Bearing on front-most propshaft

[kristjfr]

Hi there, does anyone know the specifications of the front-most bearing on the propshaft in the Freelander model 1999. One of the tree rollerbearing is broken and my dealer says that I have to buy the total propshaft (No thanks!, I said) I hope my attached picture explains a'little witch bearing I'm talking about.

Best regards from Iceland,
Kristjan

[s.stirley]

The freelander owners club keep mentioning these guys -

http://www.ashcroft-transmissions.co.uk/

Worth a try at least.

HTH, Simon.

[s.stirley]

I have to remove my prop assembly this weekend as the viscous coupling is jammed solid. I know the bearing you mean and I will have a good look to see if it should be available seperately. Let you know the results soon ..

[Ammer Rahim]

Does anyone know what the correct name for the bearing front most attached to the prop is called....... strange knocks on the floor. Its doing my head in :eek: . When this bearing goes does it normally spatter out grease and would it affect steering at full lock ??? :(

[TEMPL4R]

Steering judder on hard lock is usually down to a seizing VC or a CV on the drive shafts.

Check the rear diff mountings ( front usually) and the VC bearings for the rubber breaking away.
Check the rear subframe for the mountings breaking away from the chassis.

The front joint is a constant velocity joint, they don't fail usually but are prone to leaking the grease from the rubber seal.

Chris

[dave1000]

hi, to remove the propshaft do i need to remove the rear output pinion (or output shaft) which is connected to the Intermediate reduction drive?

Many thanks

[robbie77]

This went on my car last month and the garage that i bought my car was having trouble sourcing a new one, or so they say, so they ended up having mine reconned. They reckon that this cost them about £120

Robbie