lixylooloo
New Member
Hi folks, new to this forum so sorry for the long intro post, but if anyone has any further idea's I'd appreciate them.
Out of the blue a day ago, my disco1, 300tdi, Manual, started juddering/vibrating.
. This seems to be happening only when driving and in gear, so not an engine issue. Not really noticable in 1st, a little in second, loads in 3rd and upwards. It's less-to-non juddery at high revs and when there's not a lot of load on the engine - ie downhill.
I did a bit of web searching and came accross many similar probs with Universal Joints, however, upon a brief inspection and jiggling around all seems solid.
Then I noticed on the front diff-to-prop joint a load of rubber wrapped around the diff side. It looks rather like a really thin belt that's got caught around the joint.
Now, I'm assuming this may be the oil seal from the diff. Just wondering if anyone has come accross this type of failure before??? It just doesn't seem to match any other probs I've found on the web.
I'll try and get a pic of it tomorrow.
Do you think this is the seal - shreaded. May the bearing have had it too???
Thanks
Out of the blue a day ago, my disco1, 300tdi, Manual, started juddering/vibrating.

I did a bit of web searching and came accross many similar probs with Universal Joints, however, upon a brief inspection and jiggling around all seems solid.
Then I noticed on the front diff-to-prop joint a load of rubber wrapped around the diff side. It looks rather like a really thin belt that's got caught around the joint.

Now, I'm assuming this may be the oil seal from the diff. Just wondering if anyone has come accross this type of failure before??? It just doesn't seem to match any other probs I've found on the web.
I'll try and get a pic of it tomorrow.
Do you think this is the seal - shreaded. May the bearing have had it too???
Thanks