Steering problem :-(
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When the wheels off they are pretty much in front of you
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good stuff. thanks again mate. i will post up what i find with pics if i cant see anything obvious
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anti roll bar drop link when knackered will make a clonking
noise when slow cornering I found.
Be prepared for the possibility of disc cutting the old ones
off !
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nothing is ever easy is it lol. i still cant get the wheel off as still parked on an icy hill and its just started snowing agaon. i had a look with the wheel on but i couldnt see much
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have just taken the wheel off and to be honest i cant see a problem. my neighbour came out to have a look as well and he couldnt see anything wrong either. the anti roll bar seems fine and all the bushes look ok. the wheel bearing is fine. the only thing with play in is the drive shaft and that is minimal. slightly confused now. i will take it for a drive if the snow clears and post back. any more suggestions of what it could be? :shock:
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tbh though if your ARB DL is knackered you wont
be able to see anything wrong (unless its snapped)
If you can remove one end of the drop link
then you should be able to waggle the link
around to see how much play there is in its ball jointsmy old ones were totally goosed and flopped around
alll over the place, were as the new ones you could
hardly move them!
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an arb wont cause it to like that. i took them out of my pajero and has been driving fine.
with the car flat on the ground can you move the wheel left to right from the wheel?
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no there is no movement or play in anything. im baffeled. i have ordered the antiroll bar because its a cheap part and will try fitting it later. will i need a crowbar or something similar to get it on?
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just had the wheel off again and "tried" unbolting the antiroll bar linkage. the bottom bolt is rounded but the top bolt was intact. i started unbolting and kept unbolting for about 5 mins before i realise that the nu AND bolt were turning. i tried tightening it back up and saw ALOT of movement so i am guessing this is the cause of all the problems. i will take it to a garage whenever i can affordit. apparently it will feel alot worse than it actually is so its still drivable. thanks fo our help guys, i wouldn have had a clue if it werent for you guys
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the bolt has an allen key slot in the top of it
so you can hold the bolt still with the allen key whilst you undo the nut.but with what happened to me was the allen key will either round off
or bend before the nut will crack > I tried lots of different leverage
methods but to no avail thats why i had to resort to the disc cutter!
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thats what my mechanic said as well. think i will leave it to him as i wuld make a right hash of it and the small fact that i dont own an angle grinder.
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HEY GUYS. JUST FINISHED FIXING THE CAR. CHANGED THE ANTIROLL BAR LINKAGE WITH NO DIFFERENCE. LUCKILY I WAS WITH MY MECHANIC AND HE SUGGESTED IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE CV JOINT SO I WENT AND OUGHT THE LASt one in stock for well over the odds, took it back to the garage and fitted it myself. voila its like driving a brand new car and feels much safer. good job as I am supposed to be going torquay on boxing day. Thanks for your help guys. Sorry about the caps lock. I am trying a version of android on my windows phone and it ain't perfect lol
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Great news :D