Proud owner of a 1996 Disco SE7. Longtime reader, first time poster. Noticed severe vibration from rear drive shaft. Went under the car and here is what I saw, rear drive disintegrating.

Wanted to pulse the group and and see if this is a whole drive shaft replacement or just the coupler going to the rear axle.



Also curious what caused the friction and wear. Thanks in advanced.

 

You just need to do rotoflex not a big deal. Fairly cheap and I'd stop driving until you fix it

Give the guys at Lucky8 a call they will fix you up with parts you need

 

 

You just need to do rotoflex not a big deal.

 

they went back to Ujoints in 97 yea? my 96 had rotoflex and the 97 has normal ujoint.

 

That's a clean undercarriage.

 

 

Sorry to hear you spent your money on another rotoflex joint.
They are a POS that will begin to vibrate and fail again.
You would of been money ahead if this a "keeper vehicle" and replaced the driveshaft with
one having a real steel U-joint with a four bolt pinion flange.
Waiting for a sale on these items and saving some coin is the best long term solution.
I replaced the original right after purchasing my D1 from the PO who hadn't a clue about a vibration problem.
Second then third rotoflex ( 3rd a freebie by dealership) failure I gave up installing a real U-joint, shaft, seal and pinion flange.
Mr. Rotoflex never liked the 4.6 engine with cam and chip plus 5 speed combination i'm running. So far at 70K miles later zero vibrations and no U-joint failures.

 

no. some one did a conversion on your '97. the discoverys had rotoflexes right up until 2004.

 

My 1997 has a u-joint. I am the original owner. Unless the dealer did a swap "on the house" (I never paid for one, that is for sure) at least some 97's came with u-joints. Or at least mine did.