steering wobble

[big fred]

can anyone help, ihave a 95 300tdi that sometimes has a steering woble when doing 60 plus .the trackings ok, the wheels are ballanced,correct tire pressure and a mechanic friend cant see any problems underneath.i would take it to landrover but i live in majorca and have had bad experiances with the local dealer.the strange thing is that it doesnt happen all the time just on certian parts of road when a violent woobling will start and only stop upon applying the break.if anyone knows what this could be and how to fix it i would be most gratefull. :(  :(

[PUX]

It could be ur trion pin bearings they may have worn out, the way too tell is jack up the front axle and get hold of the wheel and put a hand top and bottom of the tyre and wiggle it back and forwards and if there is movement then that could be ur problem also, if u get someone else to do it for u and u watch the trion u will see the movement   i hope this helps :D

[Paul]

Check your steering damper is opperating correctly.

[Skibum346]

I had this problem on a rangie, proved to be a bust ball joint. It first appeared after I replaced the steering damper and that led us down the wrong track for a while, it was also affected by the steering column upper section becoming "disconnected" from the lower at the plastic safety pins (that allow the column to telescope in an accident).

Whenever we hit a bump, the oscillation would start and it could be a [!Expletive Deleted!] to stop.

New ball joint and all was well again.

Good luck

Skibum

[Budgie]

I'd go with Pux and check the swivel pin pre-load. You can remove shims that are under the top pin to reduce take out any play.
May also be worth checking the wheel bearings to make sure they're not loose.  

[Ralph]

I am new here not posted anything yet.

Had the exact problem you describe changed the following with no joy at all,
Four tyres
steering damper
four shocks
four springs
complete swival kits X2
four panhard kits
discs pads X4
Gave up and sold it to a friend!!!! anyway he went out to follow the hunt and 1 mile from nearest road hit a rock and snapped the ball joint on the drop link arm changed that and bingo never wobbled again!!!!
My wobble would happen about 50mph and was extremely violent would literally bounce towards left hand side of road and allways on the same parts. Once you had passed 55-60mph would not happen even on the same stretches of road.
If it happened again would just change the front ball joints .
What annoyed me was that a land rover specialist not a main dealer but who has a good reputation wouldn't change the ball joints as he said they were perfect!!!! i have had a brief spell with a pajero but never again got a 300tdi now and she's staying!!!

[Budgie]

Hi Ralph & welcome to the Mud Club.  :D

Any one of the items you changed could have caused this problem. If the suspension is raised then the problem is even more pronounced because of the steering geometry being altered by the extra length in the springs.  

[nickW]

I am new here not posted anything yet.

all,
Four tyres
steering damper
four shocks
four springs
complete swival kits X2
four panhard kits
discs pads X4
!!!

wow!! that little lot aint cheap, i had the same problem with my drop arm

[Elmo]

Just solved the same problem - buckled alloy wheel was the culprit.

[bilge rat]

had a 200 had a bad shake , did the swivel joints, all the ball joints,radious bushes, de carbon damper, 2 new front tyres. turned out to be 2 front shockers a bit weak. replaced with gen . job done cured. can be a bit of a pig to get to the bottom of. at one point i fitted a armstrong s/damper turned out to be faulty nearly put me in a ditch, so carefull what you fit cheap aint always good. easy to check swivels, wheels off ,steering arms off get a fishing type scale and check preload it takes to move the hub ass. think its something like 14lbs built up. hope this helps. alan.......

[freeagent]

i had the same proble, hit a pothole at 60 and the whole truck would shake..
had all the wheels balanced, changed the steering damper, replaced bothe the ball joints on the trackrod and got the tracking done... bingo! problem solved....

[hobbit]

Got a bad wheel wobble on mine once, it was ok when I took out a couple of kilos of mud stuck to the inside of the wheel :lol:

[big fred]

Thanks for all your info and help on the steering wobble problem. Armed with all your replies, I will be seeing my mechanic soon. Regards, Big Fred.  :lol:  :wink: