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 Urgent, front RH driveshaft issue |
rpaterson
 12th Jul 2021 2:43 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 9 · Views: 2679 · Subject: Urgent, front RH driveshaft issue |
| Thanks Jeff, luckily it was the RH side! |
| Urgent, front RH driveshaft issue |
rpaterson
11th Jul 2021 10:19 am
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 9 · Views: 2679 · Subject: Urgent, front RH driveshaft issue |
Sorted. Removed the shaft and peeked under the boot. It had just become dislocated when the weight of the strut pulled it out when the balljoint released.
A healthy tap with a large hammer got it bac ... |
| Urgent, front RH driveshaft issue |
rpaterson
10th Jul 2021 8:11 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 9 · Views: 2679 · Subject: Urgent, front RH driveshaft issue |
Hi Paul, thanks for your reply. You're correct they I've never taken a joint apart, I've merely seen pictures of a disassembled one.
I think it has indeed popped out as, at one point, when I was ro ... |
| Urgent, front RH driveshaft issue |
rpaterson
10th Jul 2021 8:07 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 9 · Views: 2679 · Subject: Urgent, front RH driveshaft issue |
Hi Paul, thanks for your reply. You're correct they I've never taken a joint apart, I've merely seen pictures of a disassembled one.
I think it has indeed popped out as, at one point, when I was ro ... |
| Urgent, front RH driveshaft issue |
rpaterson
10th Jul 2021 6:37 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 9 · Views: 2679 · Subject: Urgent, front RH driveshaft issue |
Hi all, had a disaster while changing a front ball joint. The inner CV joint of the front RH driveshaft seems to have over-extended itself and appears maybe 2" too long now!
I drilled the rive ... |
| Freelander 2 i6 Petrol Problems |
rpaterson
28th Oct 2020 1:39 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 36 · Views: 24924 · Subject: Freelander 2 i6 Petrol Problems |
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| Freelander 2 i6 Petrol Problems |
rpaterson
26th Oct 2020 9:44 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 36 · Views: 24924 · Subject: Freelander 2 i6 Petrol Problems |
Oh bless, are you aware of the concept of 'tempting fate'?  |
| Freelander 2 i6 Petrol Problems |
rpaterson
15th Oct 2020 9:25 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 36 · Views: 24924 · Subject: Freelander 2 i6 Petrol Problems |
Full disclosure I own a LR2 3.2 and a Volvo S80 3.2
Take a look at this post for 3.2 hot soaking
https://www.freel2.com/forum/topic29916.html?highlight=hot+soak
Here is a post from a US Land ... |
| Freelander 2 i6 Petrol Problems |
rpaterson
15th Oct 2020 9:24 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 36 · Views: 24924 · Subject: Freelander 2 i6 Petrol Problems |
| R Paterson said, It's worth your while hanging around some Volvo forums (engine is used in some XC90s amongst others) or US forums for Freelanders as there's just not the expertise on here. Facebook p ... |
| Freelander 2 i6 Petrol Problems |
rpaterson
15th Oct 2020 2:07 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 36 · Views: 24924 · Subject: Freelander 2 i6 Petrol Problems |
| Hi. Another petrol owner with a hot start issue. There's a software upgrade, SSM39291, that may or not fix your problem - if it's listed for your VIN. I tried booking my wife's in a couple of months a ... |
| Battery light issue |
rpaterson
12th Oct 2020 3:11 pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 8 · Views: 8117 · Subject: Battery light issue |
| Apologies for the thread resurrection! The battery light has been lit on my wife's 2007 i6 for a couple of month now. I stuck a meter across the battery and saw 14ish volts when running so I put it do ... |
| Oh joy, diff overhaul time. |
rpaterson
3rd Dec 2019 6:23 pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 7 · Views: 3578 · Subject: Oh joy, diff overhaul time. |
| I would say that a reconditioned diff should have any parts that are 'appreciably worn' replaced whereas a repair would just involve replacing any broken/excessively worn parts. In the case of our du ... |
| Oh joy, diff overhaul time. |
rpaterson
9th Nov 2019 3:39 pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 7 · Views: 3578 · Subject: Oh joy, diff overhaul time. |
Yeah, it's cool. The people doing mine are very highly-regarded locally (Gibsons in Cumnock) and I've not heard a bad word about them.
They're using uprated parts. |
| Oh joy, diff overhaul time. |
rpaterson
9th Nov 2019 12:19 pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 7 · Views: 3578 · Subject: Oh joy, diff overhaul time. |
| Aye, being specialists with that task they'll have it down a fine art. I'll be phoning my folk on Monday to get booked in. |
| Oh joy, diff overhaul time. |
rpaterson
8th Nov 2019 7:51 pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 7 · Views: 3578 · Subject: Oh joy, diff overhaul time. |
| Well folks, the enivitable has reared it's ugly head. Mrs P's 3.2 needs new bearings. Not overly distraught as we've had it two years and it hasn't really had an issues. It's a 2007 model with arou ... |
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