QuestionWhy is it so hard to remove the rotor from the driveshaft on my 2000 disco ? I've removed the screw and removed the driveshaft bolt . I've banged on it (not the disk )and have moved the rotor off the driveshaft about 1/8 of an inch . Am I doing something wrong . Please help . Tony
AnswerHi Tony,
here's what the workshop manuals states:
Propeller shaft - front
$%47.15.02
Remove
1. Raise front of vehicle.
WARNING: Do not work on or under a vehicle supported only by a jack. Always support the vehicle on safety stands.
2. If same components to be refitted, reference mark propeller shaft and mating components.
3. Remove 8 nuts and bolts securing propeller shaft to differential and transfer gearbox flanges.
4. Remove propeller shaft.
Refit
1. Clean propeller shaft flanges and mating faces.
2. Position propeller shaft to transfer gearbox and differential and tighten nuts and bolts to 47 Nm (35 lbf. ft).
3. Remove stand(s) and lower vehicle.
Nothing else about banging the shaft.
Here's what T.Pearson (fellow LR owner) wrote:
Removing the old drive shaft
Unbolt the four bolts which attach it to the front differential. You don't absolutely have to do this end first but it makes life easier. Next, take a look at the end of the shaft which connects to the transfer case and remove whatever nuts you can get to easily. After you take care of those, the following step is to put the transmission in neutral and ensure that the center diff is not locked. Then, rotate the shaft until you can easily get at another bolt. Once you can, put the transmission in park and lock the center diff. This will keep the shaft from rotating as you unbolt the rest of it. Repeat this procedure as many times as necessary until you can take it off. You will notice that for this end, you cannot remove the original bolts, only the nuts.
Someone wrote "you just compress the propshaft and it comes out".
Another wrote "use a wood block and hammer" to gently coax it out.
Best of luck,
JohnMc
