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fixed it ! it was the spacers! thinking about Nodge68 s comment about centres, the wheels went over the centres very neatly but without the spacers they tighten right down over the centre now. (ive said centres too much ) took it a run and not a wobble to be had !!! brilliant thanks guys now...

yes nuts and centres are all correct i already had steel wheels on but i do have wheel spacers on the front that hold them out from the centre a little . that might make some difference, ill try that as i would rather keep this wheels if possible

they do fit over the central hub neatly, seems strange that they are so bad to balance, they weren't second hand

hello I have fitted new modular wheels and tyres to the freelander but cant seem to get them balanced correctly, they were delivered to me balanced but were horrendous couldnt go above 50mph. The local tyre services rebalanced them and they were a bit better i lived with it for a bit and had...

i did that and can slowly turn the wheel but its quite stiff not sure if thats good or not !

Well ive had it a couple of weeks now and im liking having a land rover again ! needs a wheel bearing and the rear diff mounts are shot just managing to stop it smelling like a farmyard inside now but its all good just now

well i went to see the 2005 td4 commercial yesterday and i liked it ! i put a small deposit down it was a mess as in not clean which is fine, everything works, full service history, tyres (on steel wheels) more worn at front than back will probably replace all of them anyway. plastic sun roof ...

cheers ill let you know how i get on at the weekend :)

Thanks guys! Great info, im hoping to get a test drive on saturday i know it has a full service history but dont know about the VCU if needed this a diy job i have a decent sized workshop. Again i really appreciate the info :):):)

Ha Ha thanks very much ! yeah that was the next question whats the main things to check before buying? ill have a good look through here there is lots of info (if i can find it!!)

ive always been land rover obsessed and im looking at a 2005 td4 freelander commercial with 114 thousand on the clock,you only ever hear bad things about freelanders but ive always liked them ! am i mental to buy? thanks for some input

i haven't been on this site for years, I rebuilt a series 3 a few years ago which I enjoyed, but didn't keep it for long afterwards, I've been looking at defender 2.5 200 tdi 1992 and it's the age old question, are these usable day to day, I would be using it most days but not long journeys. I...

yeah i took some off the casting of the prop it helped but i didnt want to go too far! maybe ill have another go!!

hi thanks whats the thinking on spacers to lift or rotate the axle i have friends at a machine shop who can make some for me. I am not bothered about lifting the suspension just thought parabolics were the way to go

hi I have britpart springs and propshaft as it is its no where near matching up, i realised about the 2" lift but never thought about the prop being a problem its my first land rover and first rebuild! its great to get some advice

hello i have fitted new parabolic springs on my series 3 rebuild and the rear prop shaft doesnt line up has anyone else had this problem? help greatly appreciated

hello i thought it was time i joined as i have been reading this forum for the past couple of years and got loads of info for my series 3 rebuild, now i need help!!!