Re-Discovery

Following on from the success of last year's event, again Hull4x4 cordially invite you to join in with the Hull4x4 Summer Mega Offroading/Camping Jamboree!?!?! Bring the family for a days Greenlaning on and around the North Yorkshire Moors National Park on Saturday 2nd August 2008 followed by a Bar-B-Q and Bonfire on Saturday night and then Pay and Play at the Robin Hoods Bay Offroad Site (www.nyoffroad.co.uk) on Sunday 3rd August 2008. The cost for the weekend will be £20 including camping at Bay Ness Farm (www.baynessfarm.co.uk)!?!?! Ring Dave on 07780 950 207 for more details and tell him RD told you about it!?!?!

For those of you that are going to the Driffield Land Rover Show this weekend....... Hull4x4 invite you to take part in either or both of the following competitions; Saturday 10th May 2008 - Guess the Weight of my Disco....Winner to be announced 4pm Sunday 11th May 2008 - Guess the Weight of Steve's Trayback......Winner to be announced 4pm Tarantula Off Road Products up for grabs, £1.00 per guess!?!?!?! Good Luck!?!?!?! Driffield_LR_Show___Guess_The_Disco__s_Weight_Poster.pdf Driffield_LR_Show___Guess_The_Trayback__s_Weight_Poster.pdf

I have just replaced the front Radius Arm to chassis bushes (with Polybush Oranges) as they had gone and were allowing forward and backwards movement of the axel?!?! Took it for a spin on Saturday and it didn’t appear to be doing it anymore, but when I took it for a spin yesterday it seemed to be doing it again!?!?! I can definitely say that on gentle acceleration it doesn’t appear to be doing it (or be that noticeable), but under heavy acceleration it really does get a shake on!?!?! I can assure everyone from speaking to several people who work in the tyre industry that it is not wheel balancing (due to the speed at which it comes in, being so slow, between 35-50mph) so please don’t post that. This week I will be swapping the front wheels with the back to see if one of my new front wheels are buckled somehow?!?!?! There is no play in any of my propshaft UJs!?!?! I am quickly running out of options on what it could be, please feel free to post any sensible suggestions?!?!?! Thank you in advance.

All the bushes apear to be fine, my panhard rod is one of the Scorpion Racing Adjustable ones and therefore only has a bush at one end and a rose joint at the other!?!??

Just thought I would post an update on what has been done to try and resolve the issue so far; Fitted brand new top and bottom bearings, shims, gaskets and top and bottom pins to both Swivel Housings!?!?! Fitted brand new track rod and drag links ends!?!?! Just had all four wheels aligned, and tracking done, camber and castor all okay!?!?! No play in any of the Prop UJ’s front or back!?!?! All Suspension bushes appear to be fine!?!?! The only thing that I haven’t yell checked as far as I can tell is the wheel balancing and the reason for that is that my 35’s would not fit on the tyre balancing machine at the tyre place that did my wheel alignment today.?!?!?!?

These are brand fire new and were fitted just prior to setting off to Billing!?!?!? No thanks.....wheels and tyres have just cost just short of £1700.....so not in too much of a rush to replace them!?!?!

Thought about Wheel Balancing but that is not normally an issue until about 50mph and not the relatively low speeds I am experiencing it at?!?!?!

Well the journey to Billing and back was very interesting, which equated to approximately 7½ hours of white knuckle ride!?!?! It appears that I am suffering with a Violent Front Wheel Shake between 38 - 50 mph, it is fine below that speed and fine above that speed and only happens when the vehicle is under load i.e. Decelerating within that range is okay?!?!?! I am running 35x12.50x15 BFG Muds on Mach 5 Bead locking Rims within each tyre I have approximately 15ozs of Airsoft BB’s in order to balance them from the inside out (see this link http://4x4trailhunters.com/article.php?id=18 for more info) I have an amount of play in my front nearside CV Housing, but have been told that this shouldn’t cause any grief, but will be removing a shim or two shortly in order to hopefully resolve this issue!?!?!? : My Panhard Rod Bushes are fine!?!?! Any ideas as to what it could be would be gratefully received?!?!?! B)