Luwts Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc1187 Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 when my camels IRD failed that was the simptom and how I noticed somthing was wrong through the gear stick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luwts Posted October 10, 2007 Author Share Posted October 10, 2007 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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