blue plant man Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 I have a 86 defender 2.5, and the front prop shaft is knackered.I've been told that i can remove it and still drive using the rear prop only.But it does'nt go anywhere when i take it out of difflock?.It drives in high and low..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Then it's working correctly. you must keep the difflock engaged to move the vehicle under it's own power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue plant man Posted October 24, 2009 Author Share Posted October 24, 2009 Thanks,sorry a bit of a novice when it comes to 4x4's.So it would be ok to drive without the front prop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Yep, but don't do any hard acceleration, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unsworth Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Whilst we are on the subject.. Can you drive with the rear prop removed safely?.. I guess it will probably have some horrible side effects handling wise?.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluespanner Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 My truck drives so much nicer in RWD. In FWD its horrid, it fights the steering and understeers for England. Roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crwoody Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 You can have some alternative Land Rover fun without a front propshaft in place - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihJ67oYRE78 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Then it's working correctly. you must keep the difflock engaged to move the vehicle under it's own power. Careful, you don't need diff lock in when you have box axles connected -this is a sure way to break stuff -not correcting you Ralph, just read and thought 'that could be taken out of context with devastating consequences'. BPM, with both axles attached you only use diff lock when you need it, i.e. when driving over something more than just a flat grassy field. On tarmac *never* engage difflock, handling will suffer and you'll break something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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