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    car shakes at 90ish KMPH

    at different speeds and if there was a bend in the highway the steering or the front end would shake like hell.. They said this was a Nissan problem.. Called several different places who one wanted to bite me 200 just to diagnose the problem... Found a guy at tyrepower Rocklea who said he had fixed hundreds of Nissans, and even Nissan bought cars to him to fix. He had it for the better part of the day and only cost $250, I don’t know if it’s my imagination of not but there is still a slight shaking. Shudder in the car, have called him back he said it could be drive train or a number of other things but he said he was happy with the before and after, the only faults he could find was one bush had a slight crack in it, which he said I could get another 6-12 months out of.

    he did his secret fix, made no difference in my opion, he said it had to be the crash in the bush, and if I put a 2 inch suspension lift if, it would solve my problems, so paid out, got the bush fixed, suspension lifted, and to me the sake is still there, it comes and goes, today when it was real bad, put it into neutral to make sure it wasnt engine ralated etc, it has standard 31's on it, a mate with an almost identical car has 285 75 R16's on his and it drives perfect, another guy I spoke to today said his handled bad with 31's so he upsized to 33's and the problem was gone.. The trye power guy is pulling his hair out he cant understand whats going wrong, he even shouted me a new set of engine mounts to see if that would fix the problem, anyone else here can confirm that going to 33's would help?

    Once i get my engine miss problem sorted and this steering/suspension shaking sorted, I'll have a perfect car..

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    I cant confirm but almost everyone i know with a GQ has some wobble at speed including myself.
    Im going up to 33,s soon i'll let you know.
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    I've got 33" KM2's and mine has a steering wheel shake at about 90-ish....
    It's not dreadful but I could do without it.
    When I had the factory size tyres the shake was at about 80km/h. I'm living with it at the moment and I find it's worse on crappy surfaced freeways and if I increase my speed to 100 plus it is smooth as a baby's backside.....

    1997 GQ Patrol RX, TB42E. Mods: OME 2" lift, 33" BFG KM2'S, ARB winch bar & reconditioned X9 Superwinch, IPF 900 spotties HID conversion, ARB side steps and scrub bars, Kaymar rear step & spare wheel carrier & jerry holder, Rear 55W LED worklight, Safari Snorkel, 147L LRA tank, Extended diff breathers, dual batteries, GME UHF, Home built drawer and fridge slide, ARB 60L fridge.

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    The moral....when in doubt, power out! :-)

    1997 GQ Patrol RX, TB42E. Mods: OME 2" lift, 33" BFG KM2'S, ARB winch bar & reconditioned X9 Superwinch, IPF 900 spotties HID conversion, ARB side steps and scrub bars, Kaymar rear step & spare wheel carrier & jerry holder, Rear 55W LED worklight, Safari Snorkel, 147L LRA tank, Extended diff breathers, dual batteries, GME UHF, Home built drawer and fridge slide, ARB 60L fridge.

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    Mine still wobbles with 33s on...... Have yet to take a look at bushes but I'm in no hurry and very rarely travel at the speed it starts to wobble at, which is anywhere between 70-90 depending on which day of the week it is, the lunar cycle and what I've had for breakfast.

    Don't stroke it, TAP it!!!!.....


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    Hey Ckh...is it the whole car shaking, or just a wobble in the steering wheel? ....

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    Quote Originally Posted by happygtu View Post
    Hey Ckh...is it the whole car shaking, or just a wobble in the steering wheel? ....

    Mic
    Feels like the whole car but more the front end

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    When driving on a falt section of highway today, it felt like I was driving on a coragated dirt road, car shaking like hell..going to a mates place tomorrow and trying a completely different set of rims and tyres, it that solves or improves things, I'll know my tyres or wheels are out of round.. Today when driving on a perfectly flat bit of freeway it felt like i was on a coragated dirt road,, my Mate is also going to have a look to see if anything else stands out like a sore thumb, I'm so glad I met "scaredgq " Andrew on a forum, he's a top block and knows his stuff when it comes to gq's, I'm still in awe as to what he has done to his and its only running on gas, would make most V8's be imbarrased...

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    Swapped front and rear wheels over, no more shakes also got extractors installed turns out exhaust manifold was warped and leaking from number 1 and 6 cylinder, man it made a difference, more power and ecconomy has now consistantly around the 17-18L/100L

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    Mine's going to the mechanics soon, to finish off a few things - including that wobble.

    I'm lost as to why my truck, with skinny tyres, does it too. I even swapped my 2 brand new, balanced spares and put them on the front.

    All things aside, I really, honestly believe, with all my heart, that it the wobble is partly due to the condition of the road. I live in the wheatbelt where b doubles and road trains are a part of daily life.
    The heat our here melts the bitumen, too. I'm reasonably confident to say that my skinny tyres get caught in the 'invisible' truck ruts on the bitumen.

    99% of the wobbles happen when I'm braking.

    Mine's not the only vehicle that way that has gone to the mechanic for the wobbles.

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