Freelander 2 (LR2) FL2 viscous coupling?

Quick question on a freelancer2 can you remove the centre viscous coupling and run it as two wheel drive as per Freeland1?

As far as I know the FL2 duddun have a VCU but a Haldex instead, adjacent to the rear axle.

lynall said:

Quick question on a freelancer2 can you remove the centre viscous coupling and run it as two wheel drive as per Freeland1?

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… No VCU on F2

And AFAIK, no simple way to run it as 2WD, as the haldex is actually part of the rear diff

lynall said:

Quick question on a freelancer2 can you remove the centre viscous coupling and run it as two wheel drive as per Freeland1?

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What are you trying to achieve?
Pulling the fuse (or disconnecting the power) to the Haldex unit will remove drive from the rear 'axle' - but put several warning lights on, the only 'drive' then going to the rear will be due to the viscosity of the oil in the Haldex unit, maybe 6% at best. IIRC the lights that will be on would cause a MoT failure if presented for test.

I know nodge has had to run his 2wd for some reason but like others said no VC but haldex instead.

His diff seized !! Design fault that LR never rectified. Locked up and he skidded to a halt.

Pinion pre-load set far too high from factory.
Lucky he wasn't injured.

andyfreelandy said:

His diff seized !! Design fault that LR never rectified. Locked up and he skidded to a halt.

Pinion pre-load set far too high from factory.
Lucky he wasn't injured.

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Ah that was it. That is scary.

Didn’t JLR sell a 2wd model. Wouldn’t it just be easier to get one of those or at the very least upgrade (if you can call it that) to a 2wd Disco Sport/Evoque.

Thank you for all the replies.
It is not my car, it belongs to one of the drivers who asked me about it the other day, I of course totally forgot about it, hence this thread.
I can see him scrapping it s he is no mechanic.