My drive shaft just bitch slapped my tranny...

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texmotoII

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Well I guess if a tree limb fallls on your Rover, you won't claim that either. I mean, trees are a know hazard. High wind is a know cause limbs to fall. Seen it happen plenty of times. The tree should be properly maintained (ie trimmed seasonly). Makes sense to me. Certainly not an act of god. Wait. If this sounds silly, then try changing "tree" to "driveshaft." Same logic as above.
BTW, no duping involved. My claims agent had no problem what so ever with the claim. As far as rates go, Collision is the huge cost source, not Comp claims. Rates also go up when insurance companies investments tank. But thats another sorry.....
 
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JohnB

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I feel that you will be real lucky to get your insurance company to cover that broken tranny.
As far as insurance rates being expensive or getting higher. IMHO it's the people who drive without insurance who make our rates go up and the people who get in lots of accidents.
Man I'm gonna replace my u-joints for sure before I go on a long trip.
My heart goes out to ya.

Good Luck
 
couchburner

couchburner

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Good news! They are going to pay for the transmission ,but not the Drive shaft.

Any suggestions on drive shafts. I'm sure I'll need a new one.
 
superpowerdave

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Hey Couchburner - since your driveshaft is useless at this point, any chance the yoke at the gearbox end was unscathed by the carnage?

I was a little luckier than you a week ago and heard my drive shaft going and I pulled it in time, but not in time for it to leave the yoke undamaged. I'm currently in the market for the yoke piece only, I can send pics if you need 'em.

Sorry to hear about your explosion, glad to hear USAA is going to cover the majority of it. Forking over for a driveshaft you can replace yourself is a whole lot cheaper than buying a new tranny and having to pay somebody else to do the work! USAA is a great company to be with.
 
Ataraxia

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couchburner said:
Any suggestions on drive shafts. I'm sure I'll need a new one.
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You might want to look into the beefier Dodge Durango DS swap that recently came up in past threads. apparently half the price of a tom woods unit. Direct bolt on. Strong and cheap. Thats what i'm going to do... Can't wait for my DS to die. :D(ok, not the same way yours did though, sorry.)


Just say'n
 
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Yeah, I've thought about that and if I can't just get the yoke taken care of I'll look further. Unfortunately right now I'm in Idaho renting a house with an empty house in NC I'm paying a mortgage on waiting to sell so extra funds aren't something I have just floating around.

That and the Disco isn't the only Rover I'm doing work on right now :(
 
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superpowerdave said:
Yeah, I've thought about that and if I can't just get the yoke taken care of I'll look further. Unfortunately right now I'm in Idaho renting a house with an empty house in NC I'm paying a mortgage on waiting to sell so extra funds aren't something I have just floating around.

That and the Disco isn't the only Rover I'm doing work on right now :(
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I just pulled mine ('00 D2) out this weekend for the TDI swap. I am having whole new shafts made so mine will be "for sale". It is fine, no issues at all.

It will be available soon, but I need it for a little while to use as mock up and what not. If you can wait a short while I'd be happy to help you out for what ever you could afford - or trade etc. if that helps.

Doug.
 
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mrcorvetteman

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Sorry to hear of your troubles but.... welcome to Corpus Christi!! I have owned my disco for about 1 year and have replaced my driveshaft u-joints myself. it is pretty easy to do. they are about 20 bucks each. i also had it worked on by a local driveshaft shop who rebuilt it (welded in new steel and replaced the u-joints in the h joint and balanced) for 125.00. its my spare now. Your tranny damage is a whopper. i was lucky. my driveshaft broke as i came to a stop coming off the freeway from san antonio. it was only half mile from home - thank god. good luck!! and let me know how it goes.
 
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superpowerdave said:
Hey Couchburner - since your driveshaft is useless at this point, any chance the yoke at the gearbox end was unscathed by the carnage?

I was a little luckier than you a week ago and heard my drive shaft going and I pulled it in time, but not in time for it to leave the yoke undamaged. I'm currently in the market for the yoke piece only, I can send pics if you need 'em.

Sorry to hear about your explosion, glad to hear USAA is going to cover the majority of it. Forking over for a driveshaft you can replace yourself is a whole lot cheaper than buying a new tranny and having to pay somebody else to do the work! USAA is a great company to be with.
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Sorry, Its FUBAR.

I'm going to check into the Durango idea. Thanks everyone for the help and links.
 
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I know this is dragging up an old issue but it just happened to me on my way home from work... to make a long story short I'll get my disco back from the trans shop late next week and I'll immediatly set about building a guard to protect the trans etc. If anyone interested in the results of my efforts stay tuned.
Thanks Gordon
 
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gsitts said:
I know this is dragging up an old issue but it just happened to me on my way home from work... to make a long story short I'll get my disco back from the trans shop late next week and I'll immediatly set about building a guard to protect the trans etc. If anyone interested in the results of my efforts stay tuned.
Thanks Gordon
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If you create a new thread please post a reference to it in here... I'm curious to see what you come up with since its still possible to break serviceable u-joint shafts... I broke a GBR shaft on my D1.
 
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Thank you so much for this pdf...and this thread! I'm completely new to the realm of fixing your own vehicle. I just bought a 2003 Disco last week and I knew ahead of time (thanks to the kick ass people on another forum I found) that the driveshaft needed to be replaced. I have been trying to figure out a) what parts of the manual I need to print out (as printing all 1600 pages at work has to happen in a stealth like manner over the course of a few weeks...) and how to do it.
This is fantastic...thank you!


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pdf instructions:

http://www.box.net/shared/jbgsi67tnx
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gsitts

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A couple of you quickly refer to my need to do proper maintenance to as you say solve this problem... I beg to differ as I have seen brand new u joints fail. I personally believe in doing better than minimium in life. If you can make it better, safer etc. why not. For those of you who want to know if there is a better,safer way stay tuned.
 
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gsitts said:
A couple of you quickly refer to my need to do proper maintenance to as you say solve this problem... I beg to differ as I have seen brand new u joints fail.
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I can only think of 3 reasons a new/low mileage u-joint will fail.
1. It's stressed beyond spec.
2. It's defective
3. It's installed incorrectly.

For probably 90% (if not more) of Land Rovers on the road, the stock one is fine if it's installed correctly and maintained properly.
 
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