AKeeNShoT
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Original topic
http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/gonna-kick-off-damn-car-woes-betide-me-236343.html
Sorted it out, and to be honest, it must've been shot since I bought it. Thanks to this forum alone, i ordered the GKN drive shaft, from Island 4x4 (cheapest I could find £140+vat) on the Friday, had it delivered on Tuesday, and fitted today.
I am now aware of the fact that the £50 shafts for freelander 1's, although fit the fl1 facelift, do not work as you would expect.
They DO NOT stop the wobble.
The reason I said it must've been shafted since purchase, is that it now drives like a new car, smooth as owt. It used to moan when slowing through the gears. It used to pop (likened to hitting a chip pan with a wooden spoon, funny owld noise it was) on lock, which I initially thought was the IRD going pop, but thats solid. In the later stages, and predominantly the gear knob, the whole car would shake under hard acceleration, well less of a shake and more of a heavy wobble.
I removed the vcu and props after two weeks of ownership due to apparent box wind up, ruling that out straight away.
I checked all the mounts and bushes, which are suspect components but all seemed fine, apart from drop links, which have excessive play, and which I now know is the root of my knocking, on speed bumps.
Overall, well pleased. £168 and half an hour, was a small price to pay, compared to my worst fears.
And just to note, I didn't remove the bottom ball joint to pull the hub, I removed the two hub carrier bolts on the strut as access was a hell of a lot easier, and it only needed minimal support to relocate. Much better when you're alone ;-)
Buzzing my tats off.
So drop links to do, and a small leak on rear diff, from an oil seal, needs sorting before new VCU arrives.
Then I'm done till next time.
Original topic
http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/gonna-kick-off-damn-car-woes-betide-me-236343.html
Sorted it out, and to be honest, it must've been shot since I bought it. Thanks to this forum alone, i ordered the GKN drive shaft, from Island 4x4 (cheapest I could find £140+vat) on the Friday, had it delivered on Tuesday, and fitted today.
I am now aware of the fact that the £50 shafts for freelander 1's, although fit the fl1 facelift, do not work as you would expect.
They DO NOT stop the wobble.
The reason I said it must've been shafted since purchase, is that it now drives like a new car, smooth as owt. It used to moan when slowing through the gears. It used to pop (likened to hitting a chip pan with a wooden spoon, funny owld noise it was) on lock, which I initially thought was the IRD going pop, but thats solid. In the later stages, and predominantly the gear knob, the whole car would shake under hard acceleration, well less of a shake and more of a heavy wobble.
I removed the vcu and props after two weeks of ownership due to apparent box wind up, ruling that out straight away.
I checked all the mounts and bushes, which are suspect components but all seemed fine, apart from drop links, which have excessive play, and which I now know is the root of my knocking, on speed bumps.
Overall, well pleased. £168 and half an hour, was a small price to pay, compared to my worst fears.
And just to note, I didn't remove the bottom ball joint to pull the hub, I removed the two hub carrier bolts on the strut as access was a hell of a lot easier, and it only needed minimal support to relocate. Much better when you're alone ;-)
Buzzing my tats off.
So drop links to do, and a small leak on rear diff, from an oil seal, needs sorting before new VCU arrives.
Then I'm done till next time.
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