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Intermediate shaft to steering box, steering box centralisation and adjustment of drag link, steering box play.
Death wobble!?
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Intermediate shaft to steering box, steering box centralisation and adjustment of drag link, steering box play.
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Can anyone highlight in the image where each bush set goes on?
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Is this correct?
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Would that just cause a degree of chatter rather than the whole car shaking?, my specialist assures me that's all been checked out
There is something big and heavy bashing the car around and Tilo seems to have the same symptoms
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Hi Tilo
I had this the other month doing 50 mph hit a bump and the whole car was tearing itself apart and I also cr***ed myself and was also searching all over for an answer in the end I saw it on a you tube clip this guy had the same thing as me I couldn't believe it and it was the panhard bar and anti roll bar links I changed the panhard bar and the anti roll bar links as soon as they were changed problem was gone I too had gone down the balancing and wheel alignment route all to no avail but having said all that I hope it is just a balancing problem good luck
I had this the other month doing 50 mph hit a bump and the whole car was tearing itself apart and I also cr***ed myself and was also searching all over for an answer in the end I saw it on a you tube clip this guy had the same thing as me I couldn't believe it and it was the panhard bar and anti roll bar links I changed the panhard bar and the anti roll bar links as soon as they were changed problem was gone I too had gone down the balancing and wheel alignment route all to no avail but having said all that I hope it is just a balancing problem good luck
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Has the steering damper been checked ?
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Did you not read the post where i said it sounded like the axle was loose. That is big and really heavy. Sorry don't have a clue but a good and thorough check should throw some light on it. It won't be something and nothing.
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Yes, that's why I was a bit confused about the steering gear post.
It just seems to be very hard to track down
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Just things to check, whilst some symptoms may sound the same they may actually have different causes. I have know a similar thing on a Disco, hitting a bump and that causes a violent wobble on the front end but never on a P38. Something has to be loose or a combination of things that are loose.
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Got it, will report back.
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Is this correct?
I think I might have found the reason for my death wobble... But I need someone to confirm if the bush kit goes in the way I highlighted in the picture above. And what are the discs hilghlighted in green for?
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Just guessing, photo is not the best, are they shock absorber bushes?
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They do look like it... But the DC7107 kit is not supposed to have any shock bushes, according to the kit description.
Also, at the workshop, they've fitted the rear radius bushes in the front radius to chassi. That can explain the wobble!
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It certainly would. If the axle is wobbling around like a Whippets dick because the chassis mounts are loose. It must be held firmly in place in the chassis. Proper bushes for where the radius arms spigot through the chassis are notoriously difficult to compress to get the washer and nut on, specially on the O/S. What sort of a garage did you take it to? They don't sound to competent.
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I believe they are for the shock absorbers. I haven't installed mine, they're still in the box, but I have done the rest of the front end and the rear radius arms and one thing is certain: If your workshop got the front and rear radius-arm-to-chassis bushes mixed up you would certainly have a problem. The rear bushings have a steel insert, the fronts don't. And more likely than not, the wrong busing would end up too loose and they probably wouldn't center the radius arm in the chassis hole either. The front and rear bushings are very different. Sort this out and you're probably home free.
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Henrik
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No way you would get the bush insert over the radius arm spigot, it is far to big. The bushes just slip on to radius arm spigot one either side of chassis then washer and nut applied. Bushes are compressed and nut torqued up to 118 lb ft when washer contacts shoulder on spigot.
I tend to agree - I think it would be very hard and prbably impossible to fit the rear bushings to the front arms.
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Cannot be. The shocks have 1 top and bottom = 2 x 4 shocks = 8 rubbers. Why only give 4?
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Fronts only? rears only? I did say I was only guessing but off the top of my head I cannot think of anything else.
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Fronts only? rears only? I did say I was only guessing but off the top of my head I cannot think of anything else.
Yeah, I know. And they do look like them but it just doesn't make sense!
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