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Slight Wobble and fast Vibration
- blakey2000
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03 Mar 2012 09:34 #34708
by blakey2000
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Hi all,
i was hoping someone might be able to know what is wrong, i have done a 3" lift, from ORA so castor corrected arms, adjustable pan hard rods ect I also put in a full set of super pro poly bushes.
now my problem is at around 100km/h i get a slight steering wobble. and i cannot figure out why. tyre's are the right pressure, panhard rod is the right length to position the axle in the center of the body and its bolts are tight and not loose or sloppy. I did correct the steering arm so my steering wheel was the right way up. iv tried everything to stop this wobble. different tyre pressures lower and higher, re adjusting the panhard rod. and i cant find anything wrong with the front end at all to cause the problem.
does anyone have any ideas what could be causing it. maybe the tierod but i didn't think it would change.
my other problem is a vibration at 55-65km/h pretty much only at that speed range all others are fine. quite a heavy vibration but fast pretty much intune with the engine rpm. so im guessing it might be the rear propshaft, i did take it off(axle side) but realized i didn't need to and put it back on, never changed anything with it, basically took it off then put it right back on without changing the position of it at all.
any ideas would help greatly as im really stumped at what it could be.
Cheers,
Blake
i was hoping someone might be able to know what is wrong, i have done a 3" lift, from ORA so castor corrected arms, adjustable pan hard rods ect I also put in a full set of super pro poly bushes.
now my problem is at around 100km/h i get a slight steering wobble. and i cannot figure out why. tyre's are the right pressure, panhard rod is the right length to position the axle in the center of the body and its bolts are tight and not loose or sloppy. I did correct the steering arm so my steering wheel was the right way up. iv tried everything to stop this wobble. different tyre pressures lower and higher, re adjusting the panhard rod. and i cant find anything wrong with the front end at all to cause the problem.
does anyone have any ideas what could be causing it. maybe the tierod but i didn't think it would change.
my other problem is a vibration at 55-65km/h pretty much only at that speed range all others are fine. quite a heavy vibration but fast pretty much intune with the engine rpm. so im guessing it might be the rear propshaft, i did take it off(axle side) but realized i didn't need to and put it back on, never changed anything with it, basically took it off then put it right back on without changing the position of it at all.
any ideas would help greatly as im really stumped at what it could be.
Cheers,
Blake
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03 Mar 2012 12:53 #34718
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Replied by vitara_mad on topic Re: Slight Wobble and fast Vibration
wheel balancing ,kingpin bearings & track rod ends i would suggest checking
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03 Mar 2012 19:17 #34754
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Replied by supergaz on topic Re: Slight Wobble and fast Vibration
I had exactly the same today but at 30+ then fitted my smaller GV tyres and hit 40mph and nearly died, the jimny shook itself to bits and I had to stop fast without braking. Then went back home and replaced my nicely balanced GV tyres back on to my G'Vitara as the jimny tyres are to big.
Put my special tracs back on the jimny but with the rears on the front and fronts on the back just so I could put it away, but then decided to take the dog down to the beach and then hit 50 mph and no death wobble, I still don't trust it at any more speed and the noise with special tracs, cage and lobster box make it very noisy.
Put my special tracs back on the jimny but with the rears on the front and fronts on the back just so I could put it away, but then decided to take the dog down to the beach and then hit 50 mph and no death wobble, I still don't trust it at any more speed and the noise with special tracs, cage and lobster box make it very noisy.
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03 Mar 2012 22:16 #34770
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Replied by blakey2000 on topic Re: Slight Wobble and fast Vibration
I have my stock jimny wheels on 205/70 alloy ones, and they have been balanced. will be changing the wheels to 265/70 or 31/10.5 at some point, it already has new kingpin bearings, and i don't know what a track rod is, I'm guessing its the same thing i mentioned just you call it something different, the bar that connects the 2 wheels?
I haven't checked it as i don't know how to check it for problems.
any ideas on what my vibration would be from?
I haven't checked it as i don't know how to check it for problems.
any ideas on what my vibration would be from?
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03 Mar 2012 22:43 #34773
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Replied by Dutchjimny on topic Re: Slight Wobble and fast Vibration
I re-alligned my kingpins but it requires some welding..
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03 Mar 2012 23:31 #34775
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Replied by blakey2000 on topic Re: Slight Wobble and fast Vibration
Yer i saw that, you corrected for castor in a more drastic way. rather then rotating the entire axle you just rotated your swivel joints. i have control arms that correct that for my lift, so i don't think that is the problem. and my wobble isn't killer is more as if you had unbalanced wheels but only happening at 100kmh/62mp/h where as an unbalanced wheel would show up allot sooner.
and my wobble is more i drive up to 100km/h with no wobble at all then after about 2min i get a little wobble. if i slow down to 95km/h it goes away till I'm back to 100km/h then is good for another 2min. till it comes back.
if i don't slow down it doesn't get any worse just stays the same.
and my wobble is more i drive up to 100km/h with no wobble at all then after about 2min i get a little wobble. if i slow down to 95km/h it goes away till I'm back to 100km/h then is good for another 2min. till it comes back.
if i don't slow down it doesn't get any worse just stays the same.
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