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Range Rover Blues:
I've got a problem with my car and I'm at a loss to find the cause.

It's a soft dash LSE with EAS.  When it hits a pothole the front end shakes, badly.  Sometimes it doesn't stop shaking.  It shakes from side to side.  The vibration kicks back into the steering making it pretty bad to drive.

I have

Fitted 4 new standard shocks and steering damper to no avail
Fitted new poly bushes which made things worse
tightened the swivel bearings which made only a tiny difference
swapped the tyres front to back whcih made it worse
balance the wheels twice now

Curiously I tried undoing the nuts on one set of bushes on the steering damper, softening the bushing.  Now the steering doesn't kick-back as much but the car still shakes.  On the motorway if has a slight vibration even though the wheels are balanced.

The car was parked up for a while untill about March.  I've had it since April.  When balance all 4 wheels ran true and the tyres looked ok they are 235/70r16

Could it be the tyres have a weak spot on them?
Do I fit ProComp dampers and sacrifice ride quality?  not that it's the magic carpet ride I expected on air springs.  Is it possible for air springs to be any harder than standard?

Grunter:
had same on an older model and after changing everything found it was the intermediate steering shaft that had a small amount of play in the knuckle joints and the vibration joint wasnt up to much either, Only found it when extending the shaft for the body lift. dont know what the set up is on yours but worth checking,

HTH.

Range Rover Blues:
Thanks, I will.  I remember when my mate had what is now Julies TDi he had all sorts of problems, including that shaft being loose.  Her car runs nicely now, just got to keep going with mine I suppose :roll:

Range Rover Blues:
The steering shaft feels good and solid.  If it were worn I'd expect to feel a clicking as well as the vibration.  I'm fairly sure it's the suspension that's at fault and the steering is a casualty.  Anyone else got any ideas? I've done the obvious stuff and made it worse :roll:

TimM:
If you think it's the tyres/wheels, I have my 4 BFG's on alloys(if they will fit in your arches) and 1 on a steel, or 3 spare steel wheels running regular road tyres if you'd like to try them.

I also have a steering damper still in it's box if that would be worth trying.

(but you know you can't ask me for advice - that's what your there for  :lol: )

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