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Wandering 300tdi discovery....
spy:
We have an early 300tdi disco that wanders all over the road. In the wagon ruts on the motorway its horrible (stay below 60 and hold on tight) and on 60mph country lanes I dont dare go over about 40. Its only since I got my 110 back on the road this week that I realised how bad the disco is. My 1989 110 drives much nicer! You seem to have to constantly correct the disco, its worse than series 3's I have owned!
I had a mate (MOT tester) have a look over it on the pit at work and he is happy that steering / suspension would pass an MOT. There was no excesive play at the wheel and everything appears OK. one thing I did notice was that the adjuster screw on top of the steering box was wound right in. approx 10mm further in than my 110.
Anyway, I backed it right off (obviously got loads of play at the wheel), drained and replaced the fluid and set about adjusting it up again. In terms of play at the wheel its now back to where it was (ie hardly any but just a little) but now the screw is much further out than it was before as if before the adjuster had somehow gone full circle. I dont know the inside of a box well enought to explain this...
Anyone got any suggestions? People have told me it must be box but they arent cheap and I dont wanna go out on a whim! Its had 2 new front wheel bearings, the swivel bearings are ok.
Do I order a box? Could it be something silly like the steering damper? Any suggestions gratefuly received!
Cheers,
Mike
Range Rover Blues:
I s it lifted?
get the tracking done, check the steering damper and tyre pressures.
Check the rear lower link bushes throroughly and the panhard rod.
spy:
Not lifted, standard suspension and wheels. Road tyres with correct pressure. I will get back under it and have another look. Tracking is an easy place to start for te sake of £20 or so...
Cheers,
Mike
eugene:
id change steering damper and trackrod ends that cured mine also try the pitman arm
crazymac:
Get someone to wiggle the wheel while you lay underneath watching.
Look at the panhard rod!!
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