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smokejack

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Hi All

I'm sure this has been covered but just in case it hasn't; I put my freelander TD4 in for MOT today and on the advisory sheet was an item entitled 'Propshaft Component issue' and then the word 'dangerous' attached to it. Yet strangely enough this wasn't on the failure sheet!

I asked the garage to explain and the guy said the person who undertook the MOT had left for the day but he seemed to think it might be something to do with the diff brushes.

As I've had no signs of any problems I wondered if this was just another way of extracting my rapidly diminishing funds on something that may or may not need fixing.

Appreciate any advice on this including any experience of cost of fixing such a problem (fingers crossed it's not another expensive repair, I've just had a new diesel pump fitted:( ).

The vehicle is on a 52 plate and this last 15 months has been a bleeding nightmare.

Cheers
 
the only thing i can think of is that the vcu is coming apart and the outer part is loose or the diff mountings are shagged, if its the diff mounts, you'll hear a clonk when you pull away sharpish and also when changing gear
 
Diff brushes!!!

Is it electrical - or is that where the cleaning kit is kept? - i will have to complain - i think my dustpan has bin pinched! ;)
 
The Mad Hat Man said:
Diff brushes!!!

Is it electrical - or is that where the cleaning kit is kept? - i will have to complain - i think my dustpan has bin pinched! ;)
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The words daft as spring to mind flop:D

ow yor doing ???;)
 
smokejack said:
Hi All

I'm sure this has been covered but just in case it hasn't; I put my freelander TD4 in for MOT today and on the advisory sheet was an item entitled 'Propshaft Component issue' and then the word 'dangerous' attached to it. Yet strangely enough this wasn't on the failure sheet!

I asked the garage to explain and the guy said the person who undertook the MOT had left for the day but he seemed to think it might be something to do with the diff brushes.

As I've had no signs of any problems I wondered if this was just another way of extracting my rapidly diminishing funds on something that may or may not need fixing.

Appreciate any advice on this including any experience of cost of fixing such a problem (fingers crossed it's not another expensive repair, I've just had a new diesel pump fitted:( ).

The vehicle is on a 52 plate and this last 15 months has been a bleeding nightmare.

Cheers
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Seems very unprofessional by the MOT and the garage chaps to mark something as "dangerous" , not describe it properly ("bushes" rather than "brushes" ??)then go home for the day, leaving you to wonder and worry!

Thankfully we dont have MOT (yet) in Australia.

If it is in fact diff bushes its not that big a deal -- then again on top of everything else!!!


Cheers
Ian Hughes
tassie.
 
sorry mate youve come to the wrong place for advice. this is now a kiddys playgrond forum with the odd trip to the pub thrown in. youve got one serious reply from clutchdust and a page of tripe to follow. best suggestion take it to the garage mate it might be dearer but you wont need to listen to as much garbage
 
scuse me.
I did not understand wot "Diff Brushes" cud be - I woz asking in a jovial way to try and get that term explained. Ianh1 has done a superb job and I now realise wot was meant. Knowing the Hippo as I do (or dont) it wouldnt surprise me if there was some form of electrical feedback device fitted into the rear diff, which used brushes in an electronic motor to to determine slip rate or to compare front wheel drive to rear wheel drive.
You know as well as I do that if anything can be made 10 times more difficult or impossible to service then the Hippo will have it, so get orf ya high horse and try and help - not just slag off others.

What may be obvious to those who see these things everyday, may not be to us mere mortals.

Let he who is without sin cast the first stone!
 
Appreciate the serious responses and thank you for taking the time to enlighten me. Though I'm dreading ringing the garage this morning to find out the whole story!
 
It's probably the front diff mount unit. They wear out fairly regularly on the Freelander, are relatively cheap to obtain (cost me £10.99 via flea-bay - search for KHC500070) and not that difficult to replace. I had my XEDi in for its belt changes - I wasn't tackling that on my own...and the garage noted the mount was 'worn to excess' Actually when it came out it was totally fcuk-ed
I also did the other 2 diff mounts (£17ish each) while I was at it, but they weren't all that worn, as it turned out. The more worn the mount, the more likely you are to get a metallic clunk when taking off or during 'rougher' gear changes, and it isn't great for the prop shaft/VCU bearings.
The mount bolts are quite fiddly to remove, so clean them off, spray with release oil, and leave for a couple of days before you try removing them, if you have the time. The nuts are welded, so don't bother trying to remove them! Also - loosen the top bolts of the rear mounts, and remove the bottom bolts, it helps manouevre the diff to release the front mount and position the new unit. I took photos when I did mine, typically they didn't come out. Copy pic of the part hopefully attached.
Good luck!
 

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