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| NoDo$h Member Since: 18 Aug 2007 Location: Buried in deer guts in Dorset Posts: 972  
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40 mph on a country road and "screeeeeeeeeeeeeeee........" as the car decides to lurch hard right. OSR wheel locked solid with no warning. Had it happened a few seconds earlier we would have been a bonnet accessory on a RRS heading the other way.
We'd only been driving perhaps a mile, but the wheel around the hub was warm to the touch, while the brake surfaces were cold. All points to a failed wheel bearing. Not what you expect for 27,000 miles. Off to read my big boys book of wheel bearing changing tips  
54 Freelander modded for mud 2008 D3 SE 2010 90 XS SW 1978 88 Series 3 undergoing surgery with a new owner 2007 90 County Truck Cab - gone 2006 D3 SE - gone 2004 Freelander Sport - gay 1999 Disco V8 ES rotted to bits |
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30th May 2011 5:49pm |
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| Landie Boy Member Since: 15 Jan 2011 Location: Essex Posts: 431  
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do you have any drive train mods, spacers.. etc?
Jack Last edited by Landie Boy on 30th May 2011 7:03pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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30th May 2011 6:18pm |
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| NoDo$h Member Since: 18 Aug 2007 Location: Buried in deer guts in Dorset Posts: 972
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Nope. Been bog standard from the day we bought her, fresh from the showroom. Only difference is that we're now running 265/75 BFGs which are actually marginally smaller in diameter than the factory 235/85 TRs (a whopping 2mm smaller in fact)
Jacked it up just now and it's got loads of play and is grinding like a barrel-organ monkey on speed. How the hell we haven't heard it is a mystery. 
54 Freelander modded for mud 2008 D3 SE 2010 90 XS SW 1978 88 Series 3 undergoing surgery with a new owner 2007 90 County Truck Cab - gone 2006 D3 SE - gone 2004 Freelander Sport - gay 1999 Disco V8 ES rotted to bits |
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30th May 2011 6:39pm |
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| Landie Boy Member Since: 15 Jan 2011 Location: Essex Posts: 431
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ohh :/ hopefully the damage inside isn't too bad
Jack |
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30th May 2011 7:05pm |
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| NoDo$h Member Since: 18 Aug 2007 Location: Buried in deer guts in Dorset Posts: 972
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With my luck at the moment I expect it's trashed
54 Freelander modded for mud 2008 D3 SE 2010 90 XS SW 1978 88 Series 3 undergoing surgery with a new owner 2007 90 County Truck Cab - gone 2006 D3 SE - gone 2004 Freelander Sport - gay 1999 Disco V8 ES rotted to bits |
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30th May 2011 7:38pm |
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| NoDo$h Member Since: 18 Aug 2007 Location: Buried in deer guts in Dorset Posts: 972
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Cheers James. Having a proper look at it today so will report back later.
54 Freelander modded for mud 2008 D3 SE 2010 90 XS SW 1978 88 Series 3 undergoing surgery with a new owner 2007 90 County Truck Cab - gone 2006 D3 SE - gone 2004 Freelander Sport - gay 1999 Disco V8 ES rotted to bits |
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2nd Jun 2011 7:42am |
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| I.AM_a driver Member Since: 11 Jun 2009 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 404  
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every time I've had a wheel bearing replaced, it's needed a stub axle too, and it's never something that anyone seems to have in stock when I have a problem....
Mark S
CONVOY for HEROES www.facebook.com/convoy4heroes www.lothian4x4response.org ------ Td5 90 Thread in 'My Defender' Forum |
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4th Jun 2011 6:27pm |
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| jst Member Since: 14 Jan 2008 Location: Taunton Posts: 8318 
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Exeter 4x4 always seem to have them when i need one! Cheers
James 110 2010 XS Utility 130 2011 M57 bespoke Camper 90 2010 Hardtop 90 M57 1988 Hardtop |
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4th Jun 2011 8:05pm |
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| chadjizz Member Since: 25 Apr 2012 Location: sussex Posts: 559 
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wow, good to hear you had a bit of luck and your ok.
if that was a busy A road at 50mph with on coming traffic...... |
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28th Apr 2012 6:04pm |
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| diesel_jim Member Since: 13 Oct 2008 Location: hiding Posts: 6198 
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It's nothing new though... when I had my "new" 200Tdi 90 back in 1992, all 4 rear wheel bearings died within a year.
When I stripped them out there was hardly any grease at all in them. A friend in the trade who lives near Solihull and dealt with the factory on a regular basis back then, told me that they only use(d) a teaspoon of grease per corner on axle build up! Probably not much more thesedays either. |
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28th Apr 2012 8:01pm |
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