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sam120665
 


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England 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Java BlackDiscovery 3
rear propshaft centre bearing replacement

Hi guys does anyone know how to replace the centre bearing on a 06 d3 2.7 rear propshaft
  
Post #168164917th Jul 2016 7:23 am
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HughMartin
 


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Scotland 2012 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 XS Auto Aintree GreenDiscovery 4

Yes. Buy a new propshaft.
  
Post #168165417th Jul 2016 7:35 am
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Cellerdweller
 


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Personally I wouldn't bother messing with it . The prop shaft is made by GKN . They are in Leek Staffordshire . Or Firow propshafts at Holmes Chapel offer a good service ,I have used them in the past . Thumbs Up
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Post #168165717th Jul 2016 7:45 am
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Fatboy Slim
 


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Might just be my heavy plant background but buying a whole new shaft for the sake of a £50 centre bearing seems a bit extreme??? Shocked
  
Post #168166017th Jul 2016 7:56 am
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HughMartin
 


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I would agree but LR haven't assembled the shaft in a way which makes it easy to change it. I tried once on my D3 and came to the conclusion that if it went wrong, the result could spoil your day. Unfortunately I didn't have any professional bearing change company's in my locality.

Have a look at this thread

http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/topic58033.html
  
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yaxman
 


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I changed mine yesterday for £20.
Fiddly but easy enough to do Smile
  
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jeep948
 


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How long did it take you to do and was it on a ramp? Thanks
  
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yaxman
 


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Best thing to do is to replace the whole propshaft. you just cant seal them back up again properly and mine sprayed grease everywhere and destroyed the U/J inside. so had to do the propshaft anyways,

I did mine on the floor with a torx socket and breaker bar. TIGHT AS Censored
  
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Disco_Mikey
 


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As per previous post

Even the propshaft repair centre's cant seem to get the to reseal correctly...

New shaft, nothing else
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lynalldiscovery
 


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Cellerdweller wrote:
Personally I wouldn't bother messing with it . The prop shaft is made by GKN . They are in Leek Staffordshire . Or Firow propshafts at Holmes Chapel offer a good service ,I have used them in the past . Thumbs Up


You will also find the rear prop u/j is notchy and thats staked in.
Why they have a u/j in that set up I dont know as the zero movement is going to cause the rollers to wear in one spot only.
  
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jeep948
 


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yaxman wrote:
Best thing to do is to replace the whole propshaft. you just cant seal them back up again properly and mine sprayed grease everywhere and destroyed the U/J inside. so had to do the propshaft anyways,

I did mine on the floor with a torx socket and breaker bar. TIGHT AS Censored


Thanks for the heads up.
  
Post #19120887th Feb 2018 11:49 pm
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jeep948
 


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lynalldiscovery wrote:
Cellerdweller wrote:
Personally I wouldn't bother messing with it . The prop shaft is made by GKN . They are in Leek Staffordshire . Or Firow propshafts at Holmes Chapel offer a good service ,I have used them in the past . Thumbs Up


You will also find the rear prop u/j is notchy and thats staked in.
Why they have a u/j in that set up I dont know as the zero movement is going to cause the rollers to wear in one spot only.


Thumbs Up
  
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jeep948
 


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Disco_Mikey wrote:
As per previous post

Even the propshaft repair centre's cant seem to get the to reseal correctly...

New shaft, nothing else


Thumbs Up
  
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