just took the baby for a drive to get her off to sleep, couple of miles down the round the Freelander made a loud bang then clicking noise has continued to do this all the way home, drove 5mph wincing all the way, looked underneath as it sounded as if something had fell off, nothing, its just really juddery and making the loud click and banging noise when driving? Pleaseee someone tell me this isn't really terrible news
West Slope Rover
Well-Known Member
Your IRD may have given up the ghost.
International Rubber Donut 
expensive .
VCU, rear diff - basically its beyond repair.
good news - yu can get a decent motor
expensive .VCU, rear diff - basically its beyond repair.
good news - yu can get a decent motor
West Slope Rover
Well-Known Member
Have a look at this: Symptoms - Bell Engineering
and don't be driving it with the sproglet in there ...well not til it's fixed anyways
Jack up each corner and check each wheel, rock it top and bottom and from side to side ...
Also rotation, you may hear a rumbling or whatever ...
wheel bearings, warped brake discs (but you would feel this when braking as well), driveshafts CVs, and as has been said the rubber donut
htr
Well-Known Member
If this is the ird what would be my cheapest option for the time being, or is there not one?
options: most £ to least £
Replace IRD, VCU [and VCU bearings]
Repair / replace IRD & keep 4WD ability - remove prop shaft and VCU - leave as FWD until £ are available - then refit new VCU...
Replace IRD with a FWD only one = no longer a 4WD.
Do nothing & walk
Sell it
the less kind would say something about petrol and matches but that has potential cost of prison time
englishbullterrier
Active Member
Crankshaft pulley ?
GrumpyGel
Well-Known Member
Maybe now you'll take your props off!
If you do and the noise stops (or lessens dramatically) it will be your IRD or rear diff - unless your lucky and its a VCU support bearing or prop UJ that was causing the vibration and has finally given up in style.
Please, don't drive it again until the props are off, and don't put them back on until you've got 4 matching tyres.
If you do and the noise stops (or lessens dramatically) it will be your IRD or rear diff - unless your lucky and its a VCU support bearing or prop UJ that was causing the vibration and has finally given up in style.
Please, don't drive it again until the props are off, and don't put them back on until you've got 4 matching tyres.
ZDomZ
New Member
Sounds like the gear box spline to me. Jack the passenger front up an see if you can turn that wheel freely by itself. You may well also hear and feel the clicking. If it is the gearbox taking the prop off will leave you with no drive at all.
Mine had the prop off when I bought it and a couple of months later this happened to me. it was pushing all the power to the rear drive flange as the NSF drive shaft was effectively spinning without turning the wheel. With it being 2wd all that was happening was the drive flange out the back of the Ird was spinning uselessly!
Mine had the prop off when I bought it and a couple of months later this happened to me. it was pushing all the power to the rear drive flange as the NSF drive shaft was effectively spinning without turning the wheel. With it being 2wd all that was happening was the drive flange out the back of the Ird was spinning uselessly!
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There's still drive but its jerky and with the clicking and clunking, started it up this morning didn't move it, starts fine so all engine is good I assume? Getting it looked at tmorrlw, thanks for all the help everyone, think for time being I'm looking at taking props off till I've got more cash after crimbo, I'm assuming ill still need ird replaced though?
teddywood1
Well-Known Member
when mine old one had a smell like gas it was the diff I bet you have a hole in it
peejwee2001
Member
Have a look at the vcu, there is a steel band (weight) around the circumpherence of the unit. Mine came adrift last year - loud bang followed by clunking under the handbrake area. Can get a kit to repair on fleabay for about £80, but I went the full hog with a Bell engineering recon.
