Prop Shaft Woes

[lagain]

About 30 years ago we went to a rally in Devon, we used to go much further in those days. It was a lovely day, but on the way home she started to rumble, I guessed it was the propshaft and when I stripped it down found that the needles in one of the bearings had turned to dust. The replacements came in Land Rover boxes, I fitted them and all was well, untill this spring.
I noticed that there was a slight judder when setting off, there were no other symptons, but I was watching one of the car restoration projects on Yesterday and they had a car in with a similar judder. They did the sensible thing and sent the propshaft off to a specialist who restored it. I thought that having done it before I should be able to do it again. I managed to get 2 new old stock bearings from Gordon Stacey at Roverpart and a 3rd reproduction from ebay, unlike the old ones they all have greese nipples.
When I took the propshaft off I found that one of the bearings had siezed so there was no movement in one direction.
It is not the easiest of jobs and at times slightly brutal, but I got there eventually and put the propshaft back on. She has since done about 100 miles and is as smooth as silk.
Interestingly the bearing, GUJ 108 was used on many cars in the 60s and 70s.

[djm16]

If you have not already done so, I recommend going under the car and giving the U-joint yokes a smart whap with a mallet to make sure the bearing caps are seated against the circlips and there is therefore no pressure of the spider ends on the base of the cups.

Failure to do this will lead to early failure of the UJs.

[lagain]

Thanks for that and I will have a look, although I ensured that they all moved smoothly without any tightness before I put the prop shaft back on. One of them is a remanufactured one and was quite tight to get in, but I have since bought another old stock one that I can keep as a spare.