willtd5 Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Looking for pointers! My 110 td5 has steering vibration around the 50 mph mark. Its had new wheels and tyres which I have double checked the balance and the tracking all the barings and track ends are good! Was thinking bushes?? Any thoughts please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanuki Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 What mileage has it done? I had a range of issues at around 70,000 miles on my 90TD5 - unexplained wheel-patter and steering vibrations, horrid sensitivity to crosswinds on motorways, and a bowel-loosening not-sure-which-side-of-the-road-I-will-be-ending-up-on twitch if you caught a pothole with the inside front wheel at speed, which was particularly evil when towing our big Bateson twin-axle flatbed. New yellow gas-pressurised Bilstein dampers and a Bilstein steering-ram damper fixed the problem entirely. Bilstein stuff's not cheap, but it's worth every penny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willtd5 Posted April 27, 2014 Author Share Posted April 27, 2014 Sh is a 54 plate on 110000 with a new terraferma streeing damper the shock are original heavy duty as was an environment agency truck! Might be a plan thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scandi Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 It would be worthwhile also to check the preload of the wheel hub and swivel pin bearings. Sloppy ones can give a wobble at certain speeds. Bushings should also be in good order, including the panhard rod ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roverdrive Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Another vote for swivel preload, and bushes here. Something else to check is that the steering damper is mounted correctly, as they usually have a "this side up" mark on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverik Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 Issues I have found that have caused vibration in steering... Wheel bearings Swivel bearings Steering rod ball joint Bent REAR half shaft.... yup the rear one! Radius arm bushes shot Front prop shaft UJ seized Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willtd5 Posted May 1, 2014 Author Share Posted May 1, 2014 Thank you for all that! Looks like I got a list to go through, replaced the panhard bushes today with small improvement, but there is movement in one of the radius arms possible cause?? So will do them next!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dscha Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 In my case it was the _rear_ prop shaft UJ on teh rear diff side. Replaced it, vibrations gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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