VCU seized?

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Jodsclass

Jodsclass

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Hi Guys.

Just had my winter tyres fitted, Goodyear Wranglers all round, then did a trip to Exeter & back today from cornwall and noticed a weird new issue. When accelerating hard, im getting a clunk from the rear, happening mostly for instance when coasting upto a roundabout, foot off the accelerator, then when I accelerate I get a clunk from the rear. Seemed fine before the tyre change, and all tyre pressures are equal and fine. Is this normal under such circumstances? Never noticed it before, but previously the front tyres where really worn and the rears not as bad. Now all four tyres are changed it's happening alot, and I can replicate it every time by coasting then applying power. I'm not talking about flooring it, literally just catching the revs to speed up. It's a 52 plate Auto TD4 with 57000 on the clock.

It feels like either the 4wd is kicking in when it's not required.

Thanks in advance
 
As stated above, would put my money on the front rear diff mount. Easy job to do and cheap. Do a search on the site on how to check and change.
 
failed centre rear diff mount eggsample: [nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoHMz2ItMLE"]YouTube - Land Rover Freelander 1 2001 v6 Centre Diff Mount Fail[/nomedia]
 
yep sounds the same as i had on mine front center diff mount get the landrover one not britpart should take about 1/2 hour to do i think there is a how to on here somewhere
 
you need to get underneath the car and push the prop up you will soon see if the bush is gone
 
There will be a little movement even in a good one, but not as much as the failed one in my video above. Mine failed at about 23k miles. Take it off and have a look at it your really not sure.
 
There is three centre one normally go's first [its a bastid to repace] the other two is easy . . . . . .Gets Porky to fix em :D [eeze er furra bread]
 
Jodsclass said:
I'll get underneath again later today to check for any signs of contact. Need to get this sorted in the next week as I'm due in Scotland for christmas with the family, and they are buried under snow so the Freelander has to be in good shape.
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while under there get a lever and check the 4 rearsubframe mounting bolts, the captive nuts become loose and the subframe can become loose.
 
OK Just been underneath. hardly any play in the diff mounts, slight movement in the propshaft mount behind the VCU but not much in the mount forward of the VCU. by movement it's probably less than 1cm Max. Can't see any signs of contact on the underbody. Diff seems really sold, can't get it to move much at all within the mounts.

Here is a pic of each side of the mounts rear to the VCU

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And forward of the VCU

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And a picture of the Diff itself and the mounts I checked for play/underside contact

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Doesn't seem to be any obvious signs of contact or play in the rubber mounts/bushes
 
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