Yet more issues...

[the evil twin]

snip...

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?

That is a 'mutually exclusive' set of conditions, Cobber.

Workshop with the best rep and therefore highest pricing is prob Robson Bro's.

[Evo]

evil twin, funny you mention them.

Gave them (Robson Bros) a call and booked up for a couple of weeks.

Also found Armadale 4WD Service Centre.
Called them and spoke to the owner/manager. He said bring it in first thing Thursday, and they will have a good look. Will cost half hour labour ($60) but he said if they haven't found anything to explain the issue in that half hour, they must be doing something wrong. Gives me some hope...

Will leave it there gents and report back Thursday, hopefully with good news and more than shrapnel in my wallet...

Cheers

Evo

[Avo]

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

your craps nothing compared to clunks..your fine

[the evil twin]

Will leave it there gents and report back Thursday, hopefully with good news and more than shrapnel in my wallet...

Cheers

Evo

I haven't had anything to do with the Armadale mob so can't comment on them... willing to bet a half a can of flat XXXX they find some worn bushes tho

[Evo]

I haven't had anything to do with the Armadale mob so can't comment on them... willing to bet a half a can of flat XXXX they find some worn bushes tho

Well, if it's bushes, I'll be ok, they are under warranty, all bushings on the suspension are barely 6 months old.

Evo

[Evo]

I'm Done...
Over it...
Everything else isn't helping either...

Sorry to waste everyone's time.

Thanks for everyone's ideas and input.

Evo

[BigRAWesty]

So did the specialists find anything??

So when you say suspension is not 12 months old is that just springs and shocks, or all bushes?
And what bushes did you go??

Did you get castor correction bushes or did you not touch the drop arms?

[Stropp]

I'm Done...
Over it...
Everything else isn't helping either...

Sorry to waste everyone's time.

Thanks for everyone's ideas and input.

Evo

how did you go mate?? hope everything is ok

[Bigcol]

I'm Done...
Over it...
Everything else isn't helping either...

Sorry to waste everyone's time.

Thanks for everyone's ideas and input.

Evo

ok, so what was the result from Armadale 4wd????
did they shed some light onto what the problem is / was / maybe............

sounds to me like a lot of small contributing factors
tyres - what type, size, off set
suspension - brand, size and lift gained
brakes - new / old / just serviced
condition of patrol old / flogged / hardly used

saying "Im done" wont help us to try and help you

to me - and I have done the same thing - swivel hubs & rotated tyres - got the death wobbles at 70-80kms
why?
because I run MT Baja MTZ's, and I think from the wear patten my rear dif is slightly bent/ out of spec.........

to fix is about $1500 for new tyres

[Evo]

So did the specialists find anything??

So when you say suspension is not 12 months old is that just springs and shocks, or all bushes?
And what bushes did you go??

Did you get castor correction bushes or did you not touch the drop arms?

Suspension was all done, ironman 3", all bushes I'm guessing are ironman, or whatever came with their gear.
Had new drop arm-chassis bushes and caster correction bushes done.

Specialist answer, see below.

how did you go mate?? hope everything is ok

See below.

ok, so what was the result from Armadale 4wd????
did they shed some light onto what the problem is / was / maybe............

sounds to me like a lot of small contributing factors
tyres - what type, size, off set mud tyres, 305 70 R16, standard patrol offset

suspension - brand, size and lift gained see above

brakes - new / old / just service brakes are all fine

condition of patrol old / flogged / hardly used Highway use before I got it, minimal off-road in my time

saying "Im done" wont help us to try and help you

to me - and I have done the same thing - swivel hubs & rotated tyres - got the death wobbles at 70-80kms
why?
because I run MT Baja MTZ's, and I think from the wear patten my rear dif is slightly bent/ out of spec......... I've been rotating the tyres every 5-10000kms since new, and have been told all are worn evenly, look really good.

to fix is about $1500 for new tyres

As for the specialists, they said everything looks fine, but then started to pick the crap out of how I have my vehicle setup, said patrols are renowned for shakes/rattles/vibrations and that I should have bought a land cruiser...

I don't know what else I can say about the issue. Everything has been covered in this thread, and pretty much everything has been tried...

Not much else I can do, my health is going downhill so I can't do much myself, and money is just non existent now...

"I'm done" just seems to sum it all up...

Evo