wobble in steering when slowing down, but only between 35-30 mph

celyth · Mar 7, 2010

hey all, as the title describes really, was fine the other week when bought and has gradually got worse, drives fine and goes up in speed fine but as it comes to the end of stopping it wobbles fro a few seconds then levels out again, have checked for mud in the rims and nothing there, dont think it's warped disks as it would wobble all through the braking period? and if it was unbalanced tyres it would wobble on the way up through speed too?

also seems to be some vibrating while driving which i'm sure wasnt there b4 :S

any info would be great

cheers
cel

defcrazy · Mar 7, 2010

check the steering joints from drag link (steering box to axel) and the tie rod (wheel to wheel). had the same prob on a def 90 .

defcrazy · Mar 7, 2010

also the steering damper ( shock absober) on the draglink

celyth · Mar 7, 2010

have had a quick look around all the ball joints yesterday, the sterring drop arm was a bit loose so i tightened that but still no joy

celyth · Mar 7, 2010

will have to remove the damper to check it next, it's quite new, but will check anyway

, cheers for the help

hughesy · Mar 7, 2010

The steering damper isn't a likely cause of wobbling. Had a similar problem a while back turned out to be play in a front wheel bearing.

celyth · Mar 7, 2010

hughesy said:
The steering damper isn't a likely cause of wobbling. Had a similar problem a while back turned out to be play in a front wheel bearing.

cheers, will check bearings tommorow also

defcrazy · Mar 8, 2010

if the bearings are good . check the tires and rims .jack it up turn the wheels and see if they run straight and true . place something near the wheel as it turns to see if there out of round

celyth · Mar 8, 2010

defcrazy said:
if the bearings are good . check the tires and rims .jack it up turn the wheels and see if they run straight and true . place something near the wheel as it turns to see if there out of round

if they were buckled would they not wobble all the time? will check it too thought just incase

Pikey · Mar 8, 2010

Unfortunately this is a fault with miriad possible causes check all ya bushes, bearing and anything even remotely connected to axles and steering inc rear axles, Aframe and trailing arms

Mogwyth · Mar 8, 2010

celyth said:
if they were buckled would they not wobble all the time? will check it too thought just incase

Nope, my had a low speed wobble 10-35mph swapped tires diagonally front to back and it changed to less of wobble and only at 30-35, I then found the rear nearside tyre was out of shape swapped for spare and no more wobble.

Cheers

Bill

defcrazy · Mar 9, 2010

redhand said:
Unfortunately this is a fault with miriad possible causes check all ya bushes, bearing and anything even remotely connected to axles and steering inc rear axles, Aframe and trailing arms

yea i agree . cause this kinda thing will drive you crazy till you find it , best to check it all

G-man · Mar 9, 2010

i had that on me series i traced it down to a combination of o/s railco bush and o/s wheel bearing

celyth · Mar 9, 2010

Mogwyth said:
Nope, my had a low speed wobble 10-35mph swapped tires diagonally front to back and it changed to less of wobble and only at 30-35, I then found the rear nearside tyre was out of shape swapped for spare and no more wobble.

Cheers

Bill

cool, will have a gander after me brew

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