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i gots the mega-shakes! mad steering wobble - sorted!?

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shorty_f0rty wrote: - taken the 40 to the mechanic for a service
Surely you could do that yourself :P
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shorty_f0rty wrote:shackle bolts or pins rather is where it was at..
That'll do it ;)
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Post by bad_religion_au »

LuxyBoy wrote:
shorty_f0rty wrote:shackle bolts or pins rather is where it was at..
That'll do it ;)
Mine are high tensile bolts drilled/nippled to allow greasing :)
i thought about doing that, but it turns out mine get pulled apart more often than i brake out the grease gun.
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bad_religion_au wrote:
LuxyBoy wrote:
shorty_f0rty wrote:shackle bolts or pins rather is where it was at..
That'll do it ;)
Mine are high tensile bolts drilled/nippled to allow greasing :)
i thought about doing that, but it turns out mine get pulled apart more often than i brake out the grease gun.
:lol: :lol: Air operated grease gun makes a hell of a difference too ;)
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has anyone had the wobbles in a non leaf setup?

i get the death wobbles in mine whenever i hit a pot hole or something rough and they get extremely violent quick.
i have a 3 link panhard front end setup

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Check your bushes, has to be some play somewhere
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Post by Mr DJ »

What's the panhard/drag link geometry like. Are they close to parallel ??
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Dougster wrote:What's the panhard/drag link geometry like. Are they close to parallel ??
exactly have any pictures from front on
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Post by shorty_f0rty »

evanstaniland wrote:has anyone had the wobbles in a non leaf setup?

i get the death wobbles in mine whenever i hit a pot hole or something rough and they get extremely violent quick.
i have a 3 link panhard front end setup

Evan
that sounds like bump steer to me.. but whenever i have read about wobbles on a linked front end i have seen panhard bushes are usually the culprit.. dont know if that still applies to bumpsteer though
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ill take some pic in the morning and post up!!

i drove it to a wheeling spot today, the trip there and back was the scariest ever!!

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Post by shorty_f0rty »

did quite a few hwy kms this morning at 100kph+ with no hint of a wobble.. I would like to think that this issue is officially SORTED.

cheers guys for your suggestions and a special thanks goes to
Ray for taking some of his valuable time to help diagnose the issue.
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Glad to hear it's all sorted.
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Good stuff Andy, now you can let the mrs back in the 40? :D
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