smiffy Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Hi there to you all this is my first posting. here i go. I am going to start to take my ird unit out of my 1999-2000 freelander today and see if it is possible to recon it myself for you can get the bearings of the internet for a fraction of the price. QUESTION. as any one tried this on there drive before and do you need any specal tools to get the bearings and races out. I can do most jobs but this is going to be a head scratcher. Many Thanks Smiffy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EggNChips Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Hi there to you allthis is my first posting. here i go. I am going to start to take my ird unit out of my 1999-2000 freelander today and see if it is possible to recon it myself for you can get the bearings of the internet for a fraction of the price. QUESTION. as any one tried this on there drive before and do you need any specal tools to get the bearings and races out. I can do most jobs but this is going to be a head scratcher. Many Thanks Smiffy Yes you can recon it yourself, probably just the crownwheel and pinion and one bearing will need replaced so I would open it up first. I rebuilt mine for £35!!!! The Heat Echanger is very difficult to get off without damage and they're not cheap. The bearing behind the crownwheel will probably be shot and I had to get an engineering shop to remove the old race because it is blind with no notch to get it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiffy Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 Yes you can recon it yourself, probably just the crownwheel and pinion and one bearing will need replaced so I would open it up first. I rebuilt mine for £35!!!!The Heat Echanger is very difficult to get off without damage and they're not cheap. The bearing behind the crownwheel will probably be shot and I had to get an engineering shop to remove the old race because it is blind with no notch to get it out. Hi there Thanks for your reply i got the unit striped down two bearings had a lot of wear the crownwheel was in good condition but i damaged The Heat Echanger in doing so just got to put it all back together now. had a idea to get The Heat Echanger out and that is to heat it up so the rubber seal starts to melt and goes soft. Just got to find where i can get a new seal from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EggNChips Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Hi there Thanks for your reply i got the unit striped down two bearings had a lot of wear the crownwheel was in good condition but i damaged The Heat Echanger in doing so just got to put it all back together now. had a idea to get The Heat Echanger out and that is to heat it up so the rubber seal starts to melt and goes soft. Just got to find where i can get a new seal from. Yeah, I tried that but it didn't work for me. I was lucky in that I was making one good one out of two bad ones and pretty much all the bits that were shot on one were good on the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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