspension relay before starting so that the suspension is already dropped when you begin otherwise it might try to level or drop when you're underneath. I would value your opinion!!!
We always, always, always take out the suspension fuse, always. We show this in every single video where we have to do this step ( at least I hope so). But, first we put in the right height, depending whether the car is easier to fix in access height or offroad height, or normal height. Again, always 😅👍🙋♀️ Vera
@@Vera_and_Christian thanks Vera! I must have missed that step somehow.
Glad I asked and thanks for being here !!
Great and interestimg video - thanks. But why does Vera always get the blame? ;-) It woukld be nice to see a comparison video of the centre bearing with the new drive shaft fitted.
Hello John, of course because I cut out all the sections where I get the blame... Like for ordering wrong parts. Compare video should be out as soon as I can find time to finish the edit.
I found the amount of movement in the gearbox when you changed gear interesting, would this contribute to early failure of the centre bearing?
I don´t know. I did not even notice the movement until I´ve read your comment. Thanks for pointing this out.
Thanks for this nice Video :-) Did you reuse the bolts? And why didn't you just change the centre bearing? I have the same problem with my LR3 and thinking about to change only the bearing ...
King regards from Happurg :-)
Yes, good luck trying. That was our plan of course too. But you have to remove a boot in order to remove the bearing, and that one did not come off, at all. We have tried, and the risk in damaging that boot and ruining a 1000€ propshaft was just too much. Even with careful chiseling, we do not believe that we could have gotten that boot to seal up again. That is why we opted short term for the chinese shaft and we will give the OEM shaft another try when we have a replacement boot. Christian has some connections due to his job. But we have heard from viewers who successfully replaced the bearing. But on our 15 year old shaft, there was no way. 👍🙋♀️ Vera
I had the same issue in my Disco 3. It caused a strong vibration between 70-90km/h, so we replaced and the noise disappeared.
When you say noise, was it under acceleration but disappeared when you let off the gas?
How are you rotating the prop? Do you have it in neutral and 1 wheel off the ground?
I'm trying to safely rotate while it's on riasers
We had both wheels up. I sat then in the car and pushed the break. It always helps when you have someone helping you. 😃👍🙋♀️ Vera
@@Vera_and_Christian haha yes!! 1 person, rusted bolts, I was happy it only took 5 hours 😀 :D 😀
How long did the job take?
We had no rotten bolts. All opened fine and we had them loose before. So without Vera and no filming it would be a 2h Job max. If you wreck a bolt head, you will commit suicide. Christian
Did you choose the Chinese drive shaft? Or did you choose a GKN OE part? Would you make the same choice now?
Here is the follow-up video, that should answer your questions th-cam.com/video/o70e_3QioZI/w-d-xo.html😃👍🙋♀️ Vera
@@Vera_and_Christian Would you buy the Chinese version again?
@@ChristofBove Yes 👍🙋♀️ Vera
@@Vera_and_Christian Were there any special alignment considerations when putting in the new prop/driveshaft?
@@ChristofBove No, there is nothing to align. You just have to torque them correct. 👍🙋♀Vera
Hey LR TIME!! I have an issue with my LR3 (Discovery 3) where when driving, when let off the gas and then immediately hit it again, I have a clunk in the drive train. I’m wondering if that was the issue that you had that let to this repair. If not, what happened that indicated a repair being necessary?
There was no sign of this being broken. No drive line "clonk" at all. We found it because we did underbody repair.
Danan check the dif mounts at the rear. it does that on the freelander when the rear diff mount goes so would think it may be the same
@@garyodell8655 thanks! Will do
Hi to you both another great TH-cam video. Do you have a Facebook page as well? I am thinking of going on a trip to Morocco in 2022 with my Discovery 3 if your interested in going on a trip.
Regards Peter
Hi Peter, we have not updated our Facebook page, yet. Christian and I are both on Instagram, you can find the links in our Channel Info. I would love to go to Morocco at one point, I'll keep your comment in mind. 🙋♀️ Vera
That doesn’t sound or look good at all I’m glad I did my driveshaft last year in my LR3 (2009)114000 miles😁🇬🇧👍
The LR3 is so well insulated. I think I would not have found this broken bearing ever.
A test drive without Vera! what were thinking? Anyway a long time ago a guy I worked with had a new Triumph Dolomite Sprint & for some reason the prop shaft (drive shaft as you call it) drop off at speed, it hit the road and came back up through the car floor between the seats leaving the car a write off. The moral of the story, check your bearings. Which I know you do. Thanks for the fun video. 👍
I heard about such stories before. This is more likely to happen with 1-piece propshafts (right name used here!) than with 2-piece shafts. Hope to never have such a failure.
Great shot of the drive shaft, always good work carried out in your garage great team effort as always
Thanks😊🙋♀️
Thanks. Appreciate the coment very much.
