terrible wheel wobble ! over 65mph

hi bought a half project disco, its perfect upto 65mph, as soon as you go 66mph the wheel trys to pull out my hands , there are a few wheel weights missing by the looks of thinks but i dont think that would cause it to be that violent! any ideas?

My wheel wobble was so severe at 40mph, it felt like the chassis was going to separate from the body!
Long story short - incorrectly adjusted and loose panhard rod (standard fitments aren't adjustable) with a mixture of worn swivel bearings.
Panhard tightened up, bearings replaced - drives like new.

If I were you, I'd get the wheels balanced before you do anything else, as 65mph is a bit high for the usual suspect causes of steering shake.

bencorkill said:

hi bought a half project disco, its perfect upto 65mph, as soon as you go 66mph the wheel trys to pull out my hands , there are a few wheel weights missing by the looks of thinks but i dont think that would cause it to be that violent! any ideas?

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First place I would be checking are the propshafts to see if there is any play at all in the U/j's and the condition of the "rubber doughnut" on the back end of the rear prop.

Going to get wheels balanced , then maybe get/ do ball joints , as tgey were minors on mot , then will update you

I had exactly the same... Wheels balanced and all's good... how did you get on?

went to a couple garages today to get the SRS light turned off no one could do it, the car wouldnt connect, but going to get the wheels balanced on sunday will update after

looked on amazon today found a auto diagonistic magicne for £19.99 including postage and packing, thought i would give that ago rather than going to a main stealers

Might have a read here:
Massive play in 1997 disco I Steering
It was addressed to someone who knew that the ball joints were bad, but it all applies.

Hello. Have had this very problem at similar speeds and a new steering damper cured the problem.
Good luck.
Chas

All of the above actually folks...

gonna get wheels balanced tomorow will report bck after !