Steering Problems Revised
Submitted: Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 06:45
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JOHN A7
Advice - 2001 Troopie has bad steering wobble shudder when turning left or right at 70- 80 ks on rough bitumen.New tyres,bearings done,tightened and checked all tyre rod ends and checked tyre pressures.8 Toyotas models from 69 to 2005 and never had a problem.1993 troopie never had a worry same rims and tyres.
Reply By: Member - Christopher P (NSW) - Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 07:29
Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 07:29
IFS or leaf sprung? Have you had the tyres balanced?? and have you checked ball joints if IFS front end!
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Follow Up By: JOHN A7 - Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 08:26
Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 08:26
Yes Chris had balance,popped all ball joints to
check and Troopie is coil sprung.
Thanks
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Reply By: Member - Serendipity(WA) - Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 14:51
Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 14:51
Have a read on a similar posting from another
forum. Talking about the death wobble.
http://www.greatlakes4x4.com/showthread.php?t=53809
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Follow Up By: Member - DOZER- Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 17:13
Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 17:13
Is the cruiser lifted up?? when you lift these up, the caster changes...and this causes the dreaded death wobble.
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Follow Up By: JOHN A7 - Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 03:33
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 03:33
No mate she is standard except for tyres.Will try a new set and go from there.Cheers
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Reply By: epagets - Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 18:12
Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 18:12
Got a 93 troopie had same problems many years ago tried everything then changed tyres and that fixed it. tyres looked ok but.....
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Follow Up By: Graham & Lynne - Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 18:52
Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 18:52
Does it do it when braking only if this is the case you have warped brake disc or seized caliper slides
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Follow Up By: JOHN A7 - Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 03:35
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 03:35
No she doesnt do it when braking.Breaking heavily stops it or get onto the edge of road.
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Reply By: Member - Troll 81 (QLD) - Monday, May 23, 2011 at 10:03
Monday, May 23, 2011 at 10:03
I had this death wobble in my patrol at the exact speeds..did wheel bearings and it made no difference. Got the balance done and it fixed it for a couple of hours....problem ended up being the tyre
places used the clip on weights and due to my smashed up rims they kept falling off. They ended up putting on the stick on weights and it hasn’t happened since.
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Follow Up By: JOHN A7 - Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 03:40
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 03:40
I will take it to
Cairns and get tyres checked and balanced.Thanks mate,
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Reply By: Steve63 - Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 14:18
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 14:18
Had same problem with 2005 79 series. Rotated tyres, new steering damper, wheel alignment, balancing..... Some things made it a bit better but didn't fix it. Got new tyres and the problem disappeared. I think there can be a few causes and some things contribute. Turns out two tryes were out of round so my rotation didn't work.
Steve
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Follow Up By: JOHN A7 - Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 03:43
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 03:43
Thanks for the tip mate will try and get them balanced again and if that doesnt work then I will try new tyres. Cheers
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