Hi Christian,
I had a VW Tourag with a failed centre bearing. On acceleration the drive shaft would whip so badly it hit the floor panel sending my wife into panic mode. As usual with VW, no centre bearing replacement possible so the whole drive shaft had to be replaced. $1700 thank you!! I fitted the shaft and after many other problems (that occurred before this) I traded it on a Toyota Prado. Would you believe we've had no problems since!!
You have all the skills, all the knowledge and all the tools - please don't be offended by this comment - but the videos would not be as enjoyable without Vera. She is magic. Keep the videos coming - very instructive and fun to watch. Cheers, Simon (Australia)
😅👍🙋♀️Vera
I bought a cheapish propshaft about 5 years ago , I think it was about €250 and the genuine one was about €1000. After about 4 months the carrier bearing started to whine over 60km/hr. I packed the old bearing rubber with some strong marine silicone type sealer/glue and put it back on the Disco and it works great. Last year I got a bearing for the second propshaft but I couldn’t get it to fit.
There appears to be no play in the bearing after using the sealer but it’s on the list , to buy a good quality propshaft soon.
I was going to do this too but idiot me tried to take the shaft appart and broke the boot of the center cv. I should have used Würth bond and seal silicone to fix the bearing but that idea came to late. I will keep the shaft because I expect the cheap one to fail soon. No way I would spend 1000€. I would rather fix it five more times.
@@Vera_and_Christian You must be a Yorkshire man at heart. (we are tight with our brass = money)
Yay been waiting for this video hopefully getting my landy Saturday hope it’s a good one full service history 123,000 miles tho
Hopefully it will not be too expensive! Thanks.
@@Vera_and_Christian well I’m part ex my car so only costing me 3000 just hope it’s one off the good one
Vera - “That would be a first” 😂
I am not going to answer this one... Hope you did not look at the time during the test drive. Christian
@@Vera_and_Christian Formula 1 speed
Great video...
It seems to be a common problem..as myself and 2 other friends one with a D4 had to change..
Yes, I don´t understand that people say the LR3 is not reliable. Everything breaks very reliably when it is due.
I bought a genuine shaft from Rimmer Bros but it ended up being a different length than the shaft in my 2005. They sent the aftermarket shaft and it fit perfectly. I’d be interested to hear if anyone else had this issue trying to fit a genuine shaft.
There is only one shaft from LR called out in the spare parts list. The cheap one I used had that same reference number. I would guess that you just had bad luck. I assume they took the shaft back?
I replaced my drive shaft last summer on my LR3 V8 4.4L. My carrier bearing went out and even though you can buy the carrier bearing it's not replaceable...WHATEVER! My drive shaft was about $450 US. Awesome videos, you and the wife are totally cool.
Same happend to me. I wanted to replace the carrier bearing and could not get the shaft appart. I destroid the boot of the CV in the process. Then I found a TH-cam video how to do it but it is very difficult. I I try it again, I will post a video.
Your wife is a 1 in a billion I can tell you no wife or girlfriend helps their partner like this when it comes to working on the car, well not in the UK
Listen to Vera and do some under body protection and video so we all know what to do. She is always right you know 😋
It's nice that you wanted to show it all this way. A very interesting movie. Thanks 👍👍👍
Thanks.
Massively underrated TH-cam Channel - Brilliant informative videos well edited and the guys communicate in their second language !!, ERSTAUNLICH
Thanks Mark, 😊🙋♀️ Vera
Actually it's a rear prop shaft. ;) I would like to see a video where you change a propshaft. Front or rear doesn't matter.
Land Rover calls it a drive shaft in the workshop manual. And that is a fact and they are british. Christian works for the largest balancing machine on the planet as their driveshaft expert. He has forgotten more about driveshaft balancing than most people will ever know.
Is that aftermarket shaft holding up? I have no heard good things about longevity of them. I myself went OEM which is GKN, bought from LR Direct for less than $400 USD.
Aftermarket is holding up just fine. We had our reasons back then going for the aftermarket shaft. But Christian works in the balancing industry, also closely with GKN, and still plan on fixing our old shaft. Just haven't had the time to do so. 😃👍🙋♀️Vera
Thats your PROPSHAFT, ,, NOT the driveshaft! - Drive shafts are what turn the wheels from the gearbox / Diff / transfer box.
Yes, that is right. I do need to call it a drive shaft because it is called drive shaft in the Land Rover offical work shop manual. And that is a UK document. The name propshaft is most common in the UK except by Land Rover themself. In the US it´s called drive shaft. Land Rover calls the shafts between the wheels and diff side shafts. Vera calls it a propshaft too! Appreciate your comments and hope to hear more from you.
