Steering wobbles

Tommytomato . . . have you checked the steering damper? Had the wheels balanced? Checked the tie rod ends for wear, steering box, etc? Wheel bearings?

try replacing your steering damper mate of mine had this problem with his troopy, new one fitted problem solved
Steve

Thanks we had the wheels balanced the other day, but i will check the others.

karl

Thanks steve, can you tell me what it does, and how much would one be looking at.?

The mrs wants to sell her after the problem is fixed, because we dont need two 4wd's.
the other 4wd we have is a FJ 60 i think it is , with one fuel and two auto gas tanks, 5 speed, air cond, land cruiser with all the fruit..

thanks karl

Karl,

I think I would be right in assuming that yours is leaf sprung.

This being the case, and given that you have had the wheels balanced, then I would be dismantling and inspecting ( not an external inspection) the front spring bushes. I think you will find excessive wear in the bushes is the culprit - although I wonder why your wheel aligner wouln't have picked this up.

You might replace the steering damper, but in reality, this is simply a shock absorber which does only what it's name suggests. In other words, if your wheels are out of balance, then it will reduce the "feel" of the vibrations, but will do nothing to eliminate the cause.

Hope this helps,

Gordon

Hi thanks.

we took the 4wd down to the auto guy, he found that the steering dampier was leaking alittle, so we are having another one fitted today.for $118 fitted.

will let you know how it goes.

thanks karl

The damper seems unlikely to be the problem as if the front end is AOK it should not shimmy or wobble.
When the alignment was checked did the guy only do the toe-in?
Some of them are lazy or ignorant and do not check the castor angle.
Little or no castor will have your front wheels doing a real dance damper or no damper.
It will also result in little or no spin back of the steering wheel after cornering.

I doubt if it's a steering damper!

The hub bearings are always a problem with all MQ to current Patrols.

You will need to strip the components down and re-grease them, checking with a dial-out gauge for excessive wear to the bearing planes.

Stuffed steering dampers normally make the truck to wander, rather than get bad wobbles.

Chris.

If you're going to sell it do nothing just sell it.

thanks i would rather have the 4wd safe for a new buyer, i would never forgive myself if they had accient.
What would the selling price be on a 4wd like this ? She's in very good cond 5 speed, bull bar, side steps, meatie tyres..

thanks karl

Just an update, the 4wd drive is back now and it's fixed, travels well.

karl

thanks, we also have the images of the 4wd here.
http://community.rockinghamgateway.com/
Look in the forum part..

thanks again guys..

karl

Yes i did.