Grumbling Noise

Hi, the wife and i have recently bought our first Land Rover and it's a 2ltr diesel Freelander with 110k miles. We are getting a grumbling noise which sounds like a n/s/r wheel bearing to me. I've not had chance to look closer at it yet and won't be able to till the weekend. Could anyone tell me of any other possabilites it could be if not the wheel bearing.

it could be your wife

treds said:

Hi, the wife and i have recently bought our first Land Rover and it's a 2ltr diesel Freelander with 110k miles. We are getting a grumbling noise which sounds like a n/s/r wheel bearing to me. I've not had chance to look closer at it yet and won't be able to till the weekend. Could anyone tell me of any other possabilites it could be if not the wheel bearing.

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do it do it in straite line or when turning ,if pads are reet down thet could do it, also small stones trapped by calipers wiff road tar is er nuffer. . . . .

Griffdowg said:

it could be your wife

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She says it not her and is blaming it on the kids......

ming said:

do it do it in straite line or when turning ,if pads are reet down thet could do it, also small stones trapped by calipers wiff road tar is er nuffer. . . . .

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It does it in a straight line and not so much when turning

unlikey to be a bearing then.. have you check all yer nuts are tight?

slob said:

unlikey to be a bearing then.. have you check all yer nuts are tight?

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They are tight, thats 1 thing the wife did check

Tyre noise?

george_k said:

Tyre noise?

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Hi George K, I did think tyres myself but it definatly something more mechanical, sounds like a bearing somewhere!
All of the tyres are what i call road tyres and not nobbly's, but being new to Land Rovers i wasn't sure what road noise to expect.

It just that i had exactly the same symptoms like many other owners with road biased tyres and the noise just disapeared when i swapped all 4.

If its the tyres, the noise should change tone when moving at different type of tarmac with different speeds.

Prop shaft bearing maybe?! Heard similar story before.

Griffdowg said:

it could be your wife

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LMAO!!!!!!!!!

Leviathan said:

Prop shaft bearing maybe?! Heard similar story before.

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Thanks for your reply i will look in to that a bit more. Is it many hours work for my money pinching local garage?

stownrow said:

LMAO!!!!!!!!!

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She grumbles ok.......but she's more of a moaning noise......

treds said:

She grumbles ok.......but she's more of a moaning noise......

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And having done some testing with mine, there's no way of stopping it either...

Cheers

Rog

I Would Say Its Your Tyres Because I Had The Same Problem With My Freelander When I First Bought It The Noise Was Coming From The Back Wheels So All I Did Was Change The Back Wheels Round To The Front And Front To The Back And Found The Noise Moved To The Front But After About 3 Months The Tyre Treads Leveled Out And The Tyre Noise Is Not So Bad It Is A Common Problem With The Earley Freelanders All I Do Is Change Them Round Every Twelve Months Or So.

Did you get this sorted?? I also have a freelander with 110K on the clock and my rear wheel bearing (prob same side) also needs replacing. Will get both done in near future.

Regards,

Steve

ive had no trouble at all since i changed the wheels round only trouble i have had is the head gasket go on me 2 weeks before we go on holiday to wales and then the sunroof motor dies on me the day we travel to wales oh deep joy