Hey everyone i know this is a generalised problem but i ws hoping that someone may have the same issue......
My truck with a 7" lift is starting to drive a lot better with each mod but i just have no idea how to get rid of the wobbling steering that happens every now and then. Even on what seems to be a smooth road sometimes the steering wheel will just start wobbling reasonable hard in my hands then after a while stop and be smooth again. It only does it at around 60-70 or slower speeds and is fine up higher like 80 and up.
Also my rear door is driving me nuts, is there any quck fix to stop it from rattling, sometimes i just wanna swerve off a cliff it pisses me that much!!
Can anyone help me? and im not talking about councelling!!
TinyGQ
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wobbling steering drinving me nuts!
wobbling steering drinving me nuts!
2008 Ford Ranger Supercap XLT
Re: wobbling steering drinving me nuts!
play in the steering box?
TinyGQ,
I have a very similar wobble in my car, which is similarly configured. I have been through everything over the years, the greatest single improvement i made was overhauling the swivel hubs (which wll be apart again soon to fix a dodgy seal and leak). I couldn't feel any play in them but the bearings were pitted in the old cups. I also have a knock at full lock or a big bump when offroad, which i suspect is the panhard road, but haven't really had time to check it out thoroughly. I have changed the bushes twice on the front panhard now, but it think the leaking fuel pump may have caused the top bolt to wear down, so i might get a new one of those soon and try it. Generally it drives well, it just has the occasional moments where it wants wobble a little bit, but still controllable, just annoys me that it's not quite right. I also have drop boxes fitted, which give me about 1.5° of castor. It used to have castor plates, but never drove quite right on them.
With the back door. Have you adjusted the striker plates on the latches? With mine i packed the lower rubber mount out a few mm with a bit of something as the lower striker on the big door was fully adjusted. The top one you can give it a bit of a dong with a hammer to make the door pull in tighter. With the small door, just adjust the striker on the big door right in to make it pull in tight as well. This fixed up mine and has been good for a few years now.
You can do a similar thing with the side door latches as well. Replacing the rubber inside the window frames does prevent the glass from shaking a bit. Mine was pretty much shagged on all windows. Unfortunately rattles seem to come with nissans.....
Hope this is of some help.
Nathan
I have a very similar wobble in my car, which is similarly configured. I have been through everything over the years, the greatest single improvement i made was overhauling the swivel hubs (which wll be apart again soon to fix a dodgy seal and leak). I couldn't feel any play in them but the bearings were pitted in the old cups. I also have a knock at full lock or a big bump when offroad, which i suspect is the panhard road, but haven't really had time to check it out thoroughly. I have changed the bushes twice on the front panhard now, but it think the leaking fuel pump may have caused the top bolt to wear down, so i might get a new one of those soon and try it. Generally it drives well, it just has the occasional moments where it wants wobble a little bit, but still controllable, just annoys me that it's not quite right. I also have drop boxes fitted, which give me about 1.5° of castor. It used to have castor plates, but never drove quite right on them.
With the back door. Have you adjusted the striker plates on the latches? With mine i packed the lower rubber mount out a few mm with a bit of something as the lower striker on the big door was fully adjusted. The top one you can give it a bit of a dong with a hammer to make the door pull in tighter. With the small door, just adjust the striker on the big door right in to make it pull in tight as well. This fixed up mine and has been good for a few years now.
You can do a similar thing with the side door latches as well. Replacing the rubber inside the window frames does prevent the glass from shaking a bit. Mine was pretty much shagged on all windows. Unfortunately rattles seem to come with nissans.....
Hope this is of some help.
Nathan
cheers mate ill give that stuff a shot!! yea mot of my noises were coming from the front windows and rear doors, so after replacing the window seals and adjusting the doors i have fixed most of them but the rear door i just cant seem to fix and now that noise seems to be louder than all put together!! ahh well cheers for ya help, hope it works!
TinyGQ
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2008 Ford Ranger Supercap XLT
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