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OWUT / Bell's test on youtube compared
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All the information on the OWUT is being collected here https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/vcu-torque-test-results.109486/page-43.
However times are still needed to increase the data available
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You wouldn't want mine....
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Or simply check for binding or tightness on full lock - easy to do - available any time - doesn't involve a lever / bar etc etc
Here is some really useful and accurate info - far more informative -
http://www.bellengineering.co.uk/5.html
It is good to have different methods - but -Occam's Razor applies very well here.
Enjoy
Here is some really useful and accurate info - far more informative -
http://www.bellengineering.co.uk/5.html
It is good to have different methods - but -Occam's Razor applies very well here.
Enjoy
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On the contrary we want as much information as possible. The worser the betterYou wouldn't want mine....
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When a bought it I couldn't move the back wheel with a breaker bar. Now it takes no seconds as the drive shafts and diff are out.
As I said......
As I said......
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Cheater!When a bought it I couldn't move the back wheel with a breaker bar. Now it takes no seconds as the drive shafts and diff are out.
As I said......
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Indeed.
Seriously though, this argument is driving me nuts. I can only stand a few days on here before the bickering makes me flee for the sake of my sanity. After a couple of weeks I come back and the same old squabble back. Again.
Buy a freelander. Test it, don't test it. OWUT or reversing. If you own the car then you are an adult and you can make your own mind up.
Seriously though, this argument is driving me nuts. I can only stand a few days on here before the bickering makes me flee for the sake of my sanity. After a couple of weeks I come back and the same old squabble back. Again.
Buy a freelander. Test it, don't test it. OWUT or reversing. If you own the car then you are an adult and you can make your own mind up.
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The argument has been going on for years. There's always some crank ready to tell us the myths like LR stating the vcu should be replaced as per their service list schedule, when they don't. LR don't supply vcu's when they do. Reconners know the exact spec of a new vcu when they don't. They must be replaced at 70k miles when many have found it failed long before this. The 70k mile myth came from the same source as the FL2 haldex will fail at 40k miles myth... Imagine how annoying it is for those who have spent a lot of time on this only for the cranks to pull it all apart.
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Thanks for posting the comparison dfossil - very useful thanks!
The OWUT seems like a very straightforward and practical test of the VCU (with limitations of measuring via wheel bearings, differential and prop support bearings). I would see that the reverse test is probably one to take on purchasing a vehicle - it may not be practical to undertake a OWUT on a car you're about to buy unless you have a sympathetic seller! Equally, the reverse test may be something you can subconsciously "do" everytime you manoeuvre the car.
As has been said the tests are complimentary. And I think that is all I am going to say about it... (having read all the arguments over the last few months and having made my own mind up!)
The OWUT seems like a very straightforward and practical test of the VCU (with limitations of measuring via wheel bearings, differential and prop support bearings). I would see that the reverse test is probably one to take on purchasing a vehicle - it may not be practical to undertake a OWUT on a car you're about to buy unless you have a sympathetic seller! Equally, the reverse test may be something you can subconsciously "do" everytime you manoeuvre the car.
As has been said the tests are complimentary. And I think that is all I am going to say about it... (having read all the arguments over the last few months and having made my own mind up!)
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You'll get splinters in yer arse sittin up there on that fence.Thanks for posting the comparison dfossil - very useful thanks!
The OWUT seems like a very straightforward and practical test of the VCU (with limitations of measuring via wheel bearings, differential and prop support bearings). I would see that the reverse test is probably one to take on purchasing a vehicle - it may not be practical to undertake a OWUT on a car you're about to buy unless you have a sympathetic seller! Equally, the reverse test may be something you can subconsciously "do" everytime you manoeuvre the car.
As has been said the tests are complimentary. And I think that is all I am going to say about it... (having read all the arguments over the last few months and having made my own mind up!)
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Yer not the first to do the test with bits missing only to wonder why. I've had a number of pm's over the years about this.When a bought it I couldn't move the back wheel with a breaker bar. Now it takes no seconds as the drive shafts and diff are out.
As I said......
