Thread: What did you do with or to your Disco today

Well I know the DS WB needs adjusting but that wouldn't make it pull one way with new muddies and the other way with old AT's:-)
But it might help the slight shimmy especially on a left turn around 80-90.

Im wondering if there is an issue with the new muddies.
When I bought it it had the same rims but different tyres - they were too big but I dont recall the pull to the right. I put on new smaller muddies and immediately there was a significant pull right.
Change to complete diffeernt wheels/tyres - no pull right.


I will go and talk with the seller see what he reckons.

Originally Posted by AK83

Can't help on the change of wheel/tyres conspiracy!

BUT!! ... have you fully checked the bearings for even the teeniest bit of slack on the main nut?

I went through all the drama of front end components recently myself. All bushes fine, all nuts and bolts fine.
Only thing I didn't check was wheel bearing play.
And the only reason it occurred to me was that I started the process of stripping to check and maybe tighten/re-shim swivel bearings.
I first removed pass front wheel, then as I was removing drivers wheel, I noticed a half mil of play on the vertical. Hard to check horizontal movement. Thinking .. aha.. has to be swivel bearing play, then it struck me to check the easier stuff first.
Sure enough drivers was quite loose which made sense with the vertical movement. Even tho the pass side didn't have any notable movement, main nut was still a teeny bit loose.

Prior to this, I'd been having a bit of kickback at the stg wheel, but a tail chasing episode with the alignment.

Brother got a Vevor alignment kit thingy with the bars and tape measures. It works ok .. well enough anyhow. He stuffed up his Falcon, and I had to work out how to get it set up right. Got the Falcon running right, so he left the tool with me