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douggie:

--- Quote from: "wizard" ---How can you tell if the vicous coupling (on the prop) is knackered ?
Mrs wizards 98 freelander knocks a bit when reversed. The only thing i can find that looks a bit suspect is the outer casing of the VCU is loose, it looks like it is coming detached from the rubber.....

Any ideas

Regards
wizard :twisted:
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Hi there,

The problems your wife has encountered, happened to us and is the viscous coupling, ours  is a 98 freelander and we got ours fixed under warranty, beware they dont put on a reconditioned prop shaft

Range Rover Blues:
When testing the viscous unit on our Rangie I observed 2 things, firstly that it is easier to turn when the car has been driven and the transmission is hot, secondly that although you can turn one wheel, you couldn't do it by hand, the viscous unit is tight enough to fasten/unfasten wheelnuts!  it's almost enough to fasten the propshaft bolts, I test it by trying to turn the prop, usually with a spanner on one of the nuts.

wizard:
Thanks for the ingo,
I think i will have to splash out on a new VCU.
I see Ashcroft Transmissions do recon ones for £250, so its not as bad as i first thought.
Regards

wizard :twisted:

V8MoneyPit:
As RRB says, the wheel can be virtually impossible to turn even when the VCU is fine. I went by the Ashcroft test and thought it was shot. Took it in for tyres to be swapped and a service at the local independant LR specialist and they declared it in good health. So just because you can't turn the wheel doesn't mean it needs replacing for sure.

Have it checked by a specialist before splashing out on a new one.

Our 'knocking' was cured with new rear tyres. Check the inside edge as I described earlier.

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