Hey Guys

Been lurking around the forum for the past couple of weeks, and have found a Freelander which I really like the look of! It's a 2007MY with 21000 on the clock, but does have a slight issue. When I test drove it I could hear a slight drone from the rear diff (having previously owned a 300Tdi Disco I'm pretty sensitive to noises lol). I told the garage I'm buying it off that I thought it could be the pinion bearings, and it's being sent off tomorrow to have the repair done. The only slight concern I have is that there is some feathering present to the inside edges of the rear tyres - could this related to the bearing issue or is it a sign of bigger problems in the diff?

Great forum btw guys, have been a member of another LR forum for a few years and I'm looking forward to getting my teeth stuck in here

Cheers,
Lew

Walk away - plenty more 2nd hand out there. MY 09 GS manual in Lago Grey, Wood Co arm rest and side bumper strips - now sold.

MY 15 SD4 SE Auto Orkney Grey with colour coded Bumper Door Mouldings

Even though the bearing issue is being sorted by LR?

just get it repaired ? :S why would you walk away! if they offer to do a repair you know it should be ok then! lol whereas if you buy one thats faultless something is bound to go wrong trust me!! When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car

Quite common that the rear tracking can be out on a freelander 2, may cause the wear

Yes, tracking should always be done on all 4 wheels. The rear ones do go out - my last set of tyres were fine for 30 000 miles, but the tracking went out after an off-road day and the new ones started to wear as a result.

chrisdeeming wrote:

just get it repaired ? :S why would you walk away! if they offer to do a repair you know it should be ok then! lol whereas if you buy one thats faultless something is bound to go wrong trust me!!

Well replacing the rear tyres appears to have cured the problem! I'd have put money on the noise being a bearing. Picking it up in the morning - excited is an understatement!

Thanks again,
Lew

DiscoLew wrote:

Well replacing the rear tyres appears to have cured the problem! I'd have put money on the noise being a bearing. Picking it up in the morning - excited is an understatement!

Thanks again,
Lew

I experienced exactly the same thing... but at least LR replaced the diff bearing which was faulty as well  Freelander 1 TD4 HSE - gone, 2 weeks after the Cat.Converter!
Freelander 2 TD4 SE Auto MY08 - Santorini black

JUST had four new tyres and got the tracking done..guy called me over to show me the computer screen and told me the arrows should all be in the middle..they were over to one side on every wheel and he told me it was a good job i had got it done...(it was a freebie thrown in with the tyres). not bad for my tyres as i got them new in jan 2008..

Did you get it mate i want photos!!! xD When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car