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Land Rover TD5 Defender23 · PROPELLER SHAFTS
23 · General

PROPELLOR SHAFT - REAR

Make
Land Rover
Model
Defender TD5 Defender
Section
PROPELLOR SHAFT - REAR
PROPELLER SHAFTSPROPELLOR SHAFT - REAR
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47

PROPELLER SHAFTS

2

OVERHAUL

PROPELLOR SHAFT - REAR

Service repair no - 47.15.12

Remove

1. Remove rear propeller shaft. See Repair.
2. Thoroughly examine universal joint for signs of

damage or wear.

3. Clean universal joint bearing cups and circlips.

CAUTION: To ensure correct assembly
and reduce possibility of imbalance,
before removing propeller shaft joint mark

position of spider pin relative to journal yoke ears.

4. Remove circlips.
5. Remove grease nipple.

6. Tap yokes to eject bearing cups.
7. Remove bearing cups.
8. Remove spider.
9. Clean yokes and bearing cup locations.

Refit

10. Remove bearing cups from new spider.
11. Check all needle rollers are present and

positioned in bearing cups.

12. Enter new spider with seals into yokes of

propeller shaft flange.

13. Partially insert one bearing cup into flange yoke

and enter spider trunnion into bearing cup.

14. Insert opposite bearing cup into flange yoke.
15. Press both cups into place.
16. Press each cup into its respective yoke up to

lower land of circlip groove. Damage may be
caused to cups and seals if cups pass this point.

17. Fit circlips and check no end float exists.
18. Fit grease nipple and lubricate.
19. Repeat instructions for opposite end of propeller

shaft as described in 3 to 9.

20. Fit rear propeller shaft. See Repair.

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