guys........ need some help...
IS YOU FREE LANDER TIGHT ON FULL LOCK REVERSE AND FORWARD ?
i bought an 05 plate freelander in january...
full landrover service history, low miles, one owner etc etc very tidy motor....
i read up a few bits to check reguarding any problems and preventative maintenance etc etc.. and got to thinking the viscous coupling was on its way out... when i reversed on full lock and dipped the clutch it felt like i had the hand brake half on.... tried the tipex method and it didnt seem to move much ?allthough it would happily drive round the asda car park in reverse figure of 8's on tick over alone with out stalling...also, jacked back wheel up and couldnt really turn it by hand without almost kacking my pants and bursting an eye ball..
or with a bar through the u/j on the prop (allthough i couldnt really get good purchase on the bar/uj with the tools i had available..
took it to a good freind of mine who owns a gearbox centre....told him the results of my testing and he said he'd renew the viscous coupling for me if i bought one... i got a service filters kit aswell and the plan was to give it the once over at the same time whilst it was up on a ramp...
when we took the v-c off he took out the front part of the transfer box to examine the bearings....you guessed it, the bearings were on there way out too..."over wound" i believe...they seemed ever so slightly notchy..?
i read up that ,when the viscous coupling is shot, it locks it in 4 wheel drive and then in turn over winds the transfer box or IRD unit, all the bearing collapse, kill the crown wheel etc then its MEGA bucks to put right........
we agreed, and my mate at the gearbox centre took off the IRD transfer box, split it open on the bench and reconditioned it all with new bearings etc.... rebuilt the ****** and finally installed the new viscous coupleing...........
viscous coupling was from land rover (hardy spicer i think) (?)
so... its had the ird overhauled which is as good as new, a new viscous coupling and bearings....
i got it back today and took it for a spin....
£800 later in v- coupling,bearings and other service bits and labour costs....
THE SAME ISSUE IS STILL THERE !!!!!!!!!!! breaking feeling on full lock....feeling "tight" etc
now, i now know that the ird and viscous coupling are right, cos there new ! Land rover say its supossed to feel like this.....?????
WHATS THE SCORE?????? aaaaaaaarggghgghh!!!!
have i just had all that work done for no reason ?
with genuine gear on as oposed to a "loose" pattern vc is it normal for it to feel tight in full lock ?
other then this it motors/ runs beatifully....
really need some advice hear, if its supposed to feel like this, then ill just get on with it and perhaps try to ignore the fact there may have been feck all wrong with it in the first place...... if this is not really ideal and will inevitably end in a broken ird well then the problem could be somewhere else ?? what about the rear diff ? anything i should look at there ? its fine in a straight line just on full lock....
or...is this normal.....?
now im paranoid to death over it.......................
dont know if its right or wrong, is bette now or was ever broke to start with...i didnt want to wait till it all broke in an expensive way but i may have jumped the gun........
IS YOU FREE LANDER TIGHT ON FULL LOCK REVERSE AND FORWARD ?
i bought an 05 plate freelander in january...
full landrover service history, low miles, one owner etc etc very tidy motor....
i read up a few bits to check reguarding any problems and preventative maintenance etc etc.. and got to thinking the viscous coupling was on its way out... when i reversed on full lock and dipped the clutch it felt like i had the hand brake half on.... tried the tipex method and it didnt seem to move much ?allthough it would happily drive round the asda car park in reverse figure of 8's on tick over alone with out stalling...also, jacked back wheel up and couldnt really turn it by hand without almost kacking my pants and bursting an eye ball..
took it to a good freind of mine who owns a gearbox centre....told him the results of my testing and he said he'd renew the viscous coupling for me if i bought one... i got a service filters kit aswell and the plan was to give it the once over at the same time whilst it was up on a ramp...
when we took the v-c off he took out the front part of the transfer box to examine the bearings....you guessed it, the bearings were on there way out too..."over wound" i believe...they seemed ever so slightly notchy..?
i read up that ,when the viscous coupling is shot, it locks it in 4 wheel drive and then in turn over winds the transfer box or IRD unit, all the bearing collapse, kill the crown wheel etc then its MEGA bucks to put right........
we agreed, and my mate at the gearbox centre took off the IRD transfer box, split it open on the bench and reconditioned it all with new bearings etc.... rebuilt the ****** and finally installed the new viscous coupleing...........
viscous coupling was from land rover (hardy spicer i think) (?)
so... its had the ird overhauled which is as good as new, a new viscous coupling and bearings....
i got it back today and took it for a spin....
£800 later in v- coupling,bearings and other service bits and labour costs....
THE SAME ISSUE IS STILL THERE !!!!!!!!!!! breaking feeling on full lock....feeling "tight" etc
now, i now know that the ird and viscous coupling are right, cos there new ! Land rover say its supossed to feel like this.....?????
WHATS THE SCORE?????? aaaaaaaarggghgghh!!!!
with genuine gear on as oposed to a "loose" pattern vc is it normal for it to feel tight in full lock ?
other then this it motors/ runs beatifully....
really need some advice hear, if its supposed to feel like this, then ill just get on with it and perhaps try to ignore the fact there may have been feck all wrong with it in the first place...... if this is not really ideal and will inevitably end in a broken ird well then the problem could be somewhere else ?? what about the rear diff ? anything i should look at there ? its fine in a straight line just on full lock....
or...is this normal.....?
now im paranoid to death over it.......................
