series landie weave

[series dougie]

Hi just bought my first landie a series 2a on camac terra 4 x 4, the main issue so far is that it weaves massively are there any comon known causes to this or is it just my general ignorance of how it should drive. Any advice much appreciated a couple of mates have also driven it and the collective opinion is that it is borderline dangerous!

[Ray_Jnr]

HI and welcome to the forum!

do you mean the steering as vague and wandering?

the rack or other steering components may be worn.


The swivel's or a wheel bearing may be loose!

jack up the front wheels one at a time, try to wobble the wheel up down and side to side, if it wobbles get a mate to put the brake on, if it still wobbles your swivels need adjusting, if not its a wheel bearing,

if your steering checks out okay and its just bouncy it may just be because your not used to a series land rover, cart springs werent built for comfort, for a bit of improvement you can replace them with parabolics.




if id does actualy weave, are you sure you didnt accidentaly buy a loom?

[Stal1878]

if id does actualy weave, are you sure you didnt accidentaly buy a loom?

XD

[DENT]

series landys will wonder a bit down the road if the above is done and it seems fine you may want to test the swivel preloads incase a PO has them poorly adjusted
but they do wonder a fair bit if your used to a modern car

[mnl]

Assuming you have checked for play in the swivel bearings and steering linkages, and found none, it may just be what you are used to.

Relax at the wheel, and guide it along, it will drive itself, only apply a slight correction to keep it in the correct lane as it starts to drift out.

If you hold the wheel too tight, you overcorrect the steering, (rather like Robbie the Robot used to drive Fireball XL5, see sawing the steering all the time).

A series does snake along in a series of very shallow curves (no pun intended)

[teamidris]

^^^ Spot on

But there is plenty of joints that all add up to make it worse if they are worn. Make sure the steering box isn't loose as well And the U bolts are tight on the axel.

[mudplugga]

Does it weave more when you apply the power ( such as it is ) and then back off?

An axle that is loose on the one side, knackered U bolts, will move around one side and steer the vehicle.

[Let Luce]

just get someone to sit int eh drivers seat and wiggle the wheel whist he looks at all the steering components, replace any worn ball joints, check for play in the box (they don't have a rack) and the relay and rectify as required.

Series driving is abit of an aquired art.

[Let Luce]

just get someone to sit int eh drivers seat and wiggle the wheel whist he looks at all the steering components, replace any worn ball joints, check for play in the box (they don't have a rack) and the relay and rectify as required.

Series driving is abit of an aquired art.

[pete_mills]

Just check it isnt in four wheel drive as that DOES cause a weave on a series landy if used on dry roads for long periods of time as ther're part time 4wd.
(Check this by pulling the red lever back, then all the way forwards, the yellow knob will pop up if it was in 4wd).
Pete

[seriesdriver]

Check tires for un even ware.
Although there was no play in my S111 LWB steering it would react badly to poor road surfaces at anything over 35mph. Fitting an after market steering damper cured this.

[pdw666]

Borrow some wheels and AT or road tyres, stick em on, and see if it makes a difference.

I once fitted Camac tyres to my ex mil 88, it was undriveable over 40. changed to BFG MTs, and though noisy it drove OK

Pete