Thread: IRD Rebuild Kits

Hi Garry,

It might be worth throwing that one at the Freelander forum or even Ashcrofts for comment. ISTR reading about someone reconditioning the IRD on the Freelander forum but can't remember where.

Personally, I'd be surprised to see the new gearing in the recon kit...

M

PS. That wouldn't happen to be the chap who drives around Canberra in a very early, white, 5 door with the black door surrounds??

The person I sold my old broken IRD to bought an ebay rebuild kit and was planning on marrying my 'good' crown wheel/pinion into her IRD with 'good' front diff.

The kit she bought contained 7 bearings and not much else apparently. There's crown wheels and pinions available for sale (ebay) also, and as far as I'm aware by far the majority of IRD failures is that rear drive gear set. Nothing I've seen for sale would alleviate the initial problem of incorrect gearing though, as input shaft and countershaft remain unchanged.

I've been keeping in vague contact with her to see how the whole thing works out for her.

Clark

Originally Posted by camel_landy

PS. That wouldn't happen to be the chap who drives around Canberra in a very early, white, 5 door with the black door surrounds??

Thanks Mark,

It is a white 5 door but the car is not in Canberra - Queensland I believe.

Cheers

Garry

Clark - I still have my old IRD which I believe only has damaged rear drive bearings - I was able to drive on it for 3 months after failure in front wheel drive with no abnormal noises or metal appearing in the oil. Yet - was not able to drive above 5kph with the rear drive connected.

If this was rebuild without changing the gearing it would just eat up VCUs again. When my IRD failed at 180,000km it was already on its second VCU.

It is a pity a full upgrade kit was not available.

Thanks

Oh - is yours on the road yet?

Garry

Originally Posted by garrycol

Oh - is yours on the road yet?
Garry

Not quite, I'm in the process of repainting it - a slow job in winter. I'm using the 'roller' method with a polyurethane paint and its taking a while between coats due to the temperature. Done a couple of cars with a roller now and had surprisingly good results, and love the look on peoples faces when I tell them I'm rollering a car

Other than that its more of less complete - minus VCU and rear window regulator (which should be arriving soon) Hunted around for new tyres and rims for a few months but gave up and sandblasted my old rims before spraypainting them silver - bought new Maxxis 215/75 r15's for them too. Tyres the most expensive item on the car now at $130 each

Rims before and after - $10 worth of spray paint and some tlc.

Thought I'd add - here's why I'm painting it

Sun damaged paint - with my Disco in the background


Notice the paint on all the upper surfaces, like on the sill under all the glass... The bonnet and roof paint is almost non existant due to sun damage. New colour is Royal Blue, a bit lighter than the orginal blue.

Clark

Looks like it is coming along well - my Freelander ended up replacing my disco - same model and colour as yours. The freelander is a much nicer car to drive for everyday use.

Keep your eyes open on ebay for 16" alloy rims - I bought four for $120 and the spare for $40.
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Cheers

Garry

Hello I am new to AULRO. I have an April 2000 Freelander with a L Series Diesel, with 160000kms on the clock, and owned it from new. I havent had any trouble with the IRD and changed its oil every 50,000ks. Can anyone tell me if I am lucky enough to have the updated IRD fitted to my vehicle, or am I just lucky. I am a bit scared of the potential replacement cost if it goes.