Freelander 2 (LR2) PTU reconditioning Recommendations

Nodge68 said:

Bell Engineering have a good reputation, and used to be members on here.

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RDC2013free2 said:

Hi all I thought I would pop a poll in for recommendations on places to supply a front PTU for my FL2 2013 SD4.
I have found two places near me which look good and seem decent on the phone.
Obviously not using any of them before has anyone had any good or bad experiences. Or have I missed a good provider I should consider.

Bell engineering
We are diffs

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Arctic2 said:

Hello did you get your PTU sorted out in the end, if so by whom and how was your experience with the work etc.

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Arctic2 said:

Hello did you get your PTU sorted out in the end, if so by whom and how was your experience with the work etc.

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RDC2013free2 said:

I have tried to rebuild the PTU but failed on the pinion preload as you need to fabricate a tool from an old drive flange and a 41mm socket. It was worth a punt to save a few quid and got to see inside the PTU. I ended up using bell engineering bit more expensive but you get what you pay for.
My issue was the pinion bearings pitting but now have another deep bearing noise over 30mph and gets worse. Most likely a rear diff knowing my luck to steal some more beer tokens.

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Arctic2 said:

Hi been a while now did you get the diff sorted out please let us know.

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RDC2013free2 said:

Hey Artic2, I used the good old fashioned phone and called Austin from Bell engineering to sort one out in the end. To do it yourself you would would need a proper locking tool to withstand at least a 1.5m bar to torque up the pinion preload

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