Hello all.

Started the "chirping" noise under acceleration, stopped by my mechanic and we determined that the front driveshaft was the culprit. It is a Tom Woods shaft installed in April of 2010. So with proper maintenance, greasing every 5000 miles, no extreme off roading, the stock length front shaft lasted 143K miles. Not bad at all!

I pulled the front shaft and am now driving it as a 2WD. Today is Friday, and Tom Woods will have the driveshaft to me by Wednesday. As the Disco is a daily driver, anything I should be aware of or do? I do have the Ashcroft CDL shifter installed (it's a 2000 Discovery). Should I engage it or not worry about it?

Thoughts and advice always appreciated.

 

my understanding is that you cannot drive around with only one driveshaft without the CDL locked.

as to driving around, keep it to a minimum and keep your starts off the line gentle and slow. that's a decent amount of added stress on the rear rubber coupling and drive shaft.

 

You absolutely can't drive it without the lock engaged. There is nothing wrong with driving like that. At that point you're just like a conventional old school 4wd truck running in 2wd mode.

 

I drove my old 2000 with a 2004 CDL conversion with CDL locked for a year when I was poor once in Nashville in my 20’s. It’s fine.

 

Engage and don't worry. Enjoy the temporary boost in MPG.

 

12 years running locked for rear wheel drive only, no front driveshaft and no axles, with zero plans otherwise.

 

Oh my it is a slippery bugger with the front driveshaft is off and the cdl locked.
I had to do it one winter when my TD5 front sounded like a turkey before I got the Gwynn Lewis ones.

Leaving a roundabout when theres snow and ice... It'll drift from side to side a LOT and long if You are not very carefull.

... never again