Would like to have seen the unit, just can't see how its possible

Also Could be spline between vcu to prop

Check front and rear tyre, make, model, sizes and wear are the same, mismatched sized front and rear wheels cause vcu to heat up and tighten and can cause these symptoms. Front drive shaft can also cause this too

Never seen a vcu fail like this, apart from badly "recon" ones. You need to see if front part of prop is spinning, if so dodgy vcu, if not then its the ird unit.

Check driveshaft hasn't popped out. If not more than likely the diff in the gearbox, splines shear off it sending drive to rear wheels only. Less likely but possible are the 2 small gears you can see through the fill plug of the ird, these brake up, usually when other bits of ird are floating...

Your IRD maybe fine, take fill plug out and look at the gears through that hole. How much does the out put shaft turn?

We are about to start reconditioning rear differentials for Freelander 2 models. However before we commencing selling these we really want to look into the reason why they are failing. If anyone who has experienced this problem first hand and could spare the time to speak to us we would be...

We have just got our first batch of F2 rear diffs and a haldex unit in to try and figure out the real cause and a solution for all these failures. We will keep you up to date

The rear diff ratio's are all the same from all years and all models, the only differenmce is from around 2000-01 the rear diffs had larger bearings fitted to the carrier. This was done due to diff failures which were infact caused by VCU and tyre issues, so infact was completely pointless. Most...

That really does sound like a driveshaft, only doing it when underload. As you say its worse on RH bends i'll have a guess its the inner O/S, but dont hold me to that ;)

Its just a well known cause of wobble/vibration. Sometimes you can wobble the joint up and down, but not always. The one we changed felt ok when fitted, but when we took it apart all the needles had drop out one of the balls on the CV joint. Try pulling all 4 up and down (inner and outer), see...

I'd put money on it being one of the drive shaft CV joints. Just replaced an offside one on a freelander with similiar symptoms, now drives perfect.

sorry what do you mean??

Are your tyres matched front to rear? Is the VCU getting warm?? (austen from Bell engineering)

The one we just had in was stiff enough to do this, but when we jacked both front wheels up and put it in drive the VCU just span round. So its worth a check, but obviously be careful you dont drive of the jack!!!

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i tried the repair kit and it still leaked, although i have seen other people fit them with success. ended up buying a new regulator from LR as with the 15% discount you can hagg;e from them they aRE CHEAPER THAN SH*TPART ONES

Chaser and Freelaner are correct this will be the problem. The only other slight chance is that the small gears in the IRD that you can see through the refill plug have stripped. I have only ever seen this once where the IRD casing hasnt cracked open or all drive to all wheels is lost. I was...