slob
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as the title says this is for the 2wd varient of the gaylander
2wd sub-section
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mondo
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Yeh but ive sussed that problem now!!!!!
just drive it backwards........... it goes anywhere
honist!
just drive it backwards........... it goes anywhere
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VCU bearing
If you've got a whineing noise from your drive-train that you can't easily identify then it could be the VCU support bearings. You can remove the whole prop assembly and still use the vehicle as front wheel drive only. To do this you need to jack up one front and one rear wheel on the same side and remove all of the bolts at the ends of the prop-shaft. These have hex headed bolts for which you need something like an E14 socket, the jacked wheels will allow you to turn the shafts by hand and get access to all of the bolts. Support the ends of the shaft. Now remove the 2 bolts in each of the support bearing housings whilst supporing the VCU - it's *very* heavy ! drag it all out carefully from under the truck and take to the bench to work on.
<A href="http://www.thesysadmin.co.uk/hippo/fixes/front%20prop%20spline.jpg">
The prop-shafts are on splines onto the VCU, with a single bolt into the end to hold it on. If you undo this bolt a little then you should be able to use a wedge between the UJ and the bolt in order to force the joint apart. One of mine came off with a good hit on the wedge, but the other I had to actually dismantle the UJ and get it in a hydraulic press.
When this is all apart you can press the bearing out of the race and read the part number off the side. I bought new ones from rswww.com for about nine pounds each. Fitting them was relatively easy, and putting it all back together and lifting back onto the car similarly so.
If you've got a whineing noise from your drive-train that you can't easily identify then it could be the VCU support bearings. You can remove the whole prop assembly and still use the vehicle as front wheel drive only. To do this you need to jack up one front and one rear wheel on the same side and remove all of the bolts at the ends of the prop-shaft. These have hex headed bolts for which you need something like an E14 socket, the jacked wheels will allow you to turn the shafts by hand and get access to all of the bolts. Support the ends of the shaft. Now remove the 2 bolts in each of the support bearing housings whilst supporing the VCU - it's *very* heavy ! drag it all out carefully from under the truck and take to the bench to work on.
<A href="http://www.thesysadmin.co.uk/hippo/fixes/front%20prop%20spline.jpg">
The prop-shafts are on splines onto the VCU, with a single bolt into the end to hold it on. If you undo this bolt a little then you should be able to use a wedge between the UJ and the bolt in order to force the joint apart. One of mine came off with a good hit on the wedge, but the other I had to actually dismantle the UJ and get it in a hydraulic press.
When this is all apart you can press the bearing out of the race and read the part number off the side. I bought new ones from rswww.com for about nine pounds each. Fitting them was relatively easy, and putting it all back together and lifting back onto the car similarly so.
