car wobbles at speed

Recently i have noticed that may car wobbles a lot when i am doing a speed of 50 or more and is hard to drive on country lanes (bouncy and the steering is vague).

The car also behaves weirdly when i come off the accelerator at speed, like it will jump to the left. the car will also wonder to the left when i let go of the steering wheel. i know that defenders aren't great at speed but it shouldn't do that? and it also has quite a bit of play in the steering wheel?

Any advice appreciated

Oli

Check your wheel bearings and swivel mounts.

If OSD's advice doesn't find anything - wheels may be out of balance

I had a similar problem when letting off the throttle or taking up drive where it would wander. It was a trailing arm bush, causing my rear axle to _assist_ with the steering!

tombardier said:

I had a similar problem when letting off the throttle or taking up drive where it would wander. It was a trailing arm bush, causing my rear axle to _assist_ with the steering!

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myn was exactly same polybush it and that will rule it out

it was easy enough to tell with mine. Just give the trailing arm a good yank, and it would move around a lot and clunk, metal on metal!

Spot on! just been underneath it and it is the trailing arm where the bushing thing has split/slid off, looks like i will be poly bushing it soon. thanks for the help

oli you sort your wobble out? mines a bloody nightmare! you just give your trailing arms a yank?

Well i haven't actually done it yet as i plan to get the new bushes tomorrow but i believe you have to change the bushings on the trailing arms, you can tell the they are flecked because the trailing arm will have play when pulling it about.

rear trailing arm bushes if they are worn it gives you the feeling of rear wheel steer.

how much does this all cost though!!!

£68.26

storm99 said:

£68.26

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LOL. If you get a garage to do it, it might actually cost that