My mechanic found the cause of the seizing/skidding incident that I posted recently. One of the offside front wheel bearings had completely disintegrated, it fell out onto the floor! Two rollers have gouges halfway through. Neither bearing showed any sign of grease - he reckons they were installed dry. The nearside ones had been greased.
I reckon the person that rebuilt this vehicle was pretty incompetent!
Here is the original posting:
Scary incident
I would appreciate suggestions about what happened to my 92 110 200Tdi the other day.
I had slowed down to about 30 mph to pass some road works, when suddenly something seized up. There was a squeal of tires and in a couple of seconds I was stopped, on the other side of a two lane road, still facing the same direction. There was no noticeable affect on the steering wheel. Luckily there was no oncoming traffic at that moment.
The engine was still running, so I had hit the clutch.
I tried to pull forward but it was still seized up; same going in reverse. I tried low range and got about two feet before it jammed up again.
I asked the road workers to tow me backwards about fifty feet into a layby, which went smoothly with no obvious noises or problems. I was then able to reverse tidily to get out of the traffic. After checking for flat tires, hot brakes, etc. I drove home [only one mile luckily] at low speed.
I am reluctant to drive the vehicle until I have corrected the cause of the seizing.
Has anyone else had this problem?
I reckon the person that rebuilt this vehicle was pretty incompetent!
Here is the original posting:
I would appreciate suggestions about what happened to my 92 110 200Tdi the other day.
I had slowed down to about 30 mph to pass some road works, when suddenly something seized up. There was a squeal of tires and in a couple of seconds I was stopped, on the other side of a two lane road, still facing the same direction. There was no noticeable affect on the steering wheel. Luckily there was no oncoming traffic at that moment.
The engine was still running, so I had hit the clutch.
I tried to pull forward but it was still seized up; same going in reverse. I tried low range and got about two feet before it jammed up again.
I asked the road workers to tow me backwards about fifty feet into a layby, which went smoothly with no obvious noises or problems. I was then able to reverse tidily to get out of the traffic. After checking for flat tires, hot brakes, etc. I drove home [only one mile luckily] at low speed.
I am reluctant to drive the vehicle until I have corrected the cause of the seizing.
Has anyone else had this problem?
