patrol vibration
Submitted: Sunday, Jan 03, 2010 at 12:49
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flanno
G'day guy's
I have a 2000 GU patrol and it has a vibration at 80-90ks. It feels like a wheel out of balance but I've had wheels rebalanced several times and also had another set of wheels on the truck to no avail. So far spent $1000 chasing this problem changing shocks,steering damper,panhard rod bushes,brake disc's checked.The vibration seems to travel though the rest of the truck as
well as the steering.Any body with some idea's on what this could be would certainly be appreciated.
cheers
Flanno
Reply By: iamian - Sunday, Jan 03, 2010 at 13:28
Sunday, Jan 03, 2010 at 13:28
G'day, I've had 3 Patrols and every one of them has had a vibration betwen 90-95km/hr once they've got a few Km's on them (usually started at about 50000km). OK before and after that speed. I'm in
Brisbane and the only place that was able to fix the problem was Fourby's 4WD Centre in Moorooka. I have no affiliation with this mob, but they did a good job! They are
well aware of this Nissan 'no added cost' feature and have a you-beaut wheel balancing machine. If you're not in
Brisbane, you could ring them and ask them for suggestions/recommendations.
Safe travelling,
Ian
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Follow Up By: iamian - Sunday, Jan 03, 2010 at 13:40
Sunday, Jan 03, 2010 at 13:40
Add-on!! I'm pretty sure Fourby's have an on-car wheel balancer...that fixed the prob!
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Reply By: Member - Duncs - Sunday, Jan 03, 2010 at 20:26
Sunday, Jan 03, 2010 at 20:26
Question.
If you turn sharp left while the vibration is happening does it go away for a while? Or does it lessen in left hand bends?
If the answer to any of these questions is Yes then you should
check and probably replace the Panhard rod bushes.
I spent over $2000 chasing that vibration, each of the things that have been suggested were looked at and seemed to fix the problem, for a while.
Eventually I spent $50 on new panhard rod bushes and the problem disappeared forever.
Maybe you could save yourself the $2000.
Duncs
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Follow Up By: Michael ( Moss Vale NSW) - Sunday, Jan 03, 2010 at 22:25
Sunday, Jan 03, 2010 at 22:25
Gday Duncs!! Did the bushes actually look like they needed replacing?? Damaged or out of centre?? regards Michael
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Follow Up By: Member - Duncs - Sunday, Jan 03, 2010 at 22:37
Sunday, Jan 03, 2010 at 22:37
No they didn't.
I had numerous people look at it,
suspension specialists, steering specialists, 4wd experts you name it none of them picked the bushes.
Eventually a general mechanic in
Nyngan was looking at it, I stopped because it was undriveable. He jacked it up under the chasis and then started pulling and pushing on things. He wasn't even sure how much movement should be there but thought there was too much.
His comment was basically "I can't see anything else that must be it." He did not have the parts to fix it so I struggled on to Dubbo and had the bushes replaced by Pedders. $50 supply and fit.
Duncs
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Follow Up By: Michael ( Moss Vale NSW) - Sunday, Jan 03, 2010 at 22:51
Sunday, Jan 03, 2010 at 22:51
Thanks for that, I will do the universal joints first( i have them already) and then the bushes if the universals dont fix the problem. My 2003 has 290,000ks on it so its likely to be the bushes.. regards Michael
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