Grrrr Broken Down again !!

[landroverkeith]

  on the way home yesterday with me car trailer i heard a very horrid squeel and juddering again just like when the uj`s went on prop 1 week ago grrr, so i pulled over and stopped couldnt see anything out of order so i carried on and the squeel stopped when suddenly just as i passed riverside on the a45 loud bang and harsh pull to the left with smoke everywhere missing the armco by inch`s  :shock:  i slid to a halt my nearside front wheel is seized up solid will not move at all ! does anyone know wat it could be the AA just said "its Broke"

 hmmmm really............

[beast5680]

sounds just like mine when it had a wheel bearing go on the front luckily it did outside my hous, its either that or one of the cv joints i suspect

[landroverkeith]

:(  still sulking at the min cos i shoulda been playing up at farley quarry with me new series today so ive not been anywhere near the disco   its dumped at my mums so i wont see it for a week i might have stopped sulking by then grrr

[seph234]

snap but mine just collapsed yesterday i dont mind coz ive got the bits in my garage waiting to go on ive just been lazy :D

[Range Rover Blues]

The bearings have seized, the squealing was it complaining as the inner race ran around the stub axle, as you stopped it began to fuse together so that it wouldn't run.  The bad news is you need a new bearing kit and a new stub axle, they cost £100 plus so you will want a s/h one.  When you get that check the state of the bronze bush inside it before fitting.  If the stub axle has been heated at all you will probably find the inner race won't fit back on, or come off either.  If it's the inner one you can pull the hub off and leave the bearing on, if it's the outer you will struggle to dissasemble it all.

The bearing races are brittle and can be removed with a chisel if all else fails.

Finally you can check it's not the CV as soon as you remove the outer section of driveshaft from the hub, I'd put money on it that the hub still won't turn, a cv joint would be more likely to dissintergrate than lock up, they aren't that strong.

[landroverkeith]

looks like im putting my name down for a lot of overtime then  :(

[TimM]

............. the AA just said "its Broke"

 hmmmm really............

Presumably you got transported home, but maybe a quick complaint might be in order, 'it's broke' could have come from a child!

(I'm just thinking of compensation / discounts - it all helps!)

[landroverkeith]

yup got transported in the end after the little man in his "van" turned up 1st...

[Budgie]

I had the same thing happen on my old Rangie, doing 60 mph down the Irvine bypass near Glasgow. That wakes you up!!  :shock:

I always used to carry tools around in the back and took the hub apart to check, saw it was cream crackered and called the RAC.
The girl said "We'll send someone out to you." so I told her not to bother sending a van cos the only way this was moving was with a full lift.
Sure enough, a transporter arrived about 30 minutes later and I was away home!  :D

As RRB says, I needed a new set of bearings and a stub axle (which a mate happend to have in his garage ) and I was back on the road by that evening.   :D

[landroverkeith]

still no word from garage to confirm its even a bearing

[Mark2Disco]

i had the same problem a few weeks ago
so got new stub axle, wheel bearings and all the seals delivered next day for £50.00
off ebay island 4x4 their phone number is on the site
i think the guys name was sam and was very helpful
good luck
Mark

[landroverkeith]

thanks mark ill have a look tonight if the garage hasnt rang me by tommorow ill tell em not to bother ill do it myself

btw nice pic where did ya take it ? not farley quarry is it?

[Mark2Disco]

good guess
yes farley on a fine summers day

[landroverkeith]

:)  thought i reconised it :) spent many happy hours there :D was on me way there when the disco died lol

maybe see u there some time

[Mark2Disco]

snap my bearing went on the way there
racing to the event as usuall
completly wrecked it driving home,about 35 miles
but glad it got me home

[landroverkeith]

:lol:  woo hoo got my disco back  in the end it was only the wheel bearing that was bust but still lightned me wallet a tad :(

[Budgie]

At least you're back on the road again Keith.  :D

[landroverkeith]

8)   yup lol much more room then swmbo`s freebie :) though a luvlay car the petrol it drank was far to scary for me lol

[landroverkeith]

spoke too soon    nasty clunk today on a43 and a very very nasty grinding sound    good job the garage isnt open at the minute    feeling quite upset that the repair lasted wot 3 days ?    someone WILL be solving this and any extra damage caused    grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr