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spannerman69
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 7:38 pm    Post subject: wild ride Reply with quote

this ones got me baffled,
went out and about today , done about 25 miles . when slowing down from around 60mphjust touched the brakes and the whole truck started to shake , not like a warped disc type of shake . the whole truck just went almost to the point of being uncontrolable . well i stayed behind in the workshop after work and all ive found is a bit of play in the front prop and a little in the front passenger side swivel bearing and a small amount of play in the drivers side trackrod end .
now this is the same sort of shaking that a mate had and we never got to the bottom of his problem , to tight fisted to pay for parts , he just part ex`d it .
so as any one got any idea`s as to were to start lookiong after i replace these bits tomorrow, i`m not that confident of sorting it out with the amount of play thats there.
i forgot to say its a 300tdi disco 1994

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blanche_90
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

sounds a bit strange,
have you checked the wheel bearings.
also, check the tyres for a possible egg coming up due to the braceing starting to fail. if it has, then a tyre will start to de-form under brakeing, causeing all sorts of strange handling.

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bertie_bas205
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Now this will sound strange.....

I had the same syptoms, checked all what you have checked.

Turned out i had too much pressure in my tyres, let them down a couple of psi, wobble gone.

(Land rover newly rebuilt, kinda new everything,all bushes, new wheels tyres, balanced, tracking done...)



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Nathaniel
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Death Wobble! Great fun.

Used to be a manhole cover on the curved approach to a roundbout on my test route that never failed to instigate this under braking!

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Bala Boater
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 7:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I had this once when my difflock got stuck in.
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sprintagogo
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 1:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Death wobble x2

Caused by play in the steering components or incorrect preload on the swivel bearings, you seem to have both!

I experienced this on a 1971 series landrover many years ago and found bits of play in the multitude of track rod ends on a series vehicle. once they were replaced no more wobble.

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spannerman69
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 7:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

well ive decided to go belt and brace`s , i`m going to recon the front swivels and fit a set of polly bush`s and 4 new tyres . starting in the morning its time to start on the axle untill my bush`s get deliverd .
thanks again for the help its given me somewere to start.

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MRDIITD5
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 1:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

you havent got any binding brake problems have you?
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spannerman69
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 8:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

don`t thinks so , but i`ll drop into the rolling road this morning just to be sure.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 9:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

panhard rod bushes/swivel pre-load
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