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help I've got a steering wobble I can't shift
Matt_H:
--- Quote from: "Snooky" ---Or like me just take out some shims till it feels OK..... :shock:
But that depends on you and how old your 90 is, mine is 18 so not too worried about doing it the easy way, and if I breaks then I have an excuse to strip it down and replace the very worn and leaking swivels.. :wink:
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Mine is err, goodness knows how old.. the reg is C, she's got a 200 tdi, rear disc axle off something or other.. a modified roll cage (probably off something else.. a hard top from a friend in wales etc etc and so forth and so on! So I guess around 20 years at the worst bits and new at the best bits.
If I had a spring balance I'd give the swivels a proper measure... (If I recall you drop the steering arms ball joint bits and use a spring balance to pull (I think I used a set of scales last time and tried to keep a constant force on but that was in the garage off the car!!!
Sounds like I've got a few things to check now :-)
Also as you are local are you up for some laning sometime soon? Which reminds me I must post a warning about the lane in chineham, it's virtually impassable at the moment due to forrestry commision trucks gouging it out.
Matthew
Matt_H:
I've been told I'm allowed out tomorrow or next sunday :)
Weather for tomorrow is not looking too bad either!
Matthew
extreme90:
when mine did that, symotoms for me... going along 50 ish on country road, hit pothole whislte going around a bend, steering shook violenty brakeing made it worse :shock: had to accelerate to balance it off
nearly a 90 shape hole in fence :lol: :lol:
problem
f***** swivle housing bearings
o and 1 broken bottom pin :roll: :roll:
swivle rebuild its now like new :roll:
part from the odd dents, bit of rust here n there, o and it smokes like a trooper :lol: :lol:
danny
Matt_H:
I'm not particularly looking forward to a swivel rebuild, but if I got to go it, then so be it!
Matthew
extreme90:
easy peasy bud
ya can get complete kits from paddocks now for 68 quid :shock: including a new ball :shock: teflon not chrome
just jack the wheels up tomorrow and give them a good rock holding the wheel at 12-6 o'clock and get someone else to watch were the play is
you might be able to tighten them up by just removing a shim or to
but mine i could move it back and forth a inch so i thought sommat was deffo rong and stripped um down
danny
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