What did you do on your Perentie Today.

So my perentie tried to kill me today.

Came round a corner with a load of wood on, heard a loud twang, and then my steering locked up.

In the mean time I had crossed an oncomming lane and was veering back towards a big ditch.

I rode the clutch round and gave the wheel everything I had and got partly straight again and managed to pull it up off the road, after narrowly missing some signs and a huge tree.

I shut it all down and got out to check. A few seconds later another ex 4/19 member pulled up as he was on his way past.

Between us we worked out it was the uni joint sheild near the steering box, that had snagged on the grease nipple of the joint.

As my tool box was burried under a load of wood, removal was not an option, and was not game to drive it home that way.

So gave it a good bend.
simple fix but holy hell is it a scary thing to happen at speed.

Admin - feel free to edit that.

If you aren't already aware of this potential, I highly recomend you make some adjustments.

On the plus side I found where the scraping sound was coming from when I corner sharply at maccas drive through.

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Ho leee crap!:eek:
Struth mate, I have never seen that before.
You almost added a 'Perentie as killer' story to the lexicon ;)
Glad you are ok an the situation presented a solution to another issue. Almost makes the terror worth it.


almost.

Was the shield already bent down pre this incident?


Cheers, Mick.

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Originally Posted by mick88

Was the guard already bent down pre this incident?


Cheers, Mick.

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The guard plate as seen in the images, is after bending away from the uni joint.

Before hand it was perpendicular to the body and very close to the uni joint.

It appeared to be in factory poisition.

And what I took for a grease nipple is actually the clamping screw from the joint clamp.

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Yes I thought you may have meant the bolt as I didn't think there was a grease nipple on there. I wonder if the bolt has been replaced at some time with a longer than necessary one.


Cheers, Mick.

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Originally Posted by mick88

Yes I thought you may have meant the bolt as I didn't think there was a grease nipple on there. I wonder if the bolt has been replaced at some time with a longer than necessary one.


Cheers, Mick.

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In either case it's a deadly problem with an easy fix. Probably worth checking if you own one.

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Lucky mate......bet the heart took a while to slow down.

Yeah, I've never liked that guard mainly beacause it's such a PITA to install once removed. Can't understand what would have caused it to deflect enough to interfere with the steering shaft universal. From memory it mounts square off the inner guard and there are no slotted holes in either the bracket or the inner guard - where it is is where it is. Might be worth a lottery ticket I reckon.

Cheers, Dave.

Normally I'm one to chase little squeaks and clunks no matter how small

I like to think it's why I very rarely have breakdowns.

In this case I had been too busy.
but it's going on my service checklist.

First instinct said I had dropped a tie rod end, as I'm planning to replace them soon.

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lucky one Drano. Glad you survived without injury.
Looks like that shield has copped a hit at some point seeing how the bend is quite rusty. maybe someone dropped a tool or something on it and bent it without realizing.

New Tie rod ends make a huge difference. I paid extra to get some good ones from the UK with grease nipples (most don't have them anymore, which is annoying)
Worth checking your Pitman arm balljoint and rear A frame joint while you're at it. Mine were completely flogged out, dryer than dust and corroded to hell. Another example of what the "roadworthy" that Frontline Machinery/Grays provide is worth.
Getting them all in the same go can save you a motza in shipping costs.
Tip, if you need a rear A frame ball joint, get the one that is already in the bracket.
It's actually cheaper that way because getting the old balljoint out of the bracket (if it comes out) and the new one in is a PITA and the labor costs more than the whole new part! found that one out the expensive way.
It's the same with the Pitman arm. A new pitman arm with balljoint already installed can be bought and installed cheaper than it costs to R&R the existing one.

Took some rubbish off Hank yesterday, still need to get the diff head light and black out switch off.