just brought my first freelander

andyfreelandy said:

Just been out and turned wheel. One turn of wheel is three turns of prop. So should be 1/3 time off car?? Or am I missing sommat. Had nothing else to do as in power cut due to high winds!!

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you sound like me
i need a life

If it is 45secs off the car don't waste your time or risk your transmission by putting it back on!!!

VCU bench test results in the link in my signature and link below. Bottom section of that post.

https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/vcu-torque-test-results.109486/page-13#post-2141449

Be careful when comparing against videos on vcu's from reconners who advise they losen them off to reduce stress in the transnission.

A "lose" VCU will turn quicker, making you think yours which takes a lot longer is faulty. My videos and results come from genuine GKN built, untampered vcu's.

Looks like you used a bar about 1/3 length of the wheel up test and got similar readings to wheel up test for a given weight. So 1/3 bar length and similar times or same length bar and 1/3 time for off car testing??? Not easy to measure short times so shorter bar gets my vote.

andyfreelandy said:

Looks like you used a bar about 1/3 length of the wheel up test and got similar readings to wheel up test for a given weight. So 1/3 bar length and similar times or same length bar and 1/3 time for off car testing??? Not easy to measure short times so shorter bar gets my vote.

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Eye used a shorter bar as eye did mine by putting a long screw driver through the uj. Few will have kit to put a full size bar on so my option makes it easier to DIY copy. Screw driver through uj pointing up and a thin metal tube over it from the other side, which holds the weight. Max weight eye went to was about 26kg.

What is the point of a bench test if no one knows what the results should be?

Old diver said:

What is the point of a bench test if no one knows what the results should be?

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Results int link posted above and below. Also int me signature. Read said post. It's at the bottom

https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/vcu-torque-test-results.109486/page-13#post-2141449

hi again
just to keep all you freelanderer types up to date
opened my rear door today and hey presto
window vanished as if by magic
lifted it back out and sat it back in place
it works as it should
just gotta go searching to see whats surrendered