I just changed the bearing in mine. Knock the old bearing out, tap the replacement in. Easy, only cost of £6 and half an hour to do.
Refering back to my thread here
http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/pr...source-proplem-potential-solution-237592.html
I see you went for a brand name (FAG) bearing but in the standard size instead of the non-standard FAG originally fitted. I look forward to hearing from you how long these bearings last. I was wondering if it is a bearing size thing or a cheap brand of bearings or perhaps both that bring early death to some many bearings on the prop shaft.
Original FAG Bearings 539860.R20.R28
Inside Diameter 30 mm
Outside Diameter 55 mm
width 15.5 mm
"Standard size" 6006.2RSR
Inside Diameter 30 mm
Outside Diameter 55 mm
width 13 mm
If the vcu has a damper fitted then the damper end goes towards the rear end of yer Freelander. Some like the v6 don't have the damper. To be honest I don't think you'd notice if it were reversed. If you did you'd get some sort of vibration feeling as the damper is at the wrong end so more vibration is passed through, before being dampened/killed. That's if any vibration that may be present is high enough to notice. It's more likely to be a resonance than a vibration. The vcu itself would still work ok and do the same thing as normal.Hi Hippo,
Just wondered if it was possible to put vcu in the wrong way round?