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Get some proper winter tyres then. My Golf was far better than my old 4x4s last year simply by fitting Continental TS850 tyres. Really, really impressed by them, just like driving normally. If only delivery drivers used them too...
 
Spacemonkey... said:
Get some proper winter tyres then. My Golf was far better than my old 4x4s last year simply by fitting Continental TS850 tyres. Really, really impressed by them, just like driving normally. If only delivery drivers used them too...
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Not buying tyres for a van I don't own lol......will be getting a new van soon. :)

Any way not bothered about driving in the snow, it's the lying down under machines fixing them in the snow lol.........then getting home, as the traffic seems to gridlock as soon as a flake of snow hits the floor.
 
Never got in trouble even when I had just legal rubber on!! I just love the challenge helps I used to race autograss cars!
 
JC600 said:
Not buying tyres for a van I don't own lol......will be getting a new van soon. :)

Any way not bothered about driving in the snow, it's the lying down under machines fixing them in the snow lol.........then getting home, as the traffic seems to gridlock as soon as a flake of snow hits the floor.
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Yeah I know what you mean... If the bosses of delivery companies, courier companies etc etc etc fitted winter tyres then that's a fair proportion of the population that won't be contributing to gridlock whenever there's a snow flake, not to mention much better safety in all cold conditions. The only snag would be where to store all the tyres when swapped over.
 
Spacemonkey... said:
Yeah I know what you mean... If the bosses of delivery companies, courier companies etc etc etc fitted winter tyres then that's a fair proportion of the population that won't be contributing to gridlock whenever there's a snow flake, not to mention much better safety in all cold conditions. The only snag would be where to store all the tyres when swapped over.
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A lot of delivery vans that come to our place seem to have balding tyres anyway, the amount of miles the vans do between spring and autumn would go through nearly a full set of tyres anyway
 
Yeah same here bold tyres and not a straight panel on them!! 4x4 vans like the old meb transits would be the way fofward:)
 
My van spends a lot of time off road, in quarries, fields, construction sites etc.....always managed just fine. 4x4 would be better in the winter months though. :)
 
Ok so prop is back on.
However...

The original bearing bolts are 20mm too short, immediately suggesting that the new bearings which were supplied with it when it was refurbed, are the wrong type.
In theory I suppose this could mean the VCU itself is also the wrong type!

It's been nearly a year since it was delivered, so I thought I'd give it a cautious try anyway.
And it seems to be ok. I definitely have 4 wheel drive on slippery surfaces (tried on wet mud and grass), no braking effect on full lock forward or reverse, VCU cool to the touch after about 10 miles at 40-50 mph.
But I do have a slight rumbling from the back end (the cars, not mine), which could be tyres or diff I guess.

I'm going to call LandRoverCity who supplied it tomorrow, and maybe Bell to get an opinion.

Any comments/insults/random musings?
 

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