My Steering Vibration fix

[ptcb]

Rummaging through the forums and finding information for little fix's to my GU4's loose steering I found out how to adjust the steering box. Now my roll is kept in good nic and my steering components and bearings are pretty good. So I decided to give this adjustment a go. What a difference it made, all of the steering vibrations virtually disappeared. These vibrations were really horrible at the Patrol 80's and when cornering. I did however have an alignment and balance before doing this. Little adjustments at a time until the steering was a little tight and felt like it was on rails, then backed it off until it felt nice and crisp just like a car.
May not work for everybody but sure as hell fixed my Patrol. Brilliant!!

[MudRunnerTD]

Pics! Vids! Details! would be awesome mate.

[threedogs]

X2 with MR and if you have a cure for baldness put that link up too please

[krbrooking]

X2 with MR and if you have a cure for baldness put that link up too please

Ask warnie TD I think it is called hair for men, yeh,yeh. LOL.....

[ptcb]

Sorry it's taken a while, like I said this worked on my Patrol and as for yours I cant say, as for a cure for baldness i'll get to that later!!
Like a lot of you my Patrol (2005 GU 3.0l) had the dreaded steering wobbles at around 80km/h. Pissed me off to no end.
I was however confident that the suspension components were sound and nearly everything was tight. Like I said nearly
everything!~I found that my wheel bearings were loose, so onto ebay to buy a wheel bearing tool and when I got it I
tightened the bearings. this fixed the "wobble" a little but it was still there!! So I booked the car into a steering joint for an
alignment and on car wheel balance. A little better again but still fricken irritating.
So I wandered the pages of this forum and came across a few threads on tightening the steering box for steering wheel play.
As I had a little play and some time I went and ginned around for a while.
My apologies for not taking pic's but it was a very simple process.
Just peel back the rubber guard under the drivers side wheel arch to reveal access to the steering box. On top there is a
Lock Nut with internal bolt with flatblade slot in it(this is the adjuster bolt). I marked the position of the slotted bolt, loosened the lock nut and with a
long flat bladed screwdriver tightened the bolt clockwise a half turn, this needs to be done from under the bonnet beside the battery and washer bottle,
and then re tensioned the locknut, took it for a drive and decided it needed some more and kept going until the steering felt a little too tight
then loosened of the adjuster until every thing felt nice and crisp.
My steering felt brand new and to my amazement my steering wheel wobble has disappeared!!
I can drive right through the 70 to 110 range and no vibrations. Not even whilst cornering so I'm rapped.
The only technical information I can offer is that I used a 17mm ring spanner for the locknut and the longest screwdriver in my kit!
Be careful to not get greedy and screw it up to much too soon, just a little at a time, as this may damage internal parts and does make the
steering tight and this could lead to an accident!
As for a cure for baldness I have none! But I do know of a preventative measure....but as you are already bald it's no use telling you
to keep your hands in your pocket whilst at the computer!!

[threedogs]

Did This on my other 4x4 and Knackered the steering box $350 c/o
Cure for baldness is win tattslotto, Then who cares right, right
I'll wait on the steering box fix, I do have wobbles, more so with the 305 MTZs

[GabrielMk3]

I've been searching around for this specifically, as me and most of my friends with 80's Patrol experience quite some wobbling and shaking at 70-90 km/h - quite violently shaking actually. Anyhow, we've all encountered different problems causing this. Drive-shafts being dented, and especially with the 160/260 Patrol: when wheel and kingpin bearings being worn down.

I have checked all of it, and haven't found any issues - so I will have a look at the steering box when I come back home! Hopefully it will solve it.

[Spannerdriver]

I might have a go at this, my GU has this filthy problem from day 1 that I got it although when I had a look on the front shockies I found this

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Naturally I fixed it hoping for the best and while it didn't get rid of the 80-90 problem it did get rid of the slight similar shimmy I had at 60

[Makka]

just be carful when doing this it means that the steering box is wearing as all components do..... do not over tighten and keep a eye on it .

the case hardening on the adjuster will be gone and the metal will wear faster in the steering box