rubber coupling rear drive shaft

The angle in the 2nd picture is way out of line.
I'll try make a picture on mine this weekend.

Later Edit: Here's mine:

cipx2 said:

The angle in the 2nd picture is way out of line.
I'll try make a picture on mine this weekend.

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Hi cipx2

Yes I know! and we have tried everthing to sort it to NO availe I think that the only thing that it could be is either mountings/ A frame bent!

Hmm, it's a tricky one then... yammy.
Have a look at how some worn bushes can affect the front axle. It's not the same as the back axle but this the only one I know of: YouTube - Axle Caster Movement Land Rover Defender

If you checked/replaced all the bushes, it's time for some comparative measurements against your disco. There's a fair chance that something is bent, like u said: A frame, chassis mountings/brackets etc. don't exclude anything, even if a bent A frame, for example, sounds improbable.

This is the way your friend's disco was when he bought it or was it involved in an accident or another mishap? Or maybe as a result of replacing something on the back axle? I mean how did this start or how did your friend find out about this problem?

P.S. Forgot to ask: suspension is standard, any form of lift?

It looks to be dead in line, so .... probable causes ..... ?

FACT:
Rubber UJ is ripped apart in this car.

FACT:
Rubber UJs last 100k miles or more in most cars.

FACT:
There's a right way round to fit rubber UJs - and a wrong way round too.

SO?:

Excessive stresses and strains must be the cause of failures if the Joints were OK to start with AND WERE PROPERLY FITTED.

It is next to impossible to cause excess rotation stresses on these UJs , but excess ANGLES would be bad, but yours seems OK, which leaves us wondering about fore-and-aft telescoping problems ......

CharlesY

This is the way your friend's disco was when he bought it or was it involved in an accident or another mishap? Or maybe as a result of replacing something on the back axle? I mean how did this start or how did your friend find out about this problem?

P.S. Forgot to ask: suspension is standard, any form of lift?

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All started (maybe) after his wife reversed in to one of our garden wall's (enough to blow tyre)

Standard suspension!

CharlesY Put yeh glasses on!

Ouch!!! Don't tell me your friend's disco is an automatic...

Then it looks like something's bent.
The wall she reversed in is small in height (20-30 cm) so the tyre took the shock? Or it is a regular wall (>60-70 cm), she knocked it down and burst the tyre in the debris? I mean it's interesting to know what took the main shock: the back bumper or the tyre/axle?

cipx2 said:

Ouch!!! Don't tell me your friend's disco is an automatic...

Then it looks like something's bent.
The wall she reversed in is small in height (20-30 cm) so the tyre took the shock? Or it is a regular wall (>60-70 cm), she knocked it down and burst the tyre in the debris? I mean it's interesting to know what took the main shock: the back bumper or the tyre/axle?

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Small 30cm type wall'y thing that did'nt fall down,no casualties would have thought tyre took all the shock but obviously not

Well, I'd start with the axle bracket the A frame ball joint connects to. Check if it's bent, weldings cracked etc. Next things to check would be the ball joint, the A-frame chassis brackets, the A-frame arms (legs).

Taking some measurements of the axle position relative to the chassis and comparing them against the ones on your disco should reveal what the problem is, what's shorter/longer/bent.

Here are some pictures: