Battery Light on, steering heavy... Ah, theres the problem

Well i didn't expect that, on holiday in Wales gently plodding down the A465 when i hear something hit the underside of the disco

Look in rear view mirror just to see something bounce off into the verge. Battery light comes on and steering goes heavy. Had a look and the tensioner for the drive belt has disintegrated, totally. There is no wheel at all, just a spindle and a part shredded belt.

No warning at all, ho hum. And on a bank holiday weekend too lol

Bloody landrovers, why do i like them?

Nothing to do with Land Rovers, but a lot to do with the lack of preventive maintenance

Not sure about preventative maintainance being much of a help in this case.
I had exactly the same thing recently. No warning at all just temp in the red, ace light red, steering gone, servo gone. The tensioner had disintergrated, shredding the belt.
Mine is maintained as if my life depended on it, an on your own out in the back of beyond with no CB or telephone it can.
Some things you just cant factor in...**** happens.

M0YAA said:

No warning at all, ho hum. And on a bank holiday weekend too lol

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They know , you know!

spanishlair said:

Not sure about preventative maintainance being much of a help in this case.
I had exactly the same thing recently. No warning at all just temp in the red, ace light red, steering gone, servo gone. The tensioner had disintergrated, shredding the belt.
Mine is maintained as if my life depended on it, an on your own out in the back of beyond with no CB or telephone it can.
Some things you just cant factor in...**** happens.

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Quite right, my water pump bearing failed recently no way to do any PMs on that, and no pre indication untill ithe pump started knocking, lucky for me only two miles from home

I carry a "box" of spares just in case, belts, water pump etc when on long trips, never occurred to me to carry a spare tensioner. Have a spare pully and bearing kit now so naturally, it'll never go again now.

Gets to the stage where you need someone following you in a spare Landie just incase something fails

Thats what Clarkstone do. Half way up a mountain in Peru in a RRC and a shock fails. FFS as if by magic he nipped to Halfrauds of Peru and got one, !!