bernie Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Tell me if i am wrong, but when i jacked up the off side front wheel it turned freely and so did propshalf, now i thought, normally i had to jack up back and front to enable wheels to turn when greasing props etc, am i wrong or am i just losing it!!!!! Its on a 300 tdi 1994 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crwoody Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Losing it I think - unless you had the centre difflock engaged at the time. Mind you, You'll still need to lift a rear wheel to grease the rear prop, but not necessarily at the same time as the front one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutley Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Whilst on the subject lads what type of grease does one use for the prop shaft? Cheers Mutley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 I feed my Prop UJ's Castrol LM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Assuming the gearbox was in neutral, the gearbox would just spin, and so the wheel would turn freely. If the tranny was in gear, then you'd find it hard/impossible to turn the wheel as you'd be turning the engine over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutley Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Thanks Western, I already have a new grease gun might get the thing filled now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 If you can get it - JCB blue grease is the best stuff to use. Les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernie Posted April 23, 2010 Author Share Posted April 23, 2010 Gearbox in neutrel, transfer box in high ratio front wheel turns whilst backwheels are on the ground, is this a fault Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 don't forget the vehicle has a 3rd [centre] diff in the transfer box, it's job is to allow each axle to turn a different speeds when the centre difflock is disengaged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco-Ron Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Bernie, NO, you do not have a fault............... the centre diff allows the front wheels to turn, even when the handbrake is on, this is exactly why land rover supply a chock with each vehicle for use when jacking, imagine changing a rear wheel, the vehicle is on a hill lets say, you raise the rear to change ne wheel, the other wheel can now turn due to one of the real wheels being off the ground, the front wheels can turn cos the handbrake doesn;t work on them, and hey presto, your land rover falls off the jack.... so, when jacking, use the chock...!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 What Ron said - RTFM before you run yourself over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 If you can get it - JCB blue grease is the best stuff to use.Les. What's different about it to normal stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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