Hey guys, hope you're all doing well.
Just came back from KI with the family and my steering wheel natural position has changed by at least 90+ degrees. I have an 89, td42 maverick that I bought from a guy who couldn't drive it anymore.
Bit of background:
He put a new 4" lift kit into the stock mav before his accident. The car had been sitting in his front yard for a year or two, so the lift is relatively new and suspension rigid.
The steering wheel was fine when I bought it a month ago, however now it has rotated around by 90 degrees.
Also, when traveling at speed and hit a minor road bump, sudden, violent death wobbles kick in (75+kmph) when I reduce my speed to below 70kmph it stops and I can bring it back to the speed limit.
This doesn't happen all the time and there is no set speed that it occurs. I also don't have constant wobbles, its only sudden.
The RAA check that I got on it stated that the drag link joint at pitman arm has excessive movement and there is a lot of free play in the steering wheel and wandering on the road, could this attribute to the wobbles and change in wheel position?
I have done some research and another thread (http://www.patrol4x4.com/forum/suspe...ddenly-173682/) stated that the panhard bushes are the reason for the sudden, out of control death wobbles. however, I am no mechanic and have no idea how to check it.
The wobbles I'm okay with as I don't do much high speed stuff, moreso the steering.
So my real question is, what could cause the steering wheel to do this and what would be causing the sudden wobbles?
Any help would be appreciated.