Hi.

The diff’s gone for the second time in my Freelander 2’s 138,000 mile lifespan.

Has anyone sourced a company to buy from that won’t leave me weeping?

Been quoted £600 so far (just for the unit) which is cheaper than the £700 I paid the first time around.

Cheers,

Andy

Where did you get the first one from? maybe it is still under warranty?

I can't vouch for longevity, been running on my recon rear diff now for 3-4 weeks, but I got mine from freelanderspecialist.com and their customer service is unparalleled and the warranty is 24 months. I also thought their price was very good and I had it shipped to Canada.

Bell Engineering is another option but I was not able to get them to successfully ship to me. They have a very good reputation on this forum.

Counting the original my motor has had three rear diffs done. the second one at 59,000 the third at 91,000 miles. I had Bell do the third one and so far so good ( 108,000 miles)

I think the one that I replaced may have been the original, 200,000 kms on it.

MotionInc wrote:

Where did you get the first one from? maybe it is still under warranty?

I can't vouch for longevity, been running on my recon rear diff now for 3-4 weeks, but I got mine from freelanderspecialist.com and their customer service is unparalleled and the warranty is 24 months. I also thought their price was very good and I had it shipped to Canada.

Bell Engineering is another option but I was not able to get them to successfully ship to me. They have a very good reputation on this forum.

I got it from Bristol Transmissions but it will be long out of warranty They quoted me £500 plus VAT.

your go to place will be bell engineering

http://www.bellengineering.co.uk/freelander-2-products/

MrPotatoHead wrote:

Hi.

The diff’s gone for the second time in my Freelander 2’s 138,000 mile lifespan.

Has anyone sourced a company to buy from that won’t leave me weeping?

Been quoted £600 so far (just for the unit) which is cheaper than the £700 I paid the first time around.

Cheers,

Andy

Bell Engineering.
http://www.bellengineering.co.uk/freelander-2-products/ 2009 Rimini Red SE TD4. Soon to be sold.
Hyundai Ionic 5 Ultimate on order.
Gone. 2006 Tonga Green i6 HSE.

Another vote for Bell Engineering!

RogB wrote:

your go to place will be bell engineering

http://www.bellengineering.co.uk/freelander-2-products/

Cheers

Thought I'd close this off.

It turned out to be the transfer box. Got a reconditionaed one from wearediffs.com for £445.

Then also found out I needed a new rear drive shaft too

...BUT all sorted (at least the drive train is...there's now a power loss under acceleration problem!)

There's always something!

Andy