Pretty much ever since I got the car a year ago it’s been suffering, with varying degrees of severity, from wheel wobble between 70 and 80 Km/h. It also has made a nasty “craunch” noise when turning to the right and over speed ups, suggesting some part of the steeing swivel housing arrangement was not as it should be.
So, with the car in the garage, and without further ado I set about taking the drivers side swivel housing and driveshaft out. Other than the disc brake instead of drum and the CV joint instead of the UJ it’s pretty much identical to the LandRover, so it all feels very familiar to work on!
First the calliper had to come off
To allow for removal of the hub,
Then the back plate and hub carrier came off
To expose a rather dry looking CV joint, then once the sealing arrangement around the back of the swivel housing was removed and the steering ball joint was spilt, it was off with the king pins and removal of the swivel housing.
This exposed the top swivel bearing which was totally dry for grease, full of sand and rust and seized more or less solid, hopefully the culprit!
Having generated the first list of bits I needed, the next phase was to remove the transfer box and see what I found wrong in there.
