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| munch90 Member Since: 26 Oct 2013 Location: guildford Posts: 3558  
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amazing just shows what care is really given !
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11th May 2015 3:48pm |
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| jomara Member Since: 26 Oct 2009 Location: Lanarkshire Posts: 1756  
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Not a f*** was given!!!
Makes you wonder what else lurks beneath!!!  2014 110 2.2TDCi XS Station wagon
1971 Bowler Tomcat 88 4.2 V8 Auto 2022 110 250D XS |
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11th May 2015 3:53pm |
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| munch90 Member Since: 26 Oct 2013 Location: guildford Posts: 3558
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out of interest whats the oldest post on here ( forum ) about the spline failing ?
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11th May 2015 3:55pm |
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| jomara Member Since: 26 Oct 2009 Location: Lanarkshire Posts: 1756
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Looks like it could be Bob Neville's experience in March 2012
http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic11955....p;start=15 But there may be other I haven't come across!!! 2014 110 2.2TDCi XS Station wagon 1971 Bowler Tomcat 88 4.2 V8 Auto 2022 110 250D XS |
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11th May 2015 4:07pm |
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| munch90 Member Since: 26 Oct 2013 Location: guildford Posts: 3558
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those pics are going to upset a lot of people on when they see em
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11th May 2015 4:15pm |
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| Scoobeenut Member Since: 04 Mar 2015 Location: West London Posts: 310  
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Well mine has not had a hard life and no towing before it failed at 17500 miles and this seems to be a fairly average mileage for when they first let go.
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11th May 2015 4:33pm |
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| munch90 Member Since: 26 Oct 2013 Location: guildford Posts: 3558
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if im honest I think the last ones will be worse , I personally wouldn't want a new one now
if the same happens that happened with the mini when rover knew they were stopping them no care taken at all |
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11th May 2015 4:38pm |
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| Scoobeenut Member Since: 04 Mar 2015 Location: West London Posts: 310
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Well it might just take some legal case to jolt JLR to react.
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11th May 2015 4:41pm |
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| munch90 Member Since: 26 Oct 2013 Location: guildford Posts: 3558
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think mine had done about 25k when I greased mine , not really any wear just small bit of brown dust , and I tow with it ,
caravan and big ifor Williams but not big mileage nowdays |
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11th May 2015 4:46pm |
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| Happyoldgit Member Since: 14 Sep 2007 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3471 
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Vote of thanks to Ian Series 1 for the photos but what they show is not good news ...news which will now filter out into the Land Rover owner / operator community generally.
The adapter spline issue apparently due to lack of lubrication is well known and IMHO really ought to be addressed and rectification applied to ALL post 2007 Defenders by Land Rover. The procedure should not just be on an individual basis after failure, it really ought to be an across the board recall carried out with the minimum of inconvenience to the end consumer. Steve. Owned numerous Land Rover vehicles of all shapes and sizes over the decades. Current Defender: A non tarts hand-bagged Puma 110 XS USW. [Insert something impressive here such as extensive list of previous Land Rovers or examples of your prestigeous and expensive items, trinkets, houses, bikes, vehicles etc] http://forums.lr4x4.com I used to be Miserable ...but now I'm ecstatic. |
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11th May 2015 5:52pm |
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| munch90 Member Since: 26 Oct 2013 Location: guildford Posts: 3558
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for most people another ticking time bomb to worry about !!!
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11th May 2015 6:04pm |
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| miket Member Since: 05 Oct 2012 Location: Peak District Posts: 143 |
Very hard to believe that LR appear very recently to still not be greasing the adaptor shaft - amazing carelessness!
After having two shafts fail, both due to not being greased, at least I know now that my third one is packed full of the stuff! Once they start to fail, they go pretty quickly from my experience, and that's with no towing only light green laning. I've been lucky and recognised when it was going south and so could park up safely and await rescue, but could be tricky if it happens while towing on the motorway... Mike |
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11th May 2015 7:54pm |
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| munch90 Member Since: 26 Oct 2013 Location: guildford Posts: 3558
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What i dont understand is how hard can it be to change procedure in the factory as the spline part is fitted
surely its as easy walking down the line and saying here is a pot of grease and stick a dob in each one of those |
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11th May 2015 8:58pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018 
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Isn't it odd that LR issue this Special Service Message SSM71952 - Defender 07MY onwards – Transmission Output Shaft TUD500020 Greasing dated 18th August 2014 and then does nothing with the supply chain to address new parts coming into the factory?
and here's an interesting thread on the subject - http://www.4x4community.co.za/forum/showthread.php?t=194679 |
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11th May 2015 9:40pm |
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