BogMonster Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 Out driving round in my now "clonk free" 90 this morning, turned a corner and found this, PMSL oops! moral of the story: check your wheel bearings more often than this! wheel brg had siezed and mangled itself into a pulp then the whole lot had mangled its way OVER the lockwashers and nuts (they were still on there) and proceeded in an outward direction, now held on only by the halfshaft just sticking into the end of the axle casing! Bluddy dangerous if it had happened at speed, but made for a good pic because nothing serious happened Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white90 Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 I like the sticker very apt! looks like a L/R press add nearly all the vehicles in the pic are L/R's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted August 21, 2005 Author Share Posted August 21, 2005 I imagine that is probably what they said when it happened Actually they were military so it was probably a bit stronger than that Here's another one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 ...and theres you bleating on about bushes ...you don't know how lucky you are etc etc etc etc Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted August 22, 2005 Author Share Posted August 22, 2005 Not any more! 4 x genuine bushes sorted the problem. Others were rubbish, I found earlier on that you can tear them with your bare hands, might as well be made of plasticine... Now all I need to do is get rid of all the transmission backlash and I'll be happy O what it would be to be not a fussy barsteward and not have such trivia drive me up the wall Back to the subject of this post, I hate to think what sort of noise those wheel bearings must have been making by the time it had mangled itself up enough to come right out over the retaining nuts! When I first saw it I thought the nuts must have come undone but they were still there - a few £ to put that right I reckon (new stub, w/brg, hub, seals, lock washers....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niall_CSK Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Exactly what happened to me with my RRC 78. Knew I had a bearing going but couldn't pin it down by feeling the hubs whenever I stopped and didn't have a chance to open all the bearings as I was about to tow a two tonne boat & trailer 100 miles. Did the tow & put the boat in the loch all on my own, just parking the trailer up when a local passed and commented that my back wheel was a bit loose. I looked in the wing mirror and couldn't see anything. When I got out I realised that the reason I couldn't see anything was the wheel was so far away from the body Sheered the disc off perfectly round the recess. It was a few quids worth of bits to sort that out so I can sympathise, just wish I had had a camera at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v8bertha Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Reminds me of the old song... Ya picked a fine time to leave me, Loose wheel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niall_CSK Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 GROAN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBMUD Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Oddly enough Steven, I have a photo just like that somewhere of SimonR's old 110 on the hard shoulder of the M4 - right opposite the RAC control centre, M5 crossing. There was no noise or any other indication of a problem until Si looked in the mirror and saw the wheel about 12" further to the right than it was meant to be. We almost managed to effect repairs on the side of the motorway but ended up getting a tow to a garage and doing it there. We continued to our destination and enjoyed a good weekend of Welsh lanes. My picture was later published in LRM - without a credit! Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonr Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Bah - Beat me too it! I did a bit of a double take - my 110 was even the same colour! Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen337 Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 The driver obviously had a camera too, 'cause he sent a photo of the same incident into Land Rover Monthly ...news travels! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headhunter Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Bah - Beat me too it!I did a bit of a double take - my 110 was even the same colour! Si Is it just Yellow Land Rovers that this happens to? I recall this happening to Gresh from LRO Forum last year. His truck is a big yellow. Does it only happen to the nearside rear, or does anyone know of offside occurances? I have only ever seen pictures of nearside situations. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHAVED_GORILLA Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Must be something to do with the yellow paint!!! Gresh's was being towed back after the clutch had died. The opposite wheel bearing had also colapsed SG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gresh Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Hmmm, thinking about repainting the Landie now..... mine was a d/s/r failure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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