OK, I'm happy as can be, cause I got the Tom Woods front drive shaft in on Thursday. Tomorrow ill be the big day....

The way I understand it is really simple: unbolt the old one, bolt on the new one. Is that true?? Come on, this is a Discovery..., nothing comes easy...

Does anybody have suggestions to make this job even easier than it already sounds?

Cheers!

 

That's all.. but be careful not to round the bolts.

 

Ok, thanks! Still can't believe it is that simple... (don't get me wrong, I am NOT complaining...! )

 

Pretty much everything I've done on my Discovery was too simple.

 

I hope I can say that too in a year, after I have done everything for a first time!

I must admit that I was intimidated by induction cleaning, changing the fluids, bleeding the brakes, etc. until I finally just did it. The best part is that the car still runs!

 

Hello, I'm new to the world of Disco's. I bought a 2000 Disco2 with 86000mi a week ago. I am starting the 60000mi service, and as I understand it, I will need to replace my front driveshaft also. What did your Tom Woods cost as opposed to buying the parts to rebuild it myself? I love these trucks, what beasts.

 

I paid $389 plus $5 handling charge. Like you can read in different posts, it seems like a bit of money, but is nothing compared to the money you will be spending when the old U-joints fail. Good chance you will need a new transmission at that point! I will do the installation this morning and post anything odd I came across...

Cheers!

 

Tom Woods is installed! BUT, now I have some vibration I did not have before... After I was done with the install I did a 50 mile trip and as soon as I would go 75mph or faster, a deep zooming sound and vibration became noticeable. Would that be because the shaft is not properly balanced? Or did I do something wrong? I did not take the shaft apart when I got it and installed it right out of the box... Any ideas?

Secondly, while on the freeway it feels like the car does a bit more rocking back and forth, could that be a result of the new shaft too? It is almost as if I can feel the road more now, which is not necessarily a bad thing, but an observation.

Thanks for your input!