Confirmed nearside front wheel bearing is shot. Booked in for replacement next week.

This is the second time this particular wheel has had a bearing failure. None of the others have failed in almost a quarter million miles. Weird.
 
Rank Amatuer said:
Confirmed nearside front wheel bearing is shot. Booked in for replacement next week.

This is the second time this particular wheel has had a bearing failure. None of the others have failed in almost a quarter million miles. Weird.
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It's likely the replacement wasn't installed using the correct technique
 
Nodge68 said:
It's likely the replacement wasn't installed using the correct technique
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It was approximately 100,000 miles ago. They may well have used a cheap aftermarket bearing made out of chinesium.

I will say I was shocked how much play there was when I jacked the wheel up and shoogled (a good Scottish word) it. The car is off the road until I take it to the garage on Wednesday. I checked the other three wheels; all rock solid, no play I could detect.

I just wonder what is going to wear out next. :(
 
First clean after the tailgate refit. We'll see how long it lasts now.

Before that though I went looking around - I'm told the GPS antenna plugs into a box under the seat.. only the video I watched didn't have the obstacle I had which is a pretty firm plastic shield between me and it. So I can't reach in there to do anything, and this shield has no obvious method of coming off.

Little check on the dipstick too, so went out and got some 5W-30 after the wash.
 
Couldn't even get the bolts undone on the wheel speed sensors, let alone clean them. Instead I disassembled the brake light switch and cleaned that which had the same result of finally making the two amigos bugger off.

I also went on a side mission to get the interior lights to come on again when the doors are opened after they mysteriously stopped doing that a while ago - Mission was successful.

However the other side mission of trying to get the radio aerial to work was unsuccessful, mostly due to it being a half-arsed effort.
 
Changed coolant temperature sensor. Quire a bit of limescale on it. Hoping that nails it. If not thermostat modification next.
 
This

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kernowsvenski said:
So me and my (LR fanatic) step daughter have literally spent about 15 mins looking at the two pics and are stumped!
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Yeah, sorry, the difference wasn’t between those 2 pics, they were just showing the new look from different angles.

2 weeks ago the wheels used to look like this…

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Garage called to say front nearside bearing replaced “Oh, and did you know the spring is broken?”
****. I didn’t. It’s the pigtail at the bottom where it tapers off. Spring is still secure on the plate.
Bugger.
Do I just replace the one, or should I replace both sidea?
 
Rank Amatuer said:
Garage called to say front nearside bearing replaced “Oh, and did you know the spring is broken?”
****. I didn’t. It’s the pigtail at the bottom where it tapers off. Spring is still secure on the plate.
Bugger.
Do I just replace the one, or should I replace both sidea?
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I am personally a pairs person, if one thing is broken and it has the same thing on the other side, just do both.

Anything that comes in pairs or more, just do them all and if you can't do a pair, You'll find its easier to do the second one when the first one is fresh in your mind 😂
 
Rank Amatuer said:
Garage called to say front nearside bearing replaced “Oh, and did you know the spring is broken?”
****. I didn’t. It’s the pigtail at the bottom where it tapers off. Spring is still secure on the plate.
Bugger.
Do I just replace the one, or should I replace both sidea?
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Had it recently.
I did the pair, then had to take one back off (the unbroken side) trying to track down a new knock when I replaced them. It’s currently got 1 new side and 1 original side on, with no discernible difference. I have the other ‘new’ side ready to refit when I get to it.

Lesson; if you are going to replace the other parts along with the spring, which I did, use the genuine LR top mounts at least (not silly expensive). I used borg & beck, but got a knock on one. As soon as a specialist heard it and asked what I had fitted, they knew what it would be - said they see it often. Inferior bearings in the non genuine parts.
 
VCU is starting to get tight when reversing at full lock 😭 I keep almost stalling it reverse parking when suddenly I go full lock and it all of a sudden gets super tight 😂 Guess I know what that means is in store for me...
 
Finally got round to respraying the roof. Rattle can job, took it back to bare metal and went for it. Did the roof bars and end caps as well. Not perfect, but happy for a first attempt and should keep it protected for a few more years.
 

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martin41076 said:
Finally got round to respraying the roof. Rattle can job, took it back to bare metal and went for it. Did the roof bars and end caps as well. Not perfect, but happy for a first attempt and should keep it protected for a few more years.
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I've seen the same issue with a blue Freelander. It seems the blue paint doesn't stick well to the undercoat for whatever reason.
 
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