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Might be a silly qouestion will the freelander be ok going through a car wash will the rollers get up high enough , dont want to do any damage

I went to take the cable off today and low and behold the spring cable looks ok it was not like that yesterday maybe driving it around and usung the handbrake sorted it out or maybe working in the rain as not the best think to do anyway thanks for your help hopefully it should be ok now

I got it from a place called famous 4x4 I have my doubt its the right one this is a replacement for the first one they sent me they seent me the right hand side instead of the left the tag on it, with the number was tied on with a bit of string this cabe the number is on a yellow tag that is...

yes there is a clip in the middle that holds the spring cable in place from that clip to the lever on the shoe the spring cable is straight but where it comes through the backplate to the middle of the clip the spring cable bends down then up its like a u bend

It may reduce but it is only small amout where the cable enters the backplate, till it gets to the shoe lever needs to be fairly tought so when you apply the handbrake it directly pulls the lever in my case because the spring with the wire in bends down then up then accross to the lever when i...

No the free length of the spring remains the same only gets shorter when pulling the handbrake up the free length of the cable spring is longer than the one I took out will take some pics and post

I am fitting a handbrake cable to my FL its a 1.8 W reg 2000 model its the lefthand cable the number on the cable seems right SBP101310 but when I fitted it I noticed that the spring lenght the bit that fits into the brake lever on the shoe Is longer than the one I took off the cable should...

The lowest reading so far is 20 lb/foot my reading was 75 lb/ft and you have got a new vcu and it does not turn at 160 lb/ft sounds like something wrong with that when you apply the tourqe you are not looking to turn the wheel very fast it will move at a snails pace

If you have read the previous posts 140NM is the highest we have had so far Not sure if this means it’s on its way out we need more tests done by others to determine this I never took my fl for a drive first before I made the test might make the test worse by warming the vcu up Does your fl...

yes sounds like the vcu do the test to see how much torque is required to turn the hub (vcu) if your fl rolls back a touch after stopping it could be very tight and past its sell by date

You know you cant get enough of it Another great set of results we have a range now of 28NM to 125NM if you where to do a direct reading from the prop perhaps you could have turned the vcu at about 12lb/ft Going on your results You have confirmed what I have said in one of my previous post...

Great results Shows a big difference on my freelander which has done 82k miles and is 9 years old And the torque lowest torque setting I could get the wheel (vcu) to turn was 75lb/ft So I wonder what the torque would be, when we could say the vcu is past its sell buy date

The best oil to use on your bumpers is olive oil does a great job

Vcu torque test results What I did Chock front wheels Hand brake off In first gear Jacked off side rear wheel up Take centre cap of wheel Set my torque wrench to 300Nm with 32mm socket on the end Placed on hub nut and turned wheel (wheel and vcu turned ok) Tried 200Nm wheel and vcu turned ok The...

I have got these values out of my haynes manual is states Driveshaft nut tightening torque 400NM or 295 lbf/ft I have checked this it is right this applies to front and rear 210nm is only about 155lbf/ft the driveshaft nut is torqued tighter than that