Advice needed on front propshaft

[Landie Lover]

Hi there,
I'm new to the site, I have a 90 1997 diesel with a knackered uj on the front propshaft. Ive removed the prop and am now driving it with diff lock engaged. Am I likely to cause any damage to the running gear driving like this for a week or so, mostly road work, any speed limits??
Any advice much appreciated..
Also may I say a great web site and many useful comments..
Cheers in advance.

[Landy Andy]

Don't think you will do any damage, take it easy pulling away etc.

Why drive it so long before repair?

Easy job, cheap

Andy

[jimthelandyman]

It will be fine removed my front prop for two weeks when i blew my front diff, was also fun drifting it around corners with 35 inch tyres on 

[merlin617]

You should be fine, but take it easy, I ran mine without the rear prop after breaking a half shaft, got a bit too ambitious pulling out of a junction and snapped a uj in the front prop  [-X

[ChrisV8]

Don't repair the UJ by buying the cheapest nasty UJs from Sh*tpart get decent ones cos the nasties only last a few hundred miles !

Have a look see here http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=28252

[trickydicky]

i agree i brought cheap they lasted aproximatly 200 miles then shatterd ind i ended up having to biy a new prop

[merlin617]

hi again,

I always fit Hardy Spicer UJs. Ive never had any trouble with them and they aren't much more expensive than the cheap and particularly nasty versions. Also an occasional shot of a wonderfull new product I think called Grease helps no end.

[clbarclay]

The last pair of UJs I got were GKN and they were supplied with extended grease nipples which are useful on the front prop as on a standard prop (1987 RRC) when prop is rotated so the grease nipples are pointing down, the jokes close over the recesed nipples that the UJ normally have fitted, making it difficult to grease them. These are extended enough so that you can still get grease them at more or less any angle but, not too much so they shouldn't suffer any more than normal nipples when off road.
Yet to find out how long they will last.

[Les Henson]

I agree with some of the others - buy Hardy Spicer U/J's. It might be worth doing both ends of the prop even if only one has gone.
How to do it-


http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=7982


Les.