How fast did you go? Ours wobbles worst at motorway speeds 70mph +
It was long ago. It was at speeds around 30-50 mph but also when load conditions changed. Christian
It will be great to see how the cheap driveshaft performs great video 👍
Well, I think this is not going to be a long term solution. Got to test it on the Autobahn. It was cheap, that is for sure.
@@Vera_and_Christian well I hope it performs well for you may get on my self if it does 👌love your videos keep it up😊
I so enjoy your videos. Great team work as always.
Thanks!
Hi did you do a video on the extra oil pressure gauge you had fitted? I am looking to do the same, can you please help? Love the videos
Yes we did, th-cam.com/video/604513GUKws/w-d-xo.html But there is another project in the making. Unfortunately, our current project took over all the time we have. 😅 So it might take another while until we finish it. 🙋♀️Vera
Hi, I will be replacing my drive shaft on my lr4 in the next week or so, could you please tell me the torque settings for the bolts. TIA
Another fantastic upload from you both.
Thanks
Thanks for watching!
Thanks 😊🙋♀️ Verra
These are great 'how to vidoes!' - question - where did you buy the prop shaft so cheap?
Ebay actually. 🙋♀️Vera
The only people who want their Landrover to break down 😂😂
😅👍 We actually were kind of glad Fabian contacted us, because his car had big problems and ours is just running fine. 🙋♀️ Vera
How come you have a pit in the garage? Did that come with the house or did you guys get it put in so that you can work on your cars?
It came with the house. I think it was common that you did this in the 70's when the Garage was added. There are more houses in our area that have a pit build in during that time. 🙋♀️ Vera
Love watching your videos
Thanks 👍🙋♀️ Vera
Love reading your comments!
@@Vera_and_Christian Can you please do a detail video on how you did a modification on the height sensors please please please please
Will I get away by changing the central bearing only if it goes bad without changing the whole shaft assy?
Yes but difficult because it has a crimp boot on. Christian
@Vera_and_Christian thanks Christian, I just joint the LR3 family and needed you opinion. Thanks 😊
You can use some shim material to tighten the fit on the UJ pilot. 👍
Great video, but this is a prop shaft not a drive shaft.
Hi do you have part number for right rear axle
Thanks
Check out Advanced Factors wensite.👍You can search for partnumbers there.👍🙋♀️
@@Vera_and_Christian thank you
New subscriber and loving both you and Vera you make me laugh I came across your videos after being offered a discovery 3 HSE 2007 with a 180k so needed to find out all about them and I think Christian you must be the worlds best land rover discovery expert love the videos love the humour
Should I buy the discovery ?.?.😳
😅 Now, you have to be either able to fix it yourself, or have the money to have someone else fix it. As you may know by now, they are kind of high maintenance, and want to be pampered regularely. Also, get yourself a OBDii tool and learn how to use it. That way you can read out all the faults it has before buying, then you kind of know what repairs are waiting for you. Do not necessarily trust the owner blindly. They might even not know what kind of faults it has. Then check on the Disco3.co.uk website what they mean. Also know how it was used and what kind of maintenance has been done. Regular oil change, no more than 10000Km apart, EGR valves, reinforced oilpump, and the list goes on. Get yourself the LR3 maintenance schedule from the disco3.co.uk website and see if it has been followed. And let them show you the actual invoice, not just some check mark. If everything is all well, you got one great car to look forward to. 😃👍🙋♀️Vera
Hello Christian and Vera
Christian your wife is so helpful she is one amazing lady. Amazing piece of filming of the driveshaft on the Land Rover I'm surprised you didn't get any knocking high-speed or banging as you board away it shows how rugged Land Rovers are fingers crossed you don't get any more trouble but then again you won't have no videos to make lol take care both of you can't wait to see the next video .
Ralph
😊 thanks. Usually we are very sensitive when it comes noises or vibration out of the ordinary. And most of the time, Christian orders the spare part before he even looks more closely into it, and he is always right. We definitely didn't see that one coming. Thanks for your nice comment. 🙋♀️ Vera
So you didnt get an orignal driveshaft?
No, got the cheap one... I intend to fix the original one and keep as a spare.
@@Vera_and_Christian never fix the old one they will go bad again do some reading on the english page. And the cheap one will break on power had it happen twice.
After seeing that propshaft bouncing around inside the remains of the bearing, I think I would have abandoned the test-drive immediately.
I'd happily ignore it for months but once I could SEE it, on camera, it'd terrify me!
Glad to see Vera is biting back at you now.
She's quite the master of snarky comebacks. :-P
Yeah, I feel the same way, and I am not going on the Autobahn anytime soon 😂. That is for sure. Thanks for your comment. 🙋♀️ Vera
Hi Christian and Vera from South Africa. Thank you for a very entertaining and informative channel ... I only wish there was more than one video a week. Christian, please could you give me the dimensions of your garage pit and if there is anything you would change if you had an opportunity to build one again.
