Freelander - bumps and grind in the nite
Hi,
Driving along at 110kph in my L series Turbo Diesel Freelander and a slight squeal starts from the front of the car. Within 500 m loud crunching and vibration from the front develops - like a flat tyre.
On stopping and finding there was no flat tyre and moving the car slowly there is loud thumping and collapsed bearing sounds from somewhere in the drive mechanism. After towing the car home on a trailer, I have run the vehicle in gear up to a speedo speed of 100kph with all four wheels off the ground. With no load there is no thumping or bearing noise. I have discounted the propeller shaft and there is no slack in the front wheel brearings. This leaves the inner CV joints or collapsed bearings in the Intermediate Reduction Box or even the gearbox. I have no experience with landrover CVs but heaps with Subaru CVs and all the bashing and crashing is a lot like a busted inner CV on a Subaru.
Any ideas, or any known faults in the gearbox or transfer case before I start pulling things apart. I know this is going to get expensive and as I am good at pulling things apart this will save costs when I have to pay to have someone to possibly rebuild the gearbox or transfer case.
Interestingly whatever the problem, there was virtually no warning as I had just driven over 600km the previous day and on the trip I had already covered 100km of my journey.
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