Sharky
New Member
Hi all, it's been a while.
Anyway, ever since we've had our GU it's had a slight intermittant vibration thru the steering wheel at 70-80kph which I put down to a warped rotor as you could feel the pedal pulsate under brakes, but it was barely noticeable so we ignored it. Several months ago I lifted it 4" & put 33 BFG muds on it & nothing changed. But recently the wobble has got worse & is really under brakes. The thing is, it's not constantly there however is occurring more often. I've just put new rotors on it & done the wheel bearings which made no difference. It usually starts after a bump in the road. I've checked for anything loose or worn & so far the only suspicions I have are the tie rod ends or the steering nuckles. The car has done nearly 330,000km but there's no excessive play in the tie rod ends. Interestingly my lancruiser has identical symptoms & I've noticed for some time that the camber has been out. I recently noticed the camber out on 1 wheel on the patrol but not all the time. At 1st I thought it may have been coz I've turned the wheel whilst parking but now I let the vehicle run straight before I check it (just by eye). When it plays up you REALLY feel the brake pedal pulsate but when it's behaving you barely feel anything. You can hear 1 of the tyres is out of balance (constantly) but I just had a 4 wheel balance & steering alignment which only seemed to make it worse. I noticed when it plays up the steering wheel isn't centered & the car pulls to 1 side (can go either way) & if you turn the wheel very slightly to center the wheel the wobble severely lessens but the car turns slightly, yet when it's behaving the wheel is centered. There's no play in the steering that I can tell, at least no more than there was when we bought the car. Higher tyre pressure makes a very small difference but I've always regularly ckecked it with my own guage & I keep 42psi them.
Here is what the car has had done:
Months ago...
King spring SP4's
Tough Dog 45's adj
Noltec adj panhard rods
Raw steering damper
Extended link pins
BFG 33" Muds still with 95% tread.
Recently...
New Protec rotors
New wheel bearings
Balance & alignment
Any help appreciated as I'm going nuts over it. I'm just short of taking into Wilkinsons Suspension & telling them to do what it takes to make it go away. My guess is that it's a steering issue. There are no pwr steering leaks visible & the fluid is clean but not fresh. I can't see anything bent. It's really doing my head in. The only common denominator between the Cruza & the Patrol is the camber. Could that be it? Why would be intermittant?
Thanks, Sharky.
Anyway, ever since we've had our GU it's had a slight intermittant vibration thru the steering wheel at 70-80kph which I put down to a warped rotor as you could feel the pedal pulsate under brakes, but it was barely noticeable so we ignored it. Several months ago I lifted it 4" & put 33 BFG muds on it & nothing changed. But recently the wobble has got worse & is really under brakes. The thing is, it's not constantly there however is occurring more often. I've just put new rotors on it & done the wheel bearings which made no difference. It usually starts after a bump in the road. I've checked for anything loose or worn & so far the only suspicions I have are the tie rod ends or the steering nuckles. The car has done nearly 330,000km but there's no excessive play in the tie rod ends. Interestingly my lancruiser has identical symptoms & I've noticed for some time that the camber has been out. I recently noticed the camber out on 1 wheel on the patrol but not all the time. At 1st I thought it may have been coz I've turned the wheel whilst parking but now I let the vehicle run straight before I check it (just by eye). When it plays up you REALLY feel the brake pedal pulsate but when it's behaving you barely feel anything. You can hear 1 of the tyres is out of balance (constantly) but I just had a 4 wheel balance & steering alignment which only seemed to make it worse. I noticed when it plays up the steering wheel isn't centered & the car pulls to 1 side (can go either way) & if you turn the wheel very slightly to center the wheel the wobble severely lessens but the car turns slightly, yet when it's behaving the wheel is centered. There's no play in the steering that I can tell, at least no more than there was when we bought the car. Higher tyre pressure makes a very small difference but I've always regularly ckecked it with my own guage & I keep 42psi them.
Here is what the car has had done:
Months ago...
King spring SP4's
Tough Dog 45's adj
Noltec adj panhard rods
Raw steering damper
Extended link pins
BFG 33" Muds still with 95% tread.
Recently...
New Protec rotors
New wheel bearings
Balance & alignment
Any help appreciated as I'm going nuts over it. I'm just short of taking into Wilkinsons Suspension & telling them to do what it takes to make it go away. My guess is that it's a steering issue. There are no pwr steering leaks visible & the fluid is clean but not fresh. I can't see anything bent. It's really doing my head in. The only common denominator between the Cruza & the Patrol is the camber. Could that be it? Why would be intermittant?
Thanks, Sharky.