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Broken half shaft maybe?

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Bob696:
Worn swivel bearings?

Range Rover Blues:
If the truck veers left or right on acceleration/braking without any effect on the steering then that is classic trailing link bush failure.

Fit OEM rubber ones, or go for poly which will always be at least as hard, but the rubber ones have done well lasting this long, plus a poly at the chassis end will limit articulation and both ends will cause more road noise in the cabin.

The bit that is different with the SLU is the casting into which the A frame ball joint fits because the SLU ball joint is in the top side of this casting.

Suvvey:
Well I'll get some OEM bushes then and give that a go. On closer inspection today there is some cracking evident on both so worth a change anyway.

Also what signs would you get if the steering damper needed replacing? Could a damper possibly cause the heavy steering? the fitted one looks rather ancient to me and would put a guess at it being the original (if that is likely at 16yrs old). Is there any noticable benefit from getting one of the after market fancy sounding dampers over a standard one?

Saffy:
What about the tyres? In the past I have had odd pulling and wandering and it was due to defective or under inflated tyres. Also I once had crossply Town and Country tyres fitted and they seem to want follow every groove in the road and gave the steering a mind of its own.

Suvvey:
The tyres are BFG All Terrains with plenty of life left in them. Tried running them at any where between 28 to 45 psi and made no difference.

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