Well, there was the Dana logo on the box....hold on I'll see if it says so on the receipt... Yep, they're the ones 5-4x. Probably the supplier had them stocked, Idonno !!!

 

Darover


Just curious, what was the charge for the parts and labor?

-Ug

 

$285.00 out the door. They took it off and put it back on. BTW I'm in Canada, so that price might seem high to you guys.

 

I got a quote for both shafts @ $160, with another shop pulling them for $20 a piece. But it is on a D1, no double cardan.....

 

good info guys, thanks.

 

Would this be covered under a land rover extended warranty if the u joints failed?
Would the warranty cover replacing them as a precaution?
Has anyone with little mechanical experience ever done this job themself?

I'm looking at buying a 2001 disco SD and am trying to figure out exactly how I should proceed after purchase.

 

Darover,
Did they also replace the centering ball? With Spicer? Part number?

Paul

ps - also sent an e-mail but I think it rejected....

 

Imagine that, a shop that sells Spicer saying others are crap. LOL
They are called cheapco by people who don't know what they are talking about, or people who like making rhymes. If you buy the Neapco boxed u-joints they are within one or two dollars of Spicer, unless your shop grossly over-charges. Both sell for $30-$35.)
Of course, you can also get PDQ10005 u-joints for about $13, which are about 1/2 price the cost of "Spicer" 5-4x and are in fact actually Neapco 1-0005.
So exactly how good is this shop, I'm curious about the below two answers.
How often did they tell you to lube your propshaft?
What are the directions they gave you for how to lube it?

Not a rumor, they have in fact quit making them (this is from a phone call I made to Spicer in Feb last year). They subcontract them out, with some batches actually coming from Neapco.
If you have 5-4x with zerk fittings on the end cap, they are actually made by Neapco. If in the valley of the cross, then Precision, GMB (talk about crap!) or some other company.

 

Hi -- new to the forum and want to add to this thread: the front U-joint on my 2001 Discovery II failed with ~40,000 miles, while the vehicle was still under warranty, and having had all recommended Land Rover services. Fortunately the failure occurred while I was backing out of my driveway, others may not be so fortunate.

There was nothing happening that gave any indication it was going to fail. It was very fast -- I was backing at normal speed, in an instant the vehicle hesitated and I instinctively gave it a little extra gas, and then heard a god-awful noise. That was it -- the front of the drive shaft was on the concrete. I have a 2004 now and could not change this fast enough -- it felt like a ticking bomb!

Doug

 

You were lucky, many have posted about being on the wrecker with tranny fluid gushed out from a large hole in tranny.