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Proplems with me flange. rubber doughnut job on 300 rear axle.

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Tommo:
so ive got a 300 tdi ABS disco rear axle for me 90 and its got the wakky alien 3 pronged flange on which i assume you can swap for a normal one. but how do i get it off? no nut so is there a dust cap or summot? there is a centre spigot that must come off some how to reveal a nut. 

It must come off otherwise how would you change the seal???

J13 MUD:
I have just changed the flange on my 300tdi and replaced the the doughnut with a u/j prop and 4 bolt flange from a 200tdi. Removing the center prop alignment plug was a bit was a problem but there is a threaded hole in the center of the plug which I screwed a length of threaded bar into and made a simple puller from a piece of flat metal plate about 10 cm long, drilled a hole in the middle and put this over the threaded bar, put a spacer either side under the bar, (on the axel case) screw a nut onto the bar and gradually tighten, this should pull the plug thingy out!! It worked OK for me.

Good luck.

Jim 

Range Rover Blues:
Or very delicate use of LR special tool#2, the angry grinder.

nzoliver:

--- Quote from: J13 MUD on February 25, 2008, 23:35:06 ---I have just changed the flange on my 300tdi and replaced the the doughnut with a u/j prop and 4 bolt flange from a 200tdi. Removing the center prop alignment plug was a bit was a problem but there is a threaded hole in the center of the plug which I screwed a length of threaded bar into and made a simple puller from a piece of flat metal plate about 10 cm long, drilled a hole in the middle and put this over the threaded bar, put a spacer either side under the bar, (on the axel case) screw a nut onto the bar and gradually tighten, this should pull the plug thingy out!! It worked OK for me.

Good luck.

Jim 

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Howdy!

Er, why you change?

Thanks
Oliver

J13 MUD:
Hi

The only reason is that with a 2" lift and doing some serious off roading the rubber doughnut has a life expectancy of just a few weeks and cost about £30 to change, the 200tdi prop has a universal joint and is a worthwhile modification recommended by many of the guys on Mud Club.

Jim

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