Freelander 1 Another vibration..

Hi guys and gals,

I'll start from the beginning. Way back in feb2014 I changed the clutch on my 2000 td4 due to slipping,
The very moment the wheels went on the floor it made the most awful greating noise when taking drive up but shut up after 5mph,
I diagnosed this as the flywheel and hated myself for not doing it whilst it was all in bits.( it didn't look that bad -minimal movement )

Fast forward to last weekend and I'm doing the flywheel, I opted for the solid flywheel conversion.

Anyway after re-assembly and rosiest said noise is gone from setting off and take up off drive, now it's is back around 3k in 3rd and 4th.
Dip the clutch and it disappears instantly.

Now the car.
As I said its a 2000 X td4
Running no prop for numerous years
2x new driveshafts
Tyres could be better but this is not tyres.

Now for me.
I'm a psv mechanic by trade so I'm not spanner dumb just a bit out of touch on the car side of things.
Having had a quick search my instinct now points to input shaft bearing.
2nd opinions and experiences are greatly encouraged.
I have done a search as I know how forums are very very repetitive and it can become tedious, but I feel that my problem isn't covered


Cheers johny

I should say I have no experience of changing cutches, although I may be forced into said experience soonish!

If you've been driving it with grating noises for 18 months, presumably something has grated/ground away and probably settled into an abnormal position or become unbalanced. As you say, might be in the box or maybe just the release bearing - whats the biting point like now?

Biting point is perfect,
I should add when I did the flywheel I also put another clutch in with a new csc.

still living with this by the way

Did you do a full clutch pressure plate, friction plate and release bearing or just friction plate. Did you go for good quality or ebay cheapy?
I've just done the clutch in my K series and thankfully it seems OK but I paid extra for a Borg and Beck clutch kit.