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Hi all.
first post, and first surf.
I was looking around for a while for something rugged enough to cope with the imminent emigration to Ibiza, pulling a bike, boat & everything we can get in it, and deal with the roads and lack of them there on an ongoing basis, and finally settled one of these fine machines, and all being well, will be driving off to the sun with it at the end of March. I've had it a few weeks now and am generally very happy with it, but have a couple of queries that I could do with your enormous collective expertise on if poss?
..firstly how much noise do they make from the drivetrain? ..when i first took it on the motorway I was a bit gutted to hear what i thought sounded like a wheel bearing drone (less when i realised that it's a tapered bearing, greasing-up type job) that increases up to about 60-65mph, and then oddly enough seems to get better, if not go away completely from about 70mph onwards.
i've done a couple of thousand miles in it now though, and it doesnt seem to have gotten any worse, and i've since jacked it up and spun all the wheels and there's no noticeably noisy ones, or significant play on any of them, so i'm wondering if that's just how they sound? ..difficult to diagnose i know without seeing / hearing for yourselves, but should they roll silently, or is there a certain amount of drivetrain /tyre noise?
and secondly, the 4wd, i havent used it on the move at all, but switching on whilst stationary gives a little click/clunk which i assume to be 4wd engaging, the 4wd light in the dash comes on, and then goes off again immediately. is this normal, or should it stay on all the time it's engaged?
any advice much appreciated.
kevsta
first post, and first surf.
I was looking around for a while for something rugged enough to cope with the imminent emigration to Ibiza, pulling a bike, boat & everything we can get in it, and deal with the roads and lack of them there on an ongoing basis, and finally settled one of these fine machines, and all being well, will be driving off to the sun with it at the end of March. I've had it a few weeks now and am generally very happy with it, but have a couple of queries that I could do with your enormous collective expertise on if poss?
..firstly how much noise do they make from the drivetrain? ..when i first took it on the motorway I was a bit gutted to hear what i thought sounded like a wheel bearing drone (less when i realised that it's a tapered bearing, greasing-up type job) that increases up to about 60-65mph, and then oddly enough seems to get better, if not go away completely from about 70mph onwards.
i've done a couple of thousand miles in it now though, and it doesnt seem to have gotten any worse, and i've since jacked it up and spun all the wheels and there's no noticeably noisy ones, or significant play on any of them, so i'm wondering if that's just how they sound? ..difficult to diagnose i know without seeing / hearing for yourselves, but should they roll silently, or is there a certain amount of drivetrain /tyre noise?
and secondly, the 4wd, i havent used it on the move at all, but switching on whilst stationary gives a little click/clunk which i assume to be 4wd engaging, the 4wd light in the dash comes on, and then goes off again immediately. is this normal, or should it stay on all the time it's engaged?
any advice much appreciated.
kevsta
it starts at about 30, gets quite loud by 50, and yea, by 65 you could be just about to leave the ground behind you..
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