TD5 Rear Half Shaft End Float

Slightly surprised to see about 1/2" of end float on the half shafts of the rear axel of my 2002 TD5 110 when I took it in for a pair of new tyres. A quick google search and ive confused myself as to if a TD5 should or shouldnt have such float and if spacers are used or not etc etc.
Any TD5 rear axel experts out there that can educate me please.
The shaft floats and can be pulled out maybe 10-12mm then stops. So I cant see it seperating company in the near future, but it does seam a little excessive when its running on splines.
Thoughts ?
Mat

its ok ,shims are only used on the front for the cvs

Mine’s like that.

Blimey - I cant imagine a machine tool drive shaft being left like that. Thanks for letting me know guys. Off for a good drive tomorrow, first time out more than 5 miles from home since lockdown - see how all the homeshop works have changed (dare not say improved) the drive.
mat

One day mine floated out completely and I was left without drive
https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/driveshaft-end-float-is-this-normal.198564/
Since then I've tended to use those aftermarket drive flanges with a screw-on cap, which has solved the problem, and makes it easier to keep a bit of lubrication on the splines.

Brown said:

One day mine floated out completely and I was left without drive
https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/driveshaft-end-float-is-this-normal.198564/
Since then I've tended to use those aftermarket drive flanges with a screw-on cap, which has solved the problem, and makes it easier to keep a bit of lubrication on the splines.

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110s get a lot of wear in the drive member and shaft splines,the shafts cant fully slide out unless they are quite worn

jamesmartin said:

110s get a lot of wear in the drive member and shaft splines,the shafts cant fully slide out unless they are quite worn

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Since that happened I've had a new set of half shafts and maybe a couple of new sets of flanges. New ones are certainly a lot tighter, both rotationally and lengthways.

Brown said:

One day mine floated out completely and I was left without drive
https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/driveshaft-end-float-is-this-normal.198564/
Since then I've tended to use those aftermarket drive flanges with a screw-on cap, which has solved the problem, and makes it easier to keep a bit of lubrication on the splines.

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I read that thread .. just wasnt 100% by the end of it if yours was td5 or if they were the same shafts / axels. Mines currently fitted with plastic push on caps. Not filling me with confidence.

Brown said:

Since that happened I've had a new set of half shafts and maybe a couple of new sets of flanges. New ones are certainly a lot tighter, both rotationally and lengthways.

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what sort of millage you getting out of the half shafts ? Ive no idea if mine are original (suspect so) at 149Kmiles they may well need looking at in the foreseeable.

Lurk said:

I read that thread .. just wasnt 100% by the end of it if yours was td5 or if they were the same shafts / axels. Mines currently fitted with plastic push on caps. Not filling me with confidence.

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shaft coming out is very rare splines wearing away thus losing drive unless you select difflock is common,but new shafts and drive members are cheap

I changed the half shafts in spring 2014. I can't remember what the odometer said at the time. So the new ones have lasted just over 6 years and the splines still look pretty fresh. The drive flanges seem to be made of slightly softer metal so the wear faster.

Don't know why they moved on from the one piece halfshaft and flange like the early Range Rovers.

Brown said:

I changed the half shafts in spring 2014. I can't remember what the odometer said at the time. So the new ones have lasted just over 6 years and the splines still look pretty fresh. The drive flanges seem to be made of slightly softer metal so the wear faster.

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ive a farmer customer who runs a couple of flat bed 300 110s with trailers the move haylage all over the country especially horsey places like newmarket 6 ton train weight loaded they go through shafts and drive members every few months,time they last depends on how good a fit shaft to member is,the tighter the longer, if you run an oil seal in the hub and allow the oil to lube the splines the longer they last too

Yes, as soon as you get a tiny bit of slack it rapidly multiplies, because once there's some movement it is like a hammer blow on the splines every time you take your foot off the clutch. I know when mine are getting loose because you can feel the clunk on drive take up.