Hello, have used this site many a time to sort problems on my TD4 but this time I'm stumped.
I recently changed the Clutch Slave cylinder myself on our 2003 TD4 (manual obviously). It took me a week working on my back on the drive but I managed it, just. Had to laugh at how inept Haynes manuals are these days but that’s another story!
All went well and the car drove perfectly until about a week ago when I got a slight brake pad burning smell in the cabin. This went away but has now come back along with a grinding noise (according to the wife) so I've just investigated it expecting to find a binding brake calliper or something. After taking the offending (or what I thought was) wheel off the pads are in perfect condition and no sign of heat damage to the disc and the wheel turned ok'ish. That's when I noticed that I couldn't rotate the wheel. At first I thought it was in gear, but no, it was in neutral but it is as though it is in gear. Someone could correct me but a lifted front wheel should be able to turn independently?
Here's what I'm thinking. Has some part of the IRD - VCU gone west and could the resulting "bind up" feed back to my 110K clutch causing it to give? Which in turn would give the smell I’m getting?
I'm off out to check the VCU in a moment after reading around the web, to see if it is part of the problem.
One thing I remember from when I changed the clutch slave cylinder is that I purchased the wrong (only slightly) grade of oil for the IRD. But at a guess the car has only done 500 miles tops since that work was done. The oil I put in was GL5 spec but was 75W-80 and not 75W-90 as recommended? Could this have done something?
I'm out of work at the moment, like many, so I’m obviously trying to keep the bills down so any help/advice will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance
Edit. Have just done the VCU test by jacking up a back wheel and trying to turn it. There is now way i could get it to slip and i'm no 9st weekling - so I think that is fubar! oh the joys of Freelander ownership!
I recently changed the Clutch Slave cylinder myself on our 2003 TD4 (manual obviously). It took me a week working on my back on the drive but I managed it, just. Had to laugh at how inept Haynes manuals are these days but that’s another story!
All went well and the car drove perfectly until about a week ago when I got a slight brake pad burning smell in the cabin. This went away but has now come back along with a grinding noise (according to the wife) so I've just investigated it expecting to find a binding brake calliper or something. After taking the offending (or what I thought was) wheel off the pads are in perfect condition and no sign of heat damage to the disc and the wheel turned ok'ish. That's when I noticed that I couldn't rotate the wheel. At first I thought it was in gear, but no, it was in neutral but it is as though it is in gear. Someone could correct me but a lifted front wheel should be able to turn independently?
Here's what I'm thinking. Has some part of the IRD - VCU gone west and could the resulting "bind up" feed back to my 110K clutch causing it to give? Which in turn would give the smell I’m getting?
I'm off out to check the VCU in a moment after reading around the web, to see if it is part of the problem.
One thing I remember from when I changed the clutch slave cylinder is that I purchased the wrong (only slightly) grade of oil for the IRD. But at a guess the car has only done 500 miles tops since that work was done. The oil I put in was GL5 spec but was 75W-80 and not 75W-90 as recommended? Could this have done something?
I'm out of work at the moment, like many, so I’m obviously trying to keep the bills down so any help/advice will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance
Edit. Have just done the VCU test by jacking up a back wheel and trying to turn it. There is now way i could get it to slip and i'm no 9st weekling - so I think that is fubar! oh the joys of Freelander ownership!
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