monkfish24
Well-Known Member
So the more I have been spending time with the freelander, the more I like it. It has gone from me making a quick buck on it to, I'll keep it for the winter to now thinking it may stay for a bit longer...
At the moment, the car hasn't done any real moving around since it was dragged out of the field where it sat for nearly 6 months. I know brakes and things will be a bit stiff and will take a good run to bed in etc, it doesn't help by the fact that the front bottom wishbones and drop links aren't tight which give a feeling that the front left tyre is buckled.... I'll double check all that tomorrow when I fit the new parts.
However, without getting into the in's and out's of the VCU and OWUT (which I will do and provide results) I had the freelander on a slight slope backwards. With the wheel straight the car would start to roll under it's own weight. with the wheel hard over, it would stop and it would only take a slight bit of clutch to make it move again.
As I say, I am just trying to get a feel for the car at the moment, does this sound correct? I have a spare GBX/IRD, VCU and rear diff from the other freelander. Both freelanders had their full drive train connected up before being parked up, with both being on over 100k miles (who knows, may have got very lucky and had a good batch of VCU's)
At the moment, the car hasn't done any real moving around since it was dragged out of the field where it sat for nearly 6 months. I know brakes and things will be a bit stiff and will take a good run to bed in etc, it doesn't help by the fact that the front bottom wishbones and drop links aren't tight which give a feeling that the front left tyre is buckled.... I'll double check all that tomorrow when I fit the new parts.
However, without getting into the in's and out's of the VCU and OWUT (which I will do and provide results) I had the freelander on a slight slope backwards. With the wheel straight the car would start to roll under it's own weight. with the wheel hard over, it would stop and it would only take a slight bit of clutch to make it move again.
As I say, I am just trying to get a feel for the car at the moment, does this sound correct? I have a spare GBX/IRD, VCU and rear diff from the other freelander. Both freelanders had their full drive train connected up before being parked up, with both being on over 100k miles (who knows, may have got very lucky and had a good batch of VCU's)
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