Gave myself a fright today!!

[jedi]

I was doing the tippex test on my VCU, I marked what I thought was the correct positions, made a few left and right hand turns, stopped looked under the hippo only to see the two tippex marks still in the exact same position.

Well needless to say my back side nearly fell out :mooning:.

So there I was thinking O ****!!!!!!

Until I touched the VCU, and to my suprise it was warm, My backside slowly sucked itself back in.

I had only marked the wrong parts:doh: marked the right parts and there was movement.


But my Million $ question is. " How stiff is stiff" on a VCU before it starts to fail? There is resistance when turning, but I have been told this is normal? Is there any way to tell if its starting to sieze up?

Is there a Torque figure for a new VCU, tested on the bench.

 

[Optimus Prime]

been discussed many times. if you search you tube, there is actually someone doing a test with one wheel jacked up and a breaker bar.

 

[jedi]

seen it, is this a new VCU and correct torque rating then?

Sorry but new to Freelander, So I may bore some experienced freelander owners with my questions.

I may need a :fish: if I pull up old questions.

 

[ianda12]

A few people tested thier VCU and posted the results on a thread. The torque figures varied massively on VCU's that all seemed to work O.K.

 

[jedi]

Hmmmm!!! I wonder when its hotter like in the summer, these things lock up more causing problems?

Is that why people go mondo in the summer? what does "MONDO" actually mean. I know it means remove you props and go 2wd, but who thought up the name?

 

[Sean]

Hmmmm!!! I wonder when its hotter like in the summer, these things lock up more causing problems?

Is that why people go mondo in the summer? what does "MONDO" actually mean. I know it means remove you props and go 2wd, but who thought up the name?

mondo did

 

[The Mad Hat Man]

who?

 

[Northern Irelander]

mondo did

the irony being mondo never removed the prop.