Freelander 1 Vibration/drone

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Shaun4456

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Hi I get a drone/ vibration at 50mph or above when foot taking of gas .
But once I tutch gas pedal again it goes. Newly fitted snow tyres but not sure if noise was there before as was town driving.
Is cheap o snow tyres
 
That's 2 more snow ordered. Will park her up till Monday till get other 2 fitted. All use any excuse for beers lol thanks again for help.
Getting auto box fluid change and ird oil change Thursday so should be all fixed till next hic up. Thanks again Shaun
 
If all tyres have to be same I still got summer one's with about 6/7mm left on them
When summer comes do I put the old 6/7mm tyres on front and 2 new on back
Is that right that all new tyres go on back ????
 
Yes, the tyres with the most tread should go on the back. But ideally, all the tyres should have the same depth of tread, all be the same pressure and all have the same tread patern.

Col
 
Lol should always check reviews on tyres.
Mine had 40% rating and noise was E lol
Buy cheap get cheap lol
Misses just said I do tight I skweek when I walk lol
 
Thanks
Will do. Starting to understand how things work now

Basically there gearing is different between front and back, to give the FWD feel in normal driving. So to minimise rotational differences at each end of the VCU, the rear tyres must be the same size or larger than the fronts. The difference between front and back must be smaller than 5mm, rear being the largest. This will compensate for normal tyre wear of a full set. As the fronts wear about 50 faster than the rear, the the fronts will always be smaller.
When the fronts need changing, the old rear tyres are moved to the front, with identical new tyres then being fitted to the rear.
It's a reasonable system, providing the same tyres are still available. Problems arise when tyre fitters just slap any old tyre with the same markings one the car, usually on the front. (All tyre types differ in actual size, even if the size stamped on them is the same.) This puts the IRD under strain, as the VCU slips, causing it to transfer drive across its plates. If this condition as allowed to continue, severe damage is done to the IRD and diff.
So it's extremely important to always have matching sets of tyres, be they winter or summer, and always the least worn pair go on the rear.
 
We had 18 deg C yesterday morning when I left the house at 7am. :eek:
IIRC anything above 7C and you have less grip than with summer tyres and wear them out prematurely.
 
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