right, what symptoms do you get when the dual mass flywheel is on the way out? on setting off im getting 3 knocks from somewhere down there. literally "knock, knock, knock" then occasionally i get the same knock over a bump or pothole (but not always) i dont get the knock when changing up or...

Cheers fella, looks like im just gonna have to pull the gearbox out and just have a go, cant find any information about splitting the gearbox anywhere! but its not like i can ruine it any more, if im already looking at a 2nd hand box, i might as well have a crack at replacing the faulty bearing :D

so, i've located the knocking noise on the freelander finally! the bearing in the gearbox, where the front left hand side (passenger) driveshaft fits. Bearing and seal both knackered unfortunately. whats the best coarse of action? is it a straight forward job the split the gearbox and replace...

.its actually the gearbox bearing thats gone (bit of researched showed the ird drives the offside front and the gearbox drives the nearside front) so no, not the ird bearing but the gearbox bearing and seal. so, looks like ive gotta replace the gearbox i guess

just had another good look and unfortunately its not the cv joint on the drive shaft its the bearing and oil seal thats gone on the IRD! :(

rear diff mounts changed last week, all 3

am i allowed to swear on here? lol just quickly nipped out n legged out beside the nearside front wheel to see if i could reach up to the drive shaft, i managed to squeeze up enough to give it a good tugging. now bear in mind the car is on all 4 wheels, theres definate play in the upper (engine...

which linkage? i've swung on everything i can reach on the front end, i do have one track rod that needs replacing, but its not that (not the track rod end, the other end of the rod has gone). its had drop links recently, all joints feel fine and no play, only bit ive not checked fully is the...

right then, ive got a puzzling one for ya chaps! recently started getting a knocking noise coming from the front half of the car. i presumed it was the crown gear in the ird, so, removed the prop and vcu, noise still there! removed the crown wheel and pinion and blanked it off, noise still...

thanks for the photo's ron, but mine is different, it has 3 columns but not spaced equally apart, two rows on one side and one row on the other, if u understand my meaning. had a guy come out today to run fault diagnostics, turned up 5 error codes, all historic apparently the codes are C1035...

can anyone point me in the right direction of the connectors for the abs sensors that you test with a multimeter? i read a thread somewhere describing how you can test the resistance of the sensors to find out if any are duff. but it described yellow connectors. mine (2004 td4) has blue...

yeah, im going to have to strip that side just to settle and doubts thats its something mechanical. but that side hasnt been touched. but what im wondering is if the car has developed another abs fault while that other abs sensor wasnt connected and now its got a new one and the abs is trying to...

yeah it is, that's something i checked numerous times.

thanks for the reply, a family member has one of those devices that reads fault codes, so thats going to be my first port of call. hopefully it'll show up something i can work with or at least a place to start. dunno how much auto electricians/garages cost these days to diagnose faults, any ideas?

so, i've got a 2004 TD4 freelander. i had to replace a wheel bearing some time ago and in the process knackered the ABS sensor. so, replaced the bearing and left the abs sensor out till i could afford to replace it. now i've just had to replace the bearing again due to a stone knackering the...

evening folks, im just looking about on ebay at abs sensors. i need to replace a rear sensors and im wondering why the prices differ between front sensors and back ones. they look identical but the fronts are 30 quid cheaper than rears. can anyone shed any light on why they differ so much in...

it suddenly dawned on me that id not taken the drain plug out and thought it could be creating a vacuum within the diff making it damn difficult to get the drive shaft out. but now ive caused myself yet another problem, i cant get the damn plug out, it wont budge lol im beginning to think im a...

just nipped out on the motorbike n bought a new set of pry bars, now ive just gotta battle with the heat out there! but fingers crossed, it'll fly off now :D

yeah i get that feel that if i yank it, its gonna snap! it has a little metal clup at the bottom that might be used to pry it out.

ive no idea, ive not touched it yet, but looking at it, i cant see any form of fixing, it just looks like its pushed in.