Gearlever vibrating heavily

[Luwts]

Lately my girlfriends freelander been vibrating at about 60 mph, but now the gearlever is vibrating heavily, shifting from left to right, someone told me that the propshaft bearings are shot, anybody had this problem?

luwts

[BogMonster]

Propshaft bearings are a weakness on all Freelanders and while I have driven many with the fault (which usually shows itself as a loud "rubbing" noise from under the floor) I can't say I have noticed gear lever vibration in any of them. Not to say it isn't the prop but the symptoms aren't familiar - mind you the road speeds here are lower so I might not have noticed it as you'd get nicked for doing 60mph

[Marc1187]

I've had a couple at work with this exact problem. Most noticeable accelerating 60-70mph, the gear lever vibrates a lot, moving left to right, like you say, and you can feel a vibration through the seat/floor. I found a front driveshaft cured it on both vehicles, slight play in the inner cv joint on one, couldnt feel play in the other but it fixed it!

Have a look at the front driveshaft cv joints, its the first time i've seen the fault but apparently we've done a few for the problem.

[jules]

when my camels IRD failed that was the simptom and how I noticed somthing was wrong through the gear stick

[Luwts]

eventually i looked at the shafts at the front and one of the cv belows is torn, maybe due the vibrations in the same driveshaft too, but i have to dismantle to see what there is.....how much would a drive shaft/cv cost in UK?

Cu Luwts