WARNING: FREELANDER SPARES VCU's

I know there were some threads on here about the VCU's supplied from Freelander Spares, these

LAND ROVER FREELANDER VISCOUS COUPLING VCU 1.8 2.0 TD4 | eBay

We have had yet another customer come in with one of these transmitting no drive. We have now cut it open to try and work out what they are doing to them. Basically thet are not reconditioning them, they arent even opeing them up, they are just drilling a couple of holes in them and pumping what we think is diesel into them to wash them out and lubricate them enough so they spin, then welding the holes up. The one we had in this weekend what fairly stiff compared to some of the others, but still transmitted zero drive.

So if you want 4 wheeldrive stay away from these. If you want 2 wheel drive save your money and remove the prop!

F.f.s.

60 sold!

They still have 100% feedback :wtf:

Probably because most people never notice the lack of power. You'd only notice in off road driving or heavy ice etc.

Poor show. Thanks for letting us know Austin. I'll definitely be buying one of your VCU's when I have a new set of tyres .

£279?

that's bonkers, surely what they are doing is fraud plain and simple?

People probably wont notice if not they're not offroading until their IRD or rear diff packs in.

Read this story of woe -> http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/td4-stuck-light-mud-grass-190752.html

Bastids

hmmm, I bought one from them and it definitely gives drive to the rear wheels and turns as it should... should I be worried? Thread subscribed.

chris.sargent said:

hmmm, I bought one from them and it definitely gives drive to the rear wheels and turns as it should... should I be worried? Thread subscribed.

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jack a front whel up and see if it still trys to move

Thanks for the reply James,

I tried jacking a front and rear wheel on one side, both wheels turn as they should, then put the front wheel down and the rear wheel is very difficult to turn but still does slowly. Plus I can wheelspin on gravel with all four.

Do you mean to jack just a front wheel and then try to turn the front wheel?

i had the back end jacked up on mine on saturday, with it in gear i turned one wheel and the other one turned in the opposite direction.
the engine weren't running so i'm assuming this is normal function of the diff

Freelaner said:

i had the back end jacked up on mine on saturday, with it in gear i turned one wheel and the other one turned in the opposite direction.
the engine weren't running so i'm assuming this is normal function of the diff

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Exactly right - if you jack both fronts off the ground they should do the same.

And if you jack both wheels on one side they should turn in opposite directions too.

If you have only one wheel up, front or back, it should not be able to be turned by hand.

Edit: Second line is of course a load of cr*p - if both wheels on one side are jacked up they should both turn in the same direction.

Don't know what I was thinking of - Doh!

chris.sargent said:

Thanks for the reply James,

I tried jacking a front and rear wheel on one side, both wheels turn as they should, then put the front wheel down and the rear wheel is very difficult to turn but still does slowly. Plus I can wheelspin on gravel with all four.

Do you mean to jack just a front wheel and then try to turn the front wheel?

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your obviously works okay ,if you jack one front wheel off the ground and have no drive through v/c car will just spin jacked up wheel,

Singvogel said:

Exactly right - if you jack both fronts off the ground they should do the same.

And if you jack both wheels on one side they should both turn in the same direction.

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cheers SV

Freelaner said:

i had the back end jacked up on mine on saturday, with it in gear i turned one wheel and the other one turned in the opposite direction.
the engine weren't running so i'm assuming this is normal function of the diff

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it is and why you can get one whel turning the opposite way if tow starting car in too low a gear

jamesmartin said:

it is and why you can get one whel turning the opposite way if tow starting car in too low a gear

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jamesmartin said:

your obviously works okay ,if you jack one front wheel off the ground and have no drive through v/c car will just spin jacked up wheel,

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I'll double check the front later but it seemed to have the right 'logical' operation when I was checking at the weekend.

chris.sargent said:

I'll double check the front later but it seemed to have the right 'logical' operation when I was checking at the weekend.

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if you can spin front and back on gravel theres no need ,

okay cool, cheers. Puts the mind at ease a bit....

chris.sargent said:

Thanks for the reply James,

I tried jacking a front and rear wheel on one side, both wheels turn as they should, then put the front wheel down and the rear wheel is very difficult to turn but still does slowly.

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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!!!