Our pit is 200cmx80cm, and it was 200cm deep originally. But we raised the bottom with a wooden construction up by about 40 cm. If we build a pit, we would put more effort into the entrance of the pit, getting in and out with a discovery above your head. It is quiet a hassel with ours. But it came with the house we bought. We didn't build it ourselves, so we are really thankful that we even have one.There is rock solid granite below our property, so digging deep is a major act.
Christian really wants to get a hoist. Working in a pit, you really need someone, like me, handing you the tools down all the time. Doing it allone takes a lot more time. And with a LR 3, we spend a lot of time in the pit 😅🙋♀️ Vera
Christian next time you interrogate Vera about the drive shaft tie her in a chair and shine a spotlight in her face that normally works. Brilliant Video
😂🙋♀️ Vera
Hello Vera and Christian and greetings from Perigord, France!
Melanie and I really enjoy your videos and we have learned a lot about our 2005 Discovery 3.
I have a question; I noticed that a propshaft carrier bearing is available and I wondered why you decided to replace the whole shaft instead of just the bearing?
Thanks for the videos, we will definitely be looking forward to more!
Ed McGaugh
To be honest, we tried just replacing the center bearing, but we could not get the old bearing off without causing damage to the boot. And that boot is not available as a spare part. We know that there are videos where people do it, but I am not sure if that boot is sealed perfectly again. I'll link a video, then you know what I mean. th-cam.com/video/SWNYasUdGIc/w-d-xo.html
🙋♀️ Vera
@@Vera_and_Christian Oh, now I understand! Smart decision!
You two are an excellent pair. Love watching your videos and humor
😃 Thanks. 🙋♀️ Vera
Hi Christian and Vera, thank you for this and all the other videos. Here I have a small technical English lesson for you : the driveshaft is the shaft between the differential and the wheel. The one that you've replaced (between the transfer-box and the differential) is called the propshaft. I hope this was helpful. Best Regards, David
In the Land Rover world you are 100% right. In British english the correct name is propshaft. For the rest of the world the comon name it is drive shaft. The shafts going to the wheels are called side shafts for most people ouside of the UK. I should have called it propshaft just like I am wearing trousers instead of pants and the car has a bonnet and not a hood. This is what I learnd so far from our viewers. Now there will be one more video about the drive shaft, taken last week. So don´t be surprised if I did not call it a propshaft. Will do better in future! Thanks for your coment!
@@Vera_and_Christian Hi Christian, I've just watched this video after watching the one which follows this one if you see what I mean. It seems to me that the chinese propshaft needs a fine shim on it to take up that 0.26 difference between the LR one and the chinese; could you make something on your lathe?
Why not replace centre bearing? For you will be easy.
15 years of exposure to the elements is a problem. We would have only replaced the center bearing if we could have gotten off the boot in order to seperate the shaft. We could have tried harder and deformed that boot while chiseling away, like many do on TH-cam. But the risk that it will not seal up 100% was to high for us. So, rather than further damaging a 1000€ propshaft, we opted for a cheap chinese one until we have an adequate solution for our boot, or a spare one. Now Christian works in the balancing industry, specialicing in propshafts / driveshafts. So he does know when to stop trying. 👍🙋♀️Vera
@@Vera_and_Christian Is the boots cover you are worry about you can get replacement in UK. th-cam.com/video/SWNYasUdGIc/w-d-xo.html This guys did reuse their but I think better to replace it.
@@khunchai43 We commented on that video ( first comment) and Sam agreed that the boot is not available as a spare part. I am not talking about the bearing itself but that boot he removed using a chisel at 3:16. You see how deformed it is at 4:20. We will not risk that. 🙋♀️Vera
If you can send me a link to that sparepart, we'll appreciate that and see if we pick on our propshaft. 👍🙋♀️Vera
@@Vera_and_Christian You mean the cover between CV joint and the bearing? If it is I think they used hot melt tapering manufactured. It is like Hellermann Tyton tape.
Wow 😲
You should put your Mustang number plate 'DIRT" on your Disco =)
Our Disco has the plate DIRT44 and our Challenger has DIRT57.
The DI stands for Dieburg which is the city where the car is registered. The Challenger is actually the RT trim level with the 5.7 L engine. So the DIRT57 has a different meaning than the DIRT44, obviously. Sorry for talking so much about the plates.
@@Vera_and_Christian I expect you're aware that 'dirt' also means mud in English?
Yes 👍. I think DIRT4 (x) 4 is the best plate in Germany... Lucky us.
@@Vera_and_Christian I have D15OVY, it nearly looks like Discovery =)
Another brilliant Video
Thanks 😃🙋♀️ Vera
Where did you buy the drive shaft..?
I got my one off eBay £100 not bad 😁🇬🇧👍
Got it of eBay from a store in Hamburg. Took 2 days to ship. Unbelivable world we live in.