Vibration when driving

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Lifted one wheel up. Put the wheel brace on and I pulled on it
It moved a little.after watching a clip on boob tube on how to check
Vcu I came to the conclusion it should have moved round more but saying that he did
use a long handle bar on his front wheel
 
Im not convinced its ok then. What worries me is it a right
climb out of the lot valley. What amount of dive goes to front/ back
 
tonybirch said:
Im not convinced its ok then. What worries me is it a right
climb out of the lot valley. What amount of dive goes to front/ back
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Dive front to back????? 2 wheel drive should get you out if the road is surfaced and not covered in loose gravel. Weight will transfer to the back wheels on a climb.
I'd be more worried about the bouncing, I can only think it's a tyre on the way out.
 
Took it to euro master today they didn't spot a fault
with it. Wouldn't have shown up when wheels were balanced
 
In normal conditions the drive is split 50/50 fronto to back.

The VCU locks up when the axles are turning at different speeds to eachother (due to wheel slippage/spin) the lock up ensures that the drive is sent to both axle equally rather than sending all the power to the spinning axle and losing traction.

The Freelanders VCU splits the power mostly to the front wheels, and in the event of front wheel slip, the VCU locks up and send equal power to front and rear.

With the Front Prop disconnected, you are emulating front axle slip/spinning, so the VCU locks up and ensures the rear axle is driven at the same speed as the 'Front'
 
That 'can' happen if you were to try and make rapid accelerations

Even though drive is sent to the rear with the VCU locked up, the Torque is all being sent to the rear diff rather than being split between the two diffs....

All the VCU does is ensure they are turning at the same speed, all the Torque from the engine will be sent to the rear as it doesn't have a front diff to share the torque with....but it should be OK aslong as you aren't Nigel Mansell and don't do sudden torque demands - but feather the power on slowly.

(drive and torque are two different things!!)
 
tonybirch said:
Thanks saint so I won't overload rear diff
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Of course it will and the VCU but both should survive.

Unfortunatly a tyre where the carcass is breaking up will not always show up as faulty on a balancing machine, the tyre is not under any load so the sidewall does not deform. If it were me I'd be trying the spare.
 
I know. What ppl think about the LPG no spare scenario.
But been running it for 8yrs now on diff cars never had a tyre issue
Till now. The saving in my opion out ways the draw backs. But I will swap front to back
as suggested data
 
The LPG Tank in mine is in the spare wheel well too - only way I can keep running another V8...

DSE was working out at 25.2p per mile andthe LPG is working out to be 22p per mile so is slightly cheaper than my previous DSE.

But as mentioned that is at the expense of the Spare Wheel - The convertors did supply a can of emergency tyre foam/sealant/sh!te stuff to replace the spare wheel with...!!
 
Saint.V8 said:
The LPG Tank in mine is in the spare wheel well too - only way I can keep running another V8...

DSE was working out at 25.2p per mile andthe LPG is working out to be 22p per mile so is slightly cheaper than my previous DSE.

But as mentioned that is at the expense of the Spare Wheel - The convertors did supply a can of emergency tyre foam/sealant/sh!te stuff to replace the spare wheel with...!!
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OK for a puncture but feck all use when a tyre fails:eek:
 
How many times have you had a puncture whilst
driving. Hand on heart I've never had one since I passed
my test in 1989. My farther in law's new Mitsubishi has got
a spare wheel not even a space saver. But on the flip side wish I had one now.
 
tonybirch said:
How many times have you had a puncture whilst
driving. Hand on heart I've never had one since I passed
my test in 1989. My farther in law's new Mitsubishi has got
a spare wheel not even a space saver. But on the flip side wish I had one now.
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I have had 2 punctures on motorbikes, at least 3 on 4 x 4's plus a couple on trailers in the last 20 years or so. I used to do a lot of mileage though
 
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