Yet more issues...

[Evo]

What size tyres and brands are you running for the two sets Stropp?

Evo

[Evo]

Bump?

Evo

[Evo]

Anyone want to come take it for a drive with me and see what you think?
How it drives/feels/handles?

Evo

[Kelvinator]

I am going to say that they have buggered up. What I cannot believe, as a mechanic myself, that they did not immediately get your car back up on that hoist and strip those hubs down again, at the very least check for wheel bearing play.

Swivel hub shims do play a part in steering geometry and could be a minor cause at this stage but over time would create a bigger issue. Not many people ever test king pin bearing pre-load. I don't even have the tools to do it or bother, but I can do my bearings as often as I like. For a customer i would expect this to be done

Nissan patrols are known to require a second tickle up 1 to 2 weeks later after driving around. Mainly because its so hard for people without the skills or tools to get the bearing pre-load correct. This shouldn't be the case but it often is.

Your bearings got to the point that they were rumbling, which leads me to believe that your maintenance schedule may be a bit behind, so the potential that jacking up your vehicle on the hoist may have caused something else to shift/slip/tear is possible. Bushes mainly i would expect, possible radius arm, panhard rod bushes. I would check all those.

[Kelvinator]

Ooops, didn't read the third page. That tyre wear that they say is more pronounced now due to new bearings, not sure I'm believing that. I think they retorqued your bearings and didnt want to take the blame for incorrect pre-load.
You can flip the front tyres so they run backwards and put on rear and the same with the rears on to the fronts to try and wear them flat again if that really is the case. Some muddies do create that really bad wave of one high lug one low the whole way round which can cause shocking vibrations. Particularly Wranglers, and there's no real way to combat it. I now recommend any of the MT atz p3, dick cepek fun countrys or FC's, or even the stmaxx coopers. As an aggressive all terrain with closer lug spacing I have not come across that weird wear again, and I cannot for the life of me see any lack of performance in mud, but a better performance on sand for sure. Road handling and noise was better too. I bought a gq that came with 8 wranglers all with that bad wave wear. I dreaded the sight of them but wore them flat(ish) and used them for 2 years. They all blew out the side wall eventually so, yep, that got rid of them.

As for tickling up your wheelbearings, the workshop manuals on this forum explain in good detail exactly how to do your wheel bearings, no need to guess.

[Evo]

Thanks Kelvinator.

Just not sure what to believe.
Still doesn't feel right to me, something is definitely different since having wheel bearings and swivel hubs done...

See how things go and might have another look tomorrow.

Just want to enjoy it and take it out, but the way things have been going, not sure I want to deal with it much more...

Thanks again.

Evo

[Kelvinator]

It will only take one experienced bloke to see what's wrong. Find that bloke and leave a beer trail to your patrol. Also, borrow a mates good tyres and take it for a drive. See what happens. Hit up your local 4wd club and id almost put money on somebody being willing to help

[Stropp]

What size tyres and brands are you running for the two sets Stropp?

Evo

Sorry mate I have hankooks for both sets, one lot are 33 ATs and the other are35 mts, 17 inch std factory mags.

[Evo]

All good Stropp.

Thanks

Evo

[Evo]

Yeah Kelvinator.

Not sure who in WA near me could be considered as an 'experienced bloke' to sort this out.
As a few others on here have followed previously, I can get 6 different answers from 4 different 'experts' (different issue) and still be no closer to a solution...

And I'm all for looking at it myself (when health allows) but to be honest, I'm not very sure what or how when it comes to checking and adjusting the mechanicals on a 4x4.
General checks and minor maintenance, no problem, but things like this... Throw my hands in the air and walk away (while writing the for sale ad in my head).

Anyone know or trust any shops/mechanics in Perth to know what they are looking at?
While not costing me more money I don't have?

You guys on here have been top notch with all my crap, appreciate it! ☺️

Cheers

Evo