Can’t think of another word for it so ‘shuddering’

Would you flipping Adam and Eve it. I think that’s right. No shuddering or clonking today so the oil put in the diff last week might have settled in, although there is work to do there. Instead an audible squeak which was easy to trace to the rear, driver side wheel and given away further by the smell of hot metal and it being far too warm for comfort behind the wheel, especially when compared with the others. Here comes the weekend ………………….

I ordered 80/90 by mistake and shoved it in the diff anyway. It’s on the drive now so the 90 I have just received will be going in once I’ve popped the cover off and re sealed it.
I bleedin ate Land Rovers.

and I must get the floor back in.

I still think she’s a cutie but I have not been crawling around under her for a few days so that can change. I watched one of those new fangled You Tube videos on checking and replacing the diff, half shafts and rear propshaft. It was quite well done, by a Dutch fella and albeit on a much newer model, but I was left quite frustrated as but for a driveway, a garage or even an old barn, a bit of luck getting the diff bolts off and a torque wrench I could strip the the back axle down and at least check on and replace the shafts and wheel bearing safely enough. Wisdom and my knuckles however suggest that would be a pointless gesture as I could easily mess up the intricate workings of the diff and there is definitely play where it connects to the propshaft.
She is not idle though. My grandson, all 19 months of him, loves sitting in the spare wheel on the bonnet which makes the day for many passers by ………. and women of a certain age.

So what do you do when your road is part of a temporary road closure ……… you get the landie inside the cones, jack up the rear and start crawling around safe in the knowledge your legs won’t get run over. The drivers side rear brake is locked tight but the drum looks ok in that there is no discolouration on the rim and I couldn’t feel any debris. Goodness knows what it might be like inside though. Brake repair kit from Brookwells for forty quid will do both sides so assuming one side is shot and the other will have an equal amount of wear I have got that in case my local garage, (about a mile and a bit as the crow flies but she will still get hot), gets a cancellation, otherwise it’s like getting a doctors appointment these days and we are two weeks at the moment. Where did all the fitters and mechanics run off to?
More frustrating than the seemingly endless ‘to do/needs doing’ list is the perfect weather for rag top down and the wind, flies and midges smacking you in the face.

Scalleys Dad said:

More frustrating than the seemingly endless ‘to do/needs doing’ list is the perfect weather for rag top down and the wind, flies and midges smacking you in the face.

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was thinking same with all the hot weather coming so prob go topless in next few days , backing off adjusters in drum might help and bash round rim with but hammer, loosen bleed nipple with flexi clamped
Have you got round to checking the diff lock nut , I wouldn’t fancy stripping all the diff bits unless it’s last resort apart from bit play on prop any other issues

I had about half of this in mind but the barriers have gone now and I’m back to parking on a slope.
I wish I had got to the point where I could have removed the shoes, or the issue causing them to stay engaged, as it will get pretty hot on the trip to the garage and in my mind at least I could have got there on three brakes, the handbrake and proper use of the gears. No I haven’t touched the diff at all but when she is up on the hoist thingy I’ll have another good look. I just hope there isn’t another prognosis unless it involves a simple like packing something with grease.
On the other matter going topless today would be asking for trouble. I can’t believe the amount of lobster red people who are wandering around. Madness!!

Removing the shoes will leave you without any foot brake, unless you clamp off the hose to the cylinder.

Thanks for that Woody. I did a bit of research and decided against doing anything to the brakes. I have always tended to avoid brakes and domestic electrics so why start now………. said the voices in my head.

I suppose it’s par for the course with a landie that’s just passed fifty. The squeak and hot metal hot was the brake shoes which led to properly unbudgeable bolts, corroded seals disintegrating and bearings giving up. In all, along with the front propshaft, she now has new rear wheel cylinders, bearings and brake shoes on both sides along with wheel cylinder unions and brake pipe unions. Blooming good job I didn’t try anything roadside. The back end has been ignored of late due to the front springs, injectors, pump, bulkhead and goodness knows what else so I suppose it’s payback. It is however possible that she will run a lot smoother and maybe the initial problem that has led to so many jobs being done and lots of new parts has been almost inadvertently resolved. Three workshops and ramps later and with plenty of diagnosis and prognosis batted about it might be the diff gets a reprieve, ‘we’ are skint now so I hope so. Long road test tomorrow, me, her and a flask …………….. oh and a phone.

Nice one enjoy the run out