Prop Shaft UJ's are they all the same

Hi all

are all UJ's on defender prop shafts the same???

no

wot daft says....
(as I found out the hard way).

How do you know what UJ you have got

Measure them. The early and later prop shafts are interchangeable, so unless you know it still has the shaft it left the factory with, there is no other way of telling!

the pre-87 type is about 10mm wider across the yoke.
however, my 92 fender was fitted with an early prop.

there's a fred on ear somewhere that explains it all in detail - try a search.

what engine and year do you have? look on the paddocks website for which UJ you need dependant on the year of your motor... simple.

Griffdowg said:

what engine and year do you have? look on the paddocks website for which UJ you need dependant on the year of your motor... simple.

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that's what I thought too.......:doh:

200tdi with a r380 short shaft gear box

Get underneath and measure the width across the outside of your propshaft yokes.
If it's about 93mm, you have the earlier type and need UJ part number RTC3346.
If it's about 87mm, you have the later type and need UJ part number RTC3291.

You can NOT be sure about yoke sizes from the chassis or engine numbers, or model or year or anything else!

Whole prop shafts will interchange, and you may have a shaft with the other sizes of UJs fitted as a replacement complete shaft. The FLANGES should be the same fitting to the diff/gearbox flanges at each end of the propshafts, but the YOKES inside the flanges may be the other size.

Measure them!

CharlesY

Have stripped the prop down now. Will take the offending item to craddocks and match it up. took the UJ to local car spares and halfords to day the spotty faced youths behind the counters did not even know what it was. What is the world coming too.

I dont even bother trying halfrauds anymore. they didnt even have a front flexi brake hose when i needed one most. useless.