Broke Again
‘Orrible yam yam
Need feck all, still ain't seen this bad boy golf though
Ah so you want me to come over in the golf
1988smithy
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Ah so you want me to come over in the golf
I know how shìt D3's are lmao you still using the D3 though?
Broke Again
‘Orrible yam yam
No I’ve done 100miles in it this month I Carnt push it
1988smithy
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No I’ve done 100miles in it this month I Carnt push it
When's that classic vs supercar thing on?
Broke Again
‘Orrible yam yam
This one I think I’m going on the 19th. There’s also cars n coffee at Johnny b’s car care on the 2nd June pleck road walsall
1988smithy
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Do a thread for each one in meets/shows. I'll come to that penkridge one next week
Broke Again
‘Orrible yam yam
Done mate
1988smithy
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I'll post this here cuz it's not landy related and it's my fred so nerr
Discs and pads all round on the 1 series today for MOT next month
Rears were bad
Had to kick the wheels off and clean the hubs up, everything was well rusted up
Anyway, main concern is this wear on both rear tyres. This is the worse of the 2, cords are showing. Is this just from alignment being out of whack or something more sinister??
Can't believe I've missed this
I'll check for play in all the rear suspension, hoping I'm just in for 2 new tyres and an alignment!
Discs and pads all round on the 1 series today for MOT next month
Rears were bad
Had to kick the wheels off and clean the hubs up, everything was well rusted up
Anyway, main concern is this wear on both rear tyres. This is the worse of the 2, cords are showing. Is this just from alignment being out of whack or something more sinister??
Can't believe I've missed this
I'll check for play in all the rear suspension, hoping I'm just in for 2 new tyres and an alignment!
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1988smithy
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D3 did a job the weekend, 3 nights in the caravan in Wem
Family site, bank holiday. It was fookin rammed! Kids had a good one though and we got quietly ****ed every day
Family site, bank holiday. It was fookin rammed! Kids had a good one though and we got quietly ****ed every day
Yo wheel alignment looks out on the bimmer, just sayin
How you enjoying the D3? Seems way more practical than the DCPU was with the van and all that.
How you enjoying the D3? Seems way more practical than the DCPU was with the van and all that.
1988smithy
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Yo wheel alignment looks out on the bimmer, just sayin
How you enjoying the D3? Seems way more practical than the DCPU was with the van and all that.
Yerr it's fooked ay it...
D3's awesome mate, it scares me sometimes if I think too much about the maintenance lol but I can't think of another car that'll do everything it does as well as it does. It's awesome at towing, but feck me they're complicated! Price you pay i suppose. I don't miss the double cab anyway so it must be ok
LUKBENPHI
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I'll post this here cuz it's not landy related and it's my fred so nerr
Discs and pads all round on the 1 series today for MOT next month
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Rears were bad
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View attachment 179267
Had to kick the wheels off and clean the hubs up, everything was well rusted up
Anyway, main concern is this wear on both rear tyres. This is the worse of the 2, cords are showing. Is this just from alignment being out of whack or something more sinister??
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View attachment 179269
Can't believe I've missed this
I'll check for play in all the rear suspension, hoping I'm just in for 2 new tyres and an alignment!
Get your tracking done by all means but from the look of that tyre I'd say its been run flat so the rim is putting direct pressure on the outside of the tyre, usually tracking wear is over a wider area of the tyre edge so the first lot of groves would of been chewed as well
1988smithy
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Good shout, checked entire tyre over and sure enough, it's picked up a nail! there's similar wear on the other side but not as bad so maybe a combination of tracking and that one being low? Usually the tyre pressure warning comes up on the dash. These run flats are crap man, there's that much rubber in em and the profiles only 35, they never look or feel flat.
There's a lot of negative camber dialled in from the factory I think which is another factor. I don't think those square speedhumps do any good either, the wife flies over em...
1988smithy
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@lynall
R.e grinding noise mate
Left hand turns, starts when wheel is at about 20° and revs above 1500, get a grind/rumble can be felt thru wheel and pedals a bit and seems like front right side but am aware sound can travel a fair bit. I've had matey sit in the boot and he thinks it's coming from the front of the car as well.
Same symptoms when fully loaded towing uphill.
Diff had new carrier bearing that side, new front prop and new timken front wheel bearings.
Worth mentioning rear prop centre bearing has play so that needs replacing.
I'm hoping driveshaft or maybe rear wheel bearing but that's probably unlikely. Worst case is diff again.
Plan is to get it on stands this weekend and get wheels off and run it. I've ordered a stethoscope hopefully narrow it right down....
R.e grinding noise mate
Left hand turns, starts when wheel is at about 20° and revs above 1500, get a grind/rumble can be felt thru wheel and pedals a bit and seems like front right side but am aware sound can travel a fair bit. I've had matey sit in the boot and he thinks it's coming from the front of the car as well.
Same symptoms when fully loaded towing uphill.
Diff had new carrier bearing that side, new front prop and new timken front wheel bearings.
Worth mentioning rear prop centre bearing has play so that needs replacing.
I'm hoping driveshaft or maybe rear wheel bearing but that's probably unlikely. Worst case is diff again.
Plan is to get it on stands this weekend and get wheels off and run it. I've ordered a stethoscope hopefully narrow it right down....
Hiya
Just out of curiosity and hope it’s not rude question have u ensured the steering wheel angle has been reset and does indeed say zero plse
Only reason I ask if if it’s out the DSC can kick in, makes a sounds like a very quick vibration
Just a thought mate
Time to get a gap iid, lol , indeed shame ur not closer as I could have plugged my iid in and done a print out
1988smithy
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Its on the cards ain't it! Got the intermittent suspension fault as well so will defo need it to sort that myself.
Did read a bit about steering angle but dsc light doesn't come on when it happens so kinda discounted it. Can I check steering angle without diagnostics? If it helps I've got just under 2 full turns of the wheel lock to lock both sides
Must admit after buying one ur wonder how u managed without one,lol
Will the fault happen as u turn left , have u also tried disabling the DSC on the dashboard , as when u press DSC button a light will come up to advise u have activated the cross link system in the valve blocks , so the D3 will act like a live axle setup , it works out where the wheels are and pushes one side down as one side goes up on the same axle
However it can be at least a dozen other things causing the issue seeing there’s so much tied in with each other through the CAN bus system
Even blown bulbs can cause all sort of issues
Please don’t ever think ur on ur own here as there plenty to help u, is nice where we all help each other to get the job resolved
Did I see this as I posted it the other day, there were no replies so assumed knowing was interested lol
https://blackbox-solutions.com/help/SM129.html
Have you got the 4x4 info screen? as a guy on the d3 forum used the pic to on the screen to set up his steering angle sensor.
Tyre pressures also cause all sorts of weird issues
All tyres same make/size/tread depth? if different makeS well worth actually measuring them.
