milky Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Evening all, My first post on here, so hello.. and apologies if this is a bit long and needy for a first post. I have a problem with my freelander I would appreciate some help with please. We bought our Freebie a couple of weeks ago as we needed something comfortable and economical for a bit of long distance cruising. Up until now it has done this very well, but on the way back from Scotland yesterday, it developed a shocking vibration at about 70mph/4k revs. This was 30 miles from home fortunately, so I limped back along the M54 at 60mph. I have searched the forum and found some info relating to this problem which I believe could be related to a loose IRD mounting bracket? But there's something else.... What concerns me more is the vibration which occurs between 2.5k and 3.5k revs in all gears. It's a bit different to the 70mph vibration and I can only describe it as like going over a set of cats eyes.. just a repeating thud which gets quicker along with the revs. The problem does not occur in neutral. I'm worried I may have knackered something by ploughing on yesterday. Has anyone heard of this before? And could anyone recommend a decent LR mechanic near to Telford in Shropshire? Thanks in advance for any assistance Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelf Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 try Roean land rover services ay wrockwardine wood............. they may be able to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky Posted April 14, 2009 Author Share Posted April 14, 2009 try Roean land rover services ay wrockwardine wood............. they may be able to help. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viorelluta Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 If vibrations appear only when driving within a certain speed interval (eg between 80 and 120 km/h, or so) there is a good chance that the problem is simpler - you have to check the wheels (if there are any bends, hits etc). Then you need to equilibrate the wheels. A DYI, free of charge solution to check this is to switch the front wheels to the rear ones, if the vibrations are less present then you got a problem with the front ones. However, vibrations generated by wheels/tires problems are sent to the steering wheel as well, so if you don't feel it trembling in your hands, forget this idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky Posted April 19, 2009 Author Share Posted April 19, 2009 Thanks for all the advice - Roeans diagnosed a broken drive shaft, it's in for a replacement tomorrow (£££ -owch). Many thanks once again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blippie Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Replaced a driveshaft on the Camel a few weeks ago - got the part at a bargain £120 and took a couple of hours to fit one afternoon. The driveshaft comes complete with an outer CV joint, and as we replaced the front CV joint a few thousand miles ago, we've now got a CV joint spare, so reckon the job wasn't that expensive! Cheers Blippie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 Replaced a driveshaft on the Camel a few weeks ago - got the part at a bargain £120 and took a couple of hours to fit one afternoon. The driveshaft comes complete with an outer CV joint, and as we replaced the front CV joint a few thousand miles ago, we've now got a CV joint spare, so reckon the job wasn't that expensive!Cheers Blippie Cheers Blippie, The part was just over £150, a couple of hours labour and the VAT took it to about £270, which was a bit of a stinger tbh. Suppose I could have saved a hundred quid by doing it myself but I've only ever done one on a Ford Escort before and it was a hateful job so I was happy enough to hand my cash over all things considered Great service from Roeans by the way. Cheers, Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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