So if you have kept up with me you know the deal on my 00, if not I will briefly fill you in. Bought it needing a tranny and prop shaft...2 guesses why? Well after getting the transmission in and a new front shaft, life has been golden...until this week!
Now the unfortunate thing was that the person I ordered the front shaft from was supposed to send me a rebuilt shaft with greasable joints as recommended on here. Instead they sent me a new shaft that was OEM instead (not greasable). In my haste I just put it in (properly) and said to hell with it, I was ready to ride. I just figured I would ride it for the summer or so and order a Tom Woods or something down the line.
Now, for almost two months I have driven this Disco without incident. EVERYTHING recommended by DiscoMike for service has been done (truck has 86k).

So here's the problem. As of this week I am getting a loud vibration and noise when I let off the gas at speeds above 62mph on up to 70-something. If I have the cruise control on it gets loud as I descend or it lets off the gas and the noise disappears when it accelerates. All signs lead me to believe it is either drive shafts but I haven't looked under it yet. I just parked her and started driving my A2B car.

Anyone want to throw in 2 cents? Thanks!

 

do you have a lift or anything installed? or is it stock?

hmmm new OEM shaft should last longer than 2 months I would think (unless your offroading hard core every day beating/baking the ujoints with heat).

I could be wrong though.

 

Oh, and anyone with smart comments can keep them to themselves. I know how to CDL lock and pull out the shafts to diagnose. I just figured I would post this during work time while I am sitting at a computer and see if anyone has had this exact issue.

 

no lift. bone stock. Nice to see some NC people sloan74!

 

yup yup