vague steering

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Whoever

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• Sep 19, 2005

• #1

I just test drove a Disco that is for sale locally. It has done 101,000
miles.

The steering seemed to be incredibly vague -- probably some slop in the
steering mechanism. Is this normal? And if so, likely repair costs?

Of course it might just be very badly aligned steering.....

Any thoughts on this? What is normal for 100K miles in a Discovery?

 

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Lee_D

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• Sep 19, 2005

• #2

"Whoever" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I just test drove a Disco that is for sale locally. It has done 101,000
>miles.
>
> The steering seemed to be incredibly vague -- probably some slop in the
> steering mechanism. Is this normal? And if so, likely repair costs?
>
> Of course it might just be very badly aligned steering.....
>
> Any thoughts on this? What is normal for 100K miles in a Discovery?

Could be.....

swivel bearings worn / in need of adjustment
one of 6 track rod ends...or 6 of 6 worn ones!
poorly adjusted steering box
tyre pressure
wheel missing ;-)
just the difference between a normal car and a Landrover.

or a mixture of all of the above...

swivel bearings are favorite though.

You should try a series landie!

Lee D

 

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Whoever

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• Sep 19, 2005

• #3

On Mon, 19 Sep 2005, Lee_D wrote:

> "Whoever" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news[email protected]...
>> I just test drove a Disco that is for sale locally. It has done 101,000
>> miles.
>>
>> The steering seemed to be incredibly vague -- probably some slop in the
>> steering mechanism. Is this normal? And if so, likely repair costs?
>>
>> Of course it might just be very badly aligned steering.....
>>
>> Any thoughts on this? What is normal for 100K miles in a Discovery?
>
> Could be.....
>
> swivel bearings worn / in need of adjustment
> one of 6 track rod ends...or 6 of 6 worn ones!
> poorly adjusted steering box
> tyre pressure
> wheel missing ;-)
> just the difference between a normal car and a Landrover.
>
> or a mixture of all of the above...

You don't mention steering rack worn out..... which I assume would be very
expensive.

How expensive are the swivel bearings or track rod ends to have replaced?

>
> swivel bearings are favorite though.
>
> You should try a series landie!
>
> Lee D
>
>
>
>

 

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Andrew Renshaw

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• Sep 19, 2005

• #4

Hiya,

I had real problems with this and change a lot of things, changing the
Steering Damper really helped..

However, after 35k miles found out it was the doughnut joint on the
steering - get it checked.

Yours

Andy

"Whoever" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
>
> On Mon, 19 Sep 2005, Lee_D wrote:
>
>> "Whoever" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news[email protected]...
>>> I just test drove a Disco that is for sale locally. It has done 101,000
>>> miles.
>>>
>>> The steering seemed to be incredibly vague -- probably some slop in the
>>> steering mechanism. Is this normal? And if so, likely repair costs?
>>>
>>> Of course it might just be very badly aligned steering.....
>>>
>>> Any thoughts on this? What is normal for 100K miles in a Discovery?
>>
>> Could be.....
>>
>> swivel bearings worn / in need of adjustment
>> one of 6 track rod ends...or 6 of 6 worn ones!
>> poorly adjusted steering box
>> tyre pressure
>> wheel missing ;-)
>> just the difference between a normal car and a Landrover.
>>
>> or a mixture of all of the above...
>
> You don't mention steering rack worn out..... which I assume would be very
> expensive.
>
> How expensive are the swivel bearings or track rod ends to have replaced?
>
>>
>> swivel bearings are favorite though.
>>
>> You should try a series landie!
>>
>> Lee D
>>
>>
>>
>>

 

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EMB

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• Sep 19, 2005

• #5

Whoever wrote:

> You don't mention steering rack worn out..... which I assume would be
> very expensive.

And very rare since it hasn't got one.


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EMB

 

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Derry Argue

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• Sep 19, 2005

• #6

"Lee_D" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> "Whoever" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news[email protected]...
>>I just test drove a Disco that is for sale locally. It has done 101,000
>>miles.
>>
>> The steering seemed to be incredibly vague -- probably some slop in the
>> steering mechanism. Is this normal? And if so, likely repair costs?
>>
>> Of course it might just be very badly aligned steering.....
>>
>> Any thoughts on this? What is normal for 100K miles in a Discovery?
>
> Could be.....
>
> swivel bearings worn / in need of adjustment
> one of 6 track rod ends...or 6 of 6 worn ones!
> poorly adjusted steering box
> tyre pressure
> wheel missing ;-)
> just the difference between a normal car and a Landrover.
>
> or a mixture of all of the above...
>
> swivel bearings are favorite though.
>
> You should try a series landie!
>
> Lee D
>
>
>

Add trailing arm bushes, lower link bushes, possibly other bushes??

Your story is reminiscent of my first D90. It wandered so badly, I asked
the seller to drive it back after the test drive! (Though I did later drive
it home 120 miles with due caution. Turned out to be a cracking vehicle
after various teakings and adjustments).

The good news is that I fixed all the above myself very cheaply. I think
any reasably competent DIY mechanic should be able to do the same as most
of the costs are labour -- and a workshop manual.

But why not get a qualified mechanic to look it over?

Derry

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Sep 19, 2005

• #7

On or around Sun, 18 Sep 2005 17:53:20 -0700, Whoever <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>
>You don't mention steering rack worn out..... which I assume would be very
>expensive.

steering box, about 160 quid exchange, plus fitting, ISTR.
>
>How expensive are the swivel bearings or track rod ends to have replaced?
>

TREs are about 5 quid a pop and can be a piece of **** or an hour's work to
get undone. Shouldn't be too bad on a disco. The balljoint on the drop arm
is either another TRE or a rebuildable joint.

>> swivel bearings are favorite though.

not so easy but still a diy job with the right gear.

>>
>> You should try a series landie!

oi! Mine steers very nicely, TYVM.
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