Driving wobble

Can anyone help,
Ever since i have had my disco td5 2001 when driving the car seems to find driving in a straight line very difficult seems to try to pull out of road car tyre tracks i did not experience this when i had my disco 200tdi i have been told its because i have 18 inch wheels it does this. Then someone said it could be bushes if it is bushes what would you replace with some say silicon and others say polly bushes all around would appreciate advise.Feels like i am fighting wheel all the time.

gazzab said:

Can anyone help,
Ever since i have had my disco td5 2001 when driving the car seems to find driving in a straight line very difficult seems to try to pull out of road car tyre tracks i did not experience this when i had my disco 200tdi i have been told its because i have 18 inch wheels it does this. Then someone said it could be bushes if it is bushes what would you replace with some say silicon and others say polly bushes all around would appreciate advise.Feels like i am fighting wheel all the time.

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As well as it squealing like a stuck pig?

Is there any movment in the bushes? Cos if not that isn't the problem

As for changing yer bushes I'd go OEM but then each to their own

it past its mot ok just had new steering box fitted been told a normal fault with bigger tyres and wheels on td5 18inch thought of going down replacing with 16 inch wheels. with regards to bushes how much do you think to replce all bushes by a garage.

what is oem by the way i am not very tech

gazzab said:

it past its mot ok just had new steering box fitted been told a normal fault with bigger tyres and wheels on td5 18inch thought of going down replacing with 16 inch wheels. with regards to bushes how much do you think to replce all bushes by a garage.

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Did it wobble before you had the steering box replaced?

gazzab said:

what is oem by the way i am not very tech

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original equipment manufacturer

yes always its not so much as a wobble its like the car wants to come out of traffic grooves all the time if you know what i mean?

someone said its like tramlining?

gazzab said:

yes always its not so much as a wobble its like the car wants to come out of traffic grooves all the time if you know what i mean?

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Check all your steering components, bearings ( front ones and back ones )

As for your bigger wheels it kind of depends on what tyres are fitted.
If the rolling circumference is bigger than standard then they would only tend to magnify a tracking misalignment I think

my grandad used to have a shogun with rather wide wheels 245 i think and regularly had problems with it wondering a lot. sorted it by swapping to narrower tyres 225. but i agree it depends on the type of tyre and could also be a lot of other things

The steering on my TD5 seemed to get progressively worse over about 12 months. Hard to steer in a straight line. A nightmare on the "motorway" tramlines. Generally felt horrible, like there was a load of "play" in the steering. I kept reporting it to the garage whenever it was in for service or repairs and they kept saying they couldn't find anything.

Anyway....to cut a long story short........a set of new tyres on the rears and the old rears onto the front........balance all round and set tracking (which the man said was well out!!) and I have my old Landy back again. The transformation was remarkable.........may not be your problem, but worth considering!!