collected terrano

[tintin]

picked up the terrano tonight, on the way home, noticed the steering wheel vibrating at speed? got it home and had a look around, the passenger side front wheel has slight movement on it when you push it in and out, all the other wheels seem solid, could it be a ball joint gone???:nenau, i know i'm not paid up yet, but any help is greatly appriciated.:thumbs

 

[briggie]

picked up the terrano tonight, on the way home, noticed the steering wheel vibrating at speed? got it home and had a look around, the passenger side front wheel has slight movement on it when you push it in and out, all the other wheels seem solid, could it be a ball joint gone???:nenau, i know i'm not paid up yet, but any help is greatly appriciated.:thumbs

bearings ..... tracking ..... hubs ......

 

[clivvy]

loose wheel nuts?

when i bough tmine, chap didnt tighten them up....!!!

 

[makeitfit]

If it's moving side to side then it's very likely steering idler arm bushes and possibly the control arm ball joints. I've got specially made idler bushes if you need.:sly
If the top of the wheel can be moved easily on the ground then check bearing and poss wheel nuts

 

[lacroupade]

But bearing play is a very common fault....online manual shows how to fix it....

 

[solarman216]

Any one mentioned wheel balancing,

 

[tintin]

just had the garage on the phone, the only thing they could find was a knackered front tyre:thumbs
that will do me, he saw what i meant about play on front wheel but said it was nothing, all joints etc are fine, hopefully out for a long run over the weekend, thanks for all your replies and suggestions, nice to know there is someone there when things go pear shaped:clap

 

[zippy656]

we do pear shaped kind of help loads here...


and some time I even get it RIGHT!!

 

[makeitfit]

Ah but what caused the tyre to become pear shaped is the question to which an answer must be found it is , rubs chin and ponders, weak is the force in this one , beware the nearside idler young tintin:augie

 

[zippy656]

bearings and bushes spring to mind. tracking too

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

Ah but what caused the tyre to become pear shaped is the question to which an answer must be found it is , rubs chin and ponders, weak is the force in this one , beware the nearside idler young tintin:augie

i was going to say the same thing! but with less Yoda :thumbs

 

[tintin]

Ah but what caused the tyre to become pear shaped is the question to which an answer must be found it is , rubs chin and ponders, weak is the force in this one , beware the nearside idler young tintin:augie

previous owner believed in using part worn tyres???
any way decided on 2 new tyres which are going on the back, and rotaing the older 2 onto the front, was going to go for 4 new ones, garage said the 2 remaining tyres have loads of life left. Once they're all inflated and balanced properly, i'll see how she runs and keep a watchfull eye on tyre wear.
One question master yoda, what is nearside idler?? and what would be the symptons of this being knackered??

 

[makeitfit]

It's the steering idler, a small pivoting arm that relays the steering from the drivers side.
There's a couple of bushes in it that often wear and allow extra slop in the offside wheel.
If you can get a mate to push the wheel side to side while you look underneath then you'll easily spy the fault if it's there.
Enjoy
May the 4th be with you