GU wobble

Maybe I'll fork out some more dough for the 'on-car' balance as you suggest.

Thanks GO_OFFROAD. Got the castor correction bushes (and the rest of the upgrade) installed by one of WA's leading suspension places. Before them, it was woeful. Drives much better now, but not still not great. My old HJ75 seems to almost steer itself in comparison.

50mm lift - Lovell's springs, Koni shocks, RTC steering damper (but I removed the spring straight away as I thought this may have contributed to the problem. Have not put it back as I do not want to 'mask' the problem, just fix it properly.

Last set of wheel alignment readings say:

LEFT FRONT
Camber 0.2'
Caster 3.8'
Toe -0.2mm

RIGHT FRONT
Camber 0.0'
Caster 3.4'
Toe -0.8mm

FRONT
Cross Camber 0.1'
Cross Caster 0.4' 0.4'
Total Toe -1.0mm

And it does have a slight pull to the left.

Re: aftermarket tyres. In your opinion, do BFG AT's or the new Cooper ATR's steer better on GU's? Should I go for the Bridgestone 694's to get the 'factory' feel back?

Your help is greatly appreciated. This is beginning to get frustrating.

Can´t you just post the fix for everybody else to see it?

Sorry udm,
we have far to many come in the door to help pay the bills from others to be telling everyone how to do it, though just telling someone isnt enough, as it needs the alignment set around the "modification" to be 100% successful.

An aftermarket adjustable relay rod can be one way of trying to overcome the problem though, but thats not the cheapest fix.

I watched the last balance 'with interest' and it all looked OK.

Service and grease the vehicle religiously myself so I can keep an eye on things. All seems good and tight.

Popped a rear uni on a 360 Chrysler V8 once at full squirt - interesting experienece isn't.

That's what I'm after! Thanks for that Hugh, I'll call them Monday morning and book it in. Hopefully this will either rule in or out the wheels / tyres as the cause. The roller may identify if the tyres are delaminating as Eric experience suggested too.

Thanks Melissa, I remember when I got my Patrol there was a free 'factory fix' for this problem and I took my vehicle into Giant Nissan for the check (2001?). I believe it was a shim (or removal) to preload the swivel hub bearing or something to that effect. The problem I'm facing is that my GU travelled a 170,000 trouble free k's and the wobble only became apparent when I got the GU lifted 50mm late last year.

I think I am currently making headway towards solving this problem. After a busy day yesterday, I have a 7.45 appointment with Tyrepower Ossie Park to do a balance this mornning.

I'll post a follow-up on the forum when I've got it sorted. Seems I am far from alone when it comes to the dreaded WNS (Wobbly Nissan Syndrome).

(excellent choice of vehicle BTW :-) )