Thread: Freelander - constant4x4?????

Originally Posted by garrycol

Try putting the steering wheel on full lock and then reverse slowly on concrete or tarmac. If the VC is locked the engine should stall or at least be heavily laboured like the handbrake is on.

If the VC is Ok there should be just a little load on the engine. When doing this, the front wheels turn at a different speed than the rears which the VC detects and starts to bind but not lock up - hence the little bit of load on the engine as there is just a little windup.

Cheers

Garry

Gday , put a chalk mark accross damper & vcu and tested but marks did not change , then put marks on each shaft , retested and marks had moved , thought i read somewhere that the mark went across both damper & vcu but dont feel that is the case. Anyway went round in reverse as you described and felt ok , just a slight retardation , then jacked up rear wheel on one side and put a big socket on wheel nut and able to turn nicely and could feel vcu working , so i am happy that vcu is not locked.
Thanks Al

Originally Posted by landy63

Gday , put a chalk mark accross damper & vcu and tested but marks did not change , then put marks on each shaft , retested and marks had moved , thought i read somewhere that the mark went across both damper & vcu but dont feel that is the case. Anyway went round in reverse as you described and felt ok , just a slight retardation , then jacked up rear wheel on one side and put a big socket on wheel nut and able to turn nicely and could feel vcu working , so i am happy that vcu is not locked.
Thanks Al

Thats great - I have never done the chalk test myself just passed on what I was told - so marks on the damper may have been a furphy - marks on the UJs make sense. I always use the wheel and reversing tests myself.

I suggest that you check the VC regularly.

Cheers

Garry

Hi, first time poster here...
The 2nd page of this thread has got me thinking expensive thoughts, was wondering if there is anywhere I can get more info on the green freelander at the bottom of the page? Just when i thought I'd read everything on the net about freelanders, it got even more awesome!

Mine is a 2005 3-door with the Td4, really happy with it so far but I'm not yet an 'experienced' offroad driver. Will drive it as is for now with my spare set of M/T's and maybe some strut spacers, but one day in the future I think some serious mods could be on the cards...

Originally Posted by Mockery

Hi, first time poster here...
The 2nd page of this thread has got me thinking expensive thoughts, was wondering if there is anywhere I can get more info on the green freelander at the bottom of the page? Just when i thought I'd read everything on the net about freelanders, it got even more awesome!

Mine is a 2005 3-door with the Td4, really happy with it so far but I'm not yet an 'experienced' offroad driver. Will drive it as is for now with my spare set of M/T's and maybe some strut spacers, but one day in the future I think some serious mods could be on the cards...

Firstly with your car - all the issues are basically sorted - other than normal fair wear and tear you will not have issues with your VCU or IRD. The TD4 is the best Freelander 1 of the lot.

That green car is not Australian and was posted Beforethevision so he may have more detail. It looks as if that car has had both a spring spacer lift and bigger springs - and bigger tyres. This post at the top of the freelander section outlines issues associated with spacers. http://www.aulro.com/afvb/freelander...-lift-kit.html

My own freelander is standard except for bigger tyres which by itself gives me nearly an inch lift but I suffer a bit in first and reverse as a result.

There are a few guys who give their Freelanders a good workout offroad - Beforthevison comes to mind and there is a hard core of us who regularly contribute to the forum so someone generally has some ideas or experience. I don't think we have too TD4 drivers though - v6s, L series Diesel, 1.8 petrol and a few FL2s.

Welcome and enjoy

Garry

Originally Posted by Mockery

Hi, first time poster here...
The 2nd page of this thread has got me thinking expensive thoughts, was wondering if there is anywhere I can get more info on the green freelander at the bottom of the page? Just when i thought I'd read everything on the net about freelanders, it got even more awesome!

Mine is a 2005 3-door with the Td4, really happy with it so far but I'm not yet an 'experienced' offroad driver. Will drive it as is for now with my spare set of M/T's and maybe some strut spacers, but one day in the future I think some serious mods could be on the cards...

The 'green' one is an early gold 1.8L freelander will all the running gear removed, and dumped on a RRC chassis. it runs ~33"s and a 3.9v8 (AFAIK). This would not be legal here for a number of reasons.

Without big money, this is about as mean as freelanders will get.


I second Gary's advice of a Bearmach lift, its the nice way to lift a freelander (despite a little cutting). However my biggest recommendation is armour.

See here...
Freelander Mods

Cheers!

Hi, is there any more updated info on the IRD ratios?
or more specifically, what was the front drive ratio changed from/to for the VCU fix post 2000?

Went wheeling today at Lancelin and ended up having to leave a guy's car behind after realising his freeby only had 2wd. No shafts under the car at all, he did well to get up the dunes he did! So can anyone say the best place to get parts like these in Perth?

I was wondering if the front/rear discrepancy could be remedied by using tyres of slightly different size between back and front... and whether it would be worth it...
Did I read somewhere from you, BTV, that the VCU's last up to 100,000km even with the original ratios?

Originally Posted by beforethevision

The 'green' one is an early gold 1.8L freelander will all the running gear removed, and dumped on a RRC chassis. it runs ~33"s and a 3.9v8 (AFAIK). This would not be legal here for a number of reasons.

Without big money, this is about as mean as freelanders will get.


I second Gary's advice of a Bearmach lift, its the nice way to lift a freelander (despite a little cutting). However my biggest recommendation is armour.

See here...
Freelander Mods

Cheers!

Is that what they refer to as the 'G4' Roof Rack fitted to the front vehicle?
I'm looking for one of those.

Regards

Originally Posted by dirtsettlers

Is that what they refer to as the 'G4' Roof Rack fitted to the front vehicle?
I'm looking for one of those.

Regards

Im pretty sure its a Safety Devices rack, real nice, real rare, real expensive.