Noise from Front Wheels on an 88 Pajero

Hi chump
If the tyres are rubbing there should be some witness marks either on the suspension arms or the inner gaurds.
It may also be a loose power steering pump drive belt
hope this is of help
Ray

just check the steering stoop lugs are lubed with a bit of grease, i think these have them.

47000km's on the clock (yes thats right, 47000km's!). It is an import..
well since its an import, I wouldnt believe them klms... specially for the age.

Anyway onto the noise.

Have you taken it back to where you bought it? What did they say?

Is it at any speed it makes the sound? EG could it be oversteer the tires are actually sliding?

Turn it to full lock, jump under and have a look to see if its hitting, or really close to hitting - the extra stress of it when driving may push it that little bit closer to hit on something.

You may have worn bushes, allowing the tire to turn that little bit more when on full lock.. eg flexing on the worn bush, and hitting on something inside the wheel arch.

As the other bloke said, try the steering stops, maybe wind them out 1cm to see if that stops it.

What size tires are they? On what sized rims?

Power steering belt loose? would explain screehing and burning rubber.

Hi tcp_ip_boy
What about Bushes in the back leaf springs or the leaf springs for that matter, they creak??? Or the front tryes are scrubbing.
Good luck

Sounds a bit weird... might be wheel bearings. Give the wheel a bit of a shake & if there's any movement your wheel bearings might be shagged.

Cheers,
Bench

When we wind our Challa onto full lock there is a noise which sounds a bit like you describe. Apparently it is the power steering blow-off valve. When the power steering mechanism, which is of course driven by oil under pressure, reaches its full movement the excess pressurised oil is vented back to the reservoir.
Camper

Quote often on the steering stops the little rubbers wear or fall off allowing two bits of metal to contact at full lock at make yucky noises.

There will be two stops per side, just dip you figure in grease and smear it all over the four stops, problem will be solved.

I believe RobV & Jeff are quite right although other comments are valid but unlikely. My Triton similar underneath shreiks at me when on full lock & wishbone rises over a bump making the bare metal stop scrape on the chassis stop. There should be arubber stop on them but some grease will stop it for a while.
So long as gear box is good in 5th gear it should give you lots of economical
& troublefree motoring. Maybe a change of belts, particularly the timing & balance shaft ones could be advisable before long as they have sat on those cogs for a long time.

tcp I had an 88 Pajero many many years ago and it did exactly what you describe. It was very bad doing a 3 point turn which included a gutter on full lock. It didn't cause any trouble - I did 330,000km and I saw the vehicle recently and it's now up to 480,000km. Having read the responses I think that the people who suggested metal stops rubbing on the chassis or whatever they contact are right on the money and I wish I'd thought of that in 1989!! It was a good vehicle in its day. I hope you're not impatient on highways though as it starts to lose speed at the first sight of a hill!! Happy travelling!