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did you ever work out what it was mines just started doing the same thing . thanks

gave them a call and they tried one in the shop and they found abit tight as well. got it on now good news.bad news is the spacer between bearings on my year.got a new purple one and its giving abit of play when fully tightened. wondering does that spacer really need to be there?

i will give them a call, they are my local independant landrover dealer. the spacer which sits between bearings slips on ok. i had some new older bearings on the shelf which don't want to slide on either. thanks for your speedy reply

defender 2003. due to a scary experience i have replaced rear wheel bearings and stub axle with new parts. i have gone to lift hub onto stub axle and it won't slide on all the way, maybe an inch. i withdraw hub and rubber seal and bearing race are left on stub axle. i have tried putting bearings on stub axle and don't appear to want to slide. i'm using timken bearings stc4382. any ideas as i'm puzzled. stub axle was new and supplied using vehicle vin number. thanks

just priceing up what i need, stub axle,drive member,half shaft,bearings,gaskets,seals and i'm nearly hitting £200 so i may go for a set of bearings for the other side at least. will be checking the front asap. thanks again

thanks everyone for your help and advice. outer bearings or what was left of them was the problem. completely mashed. big locking washer had welded itself to hub. big puller required to get it all off. half shaft splines twisted outer ones. stub axle had it not pretty at all. what i still struggle too believe is that the garage i gave it to didn't notice this big problem after i described what happened. i better start looking for some parts and a good idea to check the other side. thanks again everyone.

thanks. this makes alot of sense when you think about it outside the box.

thanks for that, makes alot of sense. i was towing a car trailer and i think that helped me keep control.

as i'm down there i will drop the plug and have a look. thanks

i was wondering along these lines, i will start with basics , i am hopeing to find someone who may have experienced the same. i really hope it is the cheaper basics , thanks for your reply

a garage would find that though after i described what happened surely. i will be checking though thanks for reply

i was thinking this but no noise or movement when wheels spun cold. i will be checking bearings but its strange brake pedal has gone abit spongy since. thanks for reply

doing 60mph on dual carridgeway in 110 2002 rear offside wheel locked up, big black skid mark. pulled over and felt wheel no real heat build up. made way to a layby car as normal but then felt a dragging. parked up removed wheel,pads, pushed in pistons easily, replaced pads and wheels drove off got to next layby and felt dragging and a noise. called AA for a lift home. put car in garage explained as above, they cleaned caliper, brakes and passed ok.i took it for drive got heat into brakes and could hear a bad noise from rear. since initial lock up brake pedal is abit squiggy any ideas.thanks

printing off data from tech files so will have a play at weekend hopefully thanks for your help.

i will check your suggestions but on all my previous rangerovers when you turn the ignition key to 2nd position you can hear the fuel pump running as though pressurizing the system up. as pressure is reached it then stops. this is why i am concerned as no noise from pump. when i turn engine over pump doesn't run while cranking. any more advice would be great but i will try whats been suggested .thankyou for your help