The Wobbles

[Ian2011]

Once again this forum has provided advice that has made me a very happy man today, I searched through a lot of posts that had all the things that generally give you the front end wobbles and after changing more bushes then I care to talk about, one post that eludes me now, stated, get your wheels balanced on the car'. I had already paid 65 dollars at a local tmart earlier in the week but still had violent shakes in the front end. Spoke to the local pedders rep (when I was picking up my new swaybar bushes and links) and he pointed me in the direction of the only holder of an on car balancer in the Alb/wod region.

The bloke at the shop told me he had to put 164 grams of weight on the left side after spinning up the wheel and having nearly everything rattle off the front end, took 54 grams on the right side, so much for the tmart balance.

Drove away still a little sceptical but within minutes I could tell the difference, and after driving at different speeds, it was gone, no wobbles = happy me.

So if you have the wobbles, find an on car balancer and a tyre fitter that has a clue.

Hope this post helps someone like this forum has helped me.

:cheers:

[paddywagon]

Good onya mate,
I am getting the swivel hubs rebuilt next week by my mechanic and he is going to put me in touch with one of his buddies that will do an on car balance for me. Hopefully achieve the same results as yourself! Will update after the works.

Cheers

[Ian2011]

Hopefully you do Paddywagon, although the new hubs should take some of that movement away, if you can let us know the current weights on your wheels and what weight the 'on car balancer' puts on/takes off. At least then people might see that this is what we should be looking at in the early stage of wheel wobble.

[threedogs]

Trouble is most TMARTS" only cater to the passenger car,
my advice would be take it to a 4x4 shop who have 4x4 balancing equipment,
and deal with 4x4 tyres on a daily basis, most are also aware of the quirks of different models'

If they cant balance it first time they should deflate and rotate your tyre 180 degrees,
But for some that's too much work,
make sure things like wheel bearing are tight, only slight movement on a jack
translate into a wobble a speed

[Ian2011]

They all claim to have the ability to balance 4wd tyres correctly, as a paying customer should I not expect that they can actually do what they claim. The hardest thing is finding that dealer that will do the right thing regardless of whether it is one of the major distributers or not and this applies to some of the '4wd specialists' as well.

At the end of the day, its all money to them, quicker your vehicle is out, the quicker the next sucker is in.

[Chris Dore]

I had the wobbles in my GQ and it stumped several mechanics about town. Steering dampers, bushes, tie rod ends, panhards rod, numerous wheel alignments etc and finally found the slightest bit of play in the drag link arm.

It's a relief when you finally get it running smooth