fos1
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Hi all. I have been on another LR forum and i have posted 2 questions in the past, but i have never had an answer to them. 
May be i will have better luck here, so here we go guys.
Today i was to replace the grease nipples on the front & rear props. Easy enough job.....untill i hit a little problem. The front prop had to be removed. The last time that i did anything to any prop, it split into 2 parts, via the splined shaft. You could use man power to split the shaft. I could not split it without the use of a big hammer. Then after much hammering and it parted, i decided to put a complete new end on. UJ / Yoke and spline shaft - complete. I had to do the same again. Put the hammer to work. I thought the splined shaft was supposed to move togather and apart easy to allow for movement in the springs and load ect.
There is some kind of plastic/nylon coating on the shaft but it looks like that is supposed to be there. There is plenty of grease in there so its not stuck in the prop.
My question is.........should the spline shaft move in and out with little effort? and why wont mine and how can i correct this. Over a period of time i would have thought this been unable to move will cause some dammage somewhere?. I have had to re-build the prop and put it back......with it been Sunday i can not replace it if thats what it needs. Thanks.
Just one more thing.....is there anyone close to Doncaster who is well into Discovery's? For chat and advice only.
May be i will have better luck here, so here we go guys. Today i was to replace the grease nipples on the front & rear props. Easy enough job.....untill i hit a little problem. The front prop had to be removed. The last time that i did anything to any prop, it split into 2 parts, via the splined shaft. You could use man power to split the shaft. I could not split it without the use of a big hammer. Then after much hammering and it parted, i decided to put a complete new end on. UJ / Yoke and spline shaft - complete. I had to do the same again. Put the hammer to work. I thought the splined shaft was supposed to move togather and apart easy to allow for movement in the springs and load ect.
There is some kind of plastic/nylon coating on the shaft but it looks like that is supposed to be there. There is plenty of grease in there so its not stuck in the prop.
My question is.........should the spline shaft move in and out with little effort? and why wont mine and how can i correct this. Over a period of time i would have thought this been unable to move will cause some dammage somewhere?. I have had to re-build the prop and put it back......with it been Sunday i can not replace it if thats what it needs. Thanks.
Just one more thing.....is there anyone close to Doncaster who is well into Discovery's? For chat and advice only.
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