Just to be clear, you won't be lubing anything on the front driveshaft until it gets rebuilt. The flaw with the factory setup is no zerk fittings.

LR seems to have gone with the recent industry trend of "no grease fittings, lubed for life" for all of the moving bits. Unfortunately, they didn't really do much of anything to make sure it would never need lube, they just removed the fittings so you get to watch your components run to failure.

 

NAPA is probably better, but thats just my preference. GKN or MOOG brand parts is what you should probably look for.

 

i would not run MOOG u joints, front-end parts sure, u joints no

 

As I recall, the centering ball can be a bit tough to track down. I think I ordered mine [new] off of ebay.

 

I've looked on roverparts.com and I can find the U joints, just not the centering ball. off hand what would the part number be for it?

I might have said it before..sorry bout that.. but the had 4 of the platinum U joints for her on hand, would those be good to use?

 

I just ordered four joints-Moog 344, a ball-Moog 617 and several filters from rockauto. As long as all items in your order come from same warehouse the shipping cost is reasonable.

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New shaft just under $200 to your door.

https://landroverforums.com/forum/pr...shipped-76571/

 

I second armyrover. Get a new drive shaft it's the best 200you can spend and it will literally only take 45min to replace.rather than 3 hours working on the rebuild...

 

you sir are a godsend and i tip my hat to you. I've been looking at new drive shafts as Oklahoma is bout to get hit with a wild snowstorm (+10 in)

how long will this sale be going on?