Lorrick Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Evening Intelligent Defender people On my Utility TD5 2002 142,000 miles( it has had a hard neglected life as far as I can see, its in hospital again next week). I use it for work so it has a fair bit of weight in it excluding me :blink:with tools and barrels of oil, I cover between 700 and 1200 miles a week so the thing is being used, But the Turbo does seem to take an age to kick in when accelerating, is there any way of lessening the time delay, and as I haven't got a Rev Counter, I do not now what revs it cuts in at but it does seem rather high before you feel the engine pulling also : The steering wobbles quite badly when breaking and at around 65mph you can feel the steering wobble but not as badly but the steering damper is ok , took it back to garage that fitted new pads and discs and front bushes and suspension and a load of other stuff before Christmas and on the brake calibrator you can see both brakes wavering by 50 Kgf at 300 Kgf, so they are definitely warped, sometimes you can feel the brake peddle pulsating under your foot when braking then it goes away, the front of the truck is gently rising and falling by about 1.5 inches when on the rolling brake tester as well. beat that. I have checked the wheels and they are definitely round and running true on the rims and the rims are ok as well without any deformities, and all the front end suspension and joints are new and tight ??? so any ideas. As the guy who is doing the investigation on it is scratching his head a bit and he's worked on them for years. Any help welcome Regards Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 if there is grit or corrosion between the disc/hub mating faces that would prevent it sitting true to the hub.& create a pulsing brake pedal, are the caliper bolts fully torqued in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minimaquinas Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 hi i would be looking at the vented discs to see if they are cracked on the centers and opening up i had this on a ford granada coupe but after a bit of head scratchin i found the problem to be the discs opening up but mainly when they was warm hth brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorrick Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 Thanks Recovery Man & Brian I will have a look tomorrow, and ideas on turbo lag ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Thanks Recovery Man & Brian I will have a look tomorrow, and ideas on turbo lag ? What condition are all the turbo hoses in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorrick Posted February 1, 2012 Author Share Posted February 1, 2012 About the front wheel wobble under breaking and the now its here now its not pulsing brake peddle, They replaced, the Steering Damper, still there, Wheels,still there, tried all track rod ends and linkages,still there, put a Dial Test Indicator on the new discs nothing on the outside surfaces, Found a slight grumble in the n/s/f wheel bearings so replaced them both, and as the disk was off, they DTI'd the inner surface of the brake disk and it was 7thou out, not a lot, put it back on, and still there, so where out of ideas, and so replaced both discs and guess what it stopped. These where genuine Landrover discs, and the guys been doing them for 27 years and even he couldn't figure it out. Anyway we are all steering and braking straight again Still got to figure out about the turbo lag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 good to read you found & solved the fault& back to the straight & non wobbly life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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