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Freelander 2 rear diff


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I'm currently considering a Freelander 2 (please chip in if you think this is a bad ideašŸ¤£)

I've seen a few that would otherwise be good but but they either say the rear diff has gone or is whining and will need replacing soon.

Is the rear diff a major job to sort? Is it just a bearing, or the whole diff?

We ideally need something for going up to the horses. We don't plan to use it round the fields but 4x4 is sometimes needed just to get in and off the path! Needs space for a saddle in the back and ideally 6 bales of horse bedding (cheaper when you buy 6!

Budget is only around Ā£5k hence the Freelander 2. Any other suggestions would be appreciated though (it has to be a daily driver too!)

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the rear diff is problematic - the issue is an underspec'd bearing which has a poor oil feed. This along with having too much preload from the factory and the service interval on the oil being far too long = bearing failure.

LR now supply a bigger bearing - you need to get someone that knows what they are doing and set the pre-load right so it wont fail again.

info got from nodge on another forum, dont know if he is on here but he deserves the credit for his work and knowledge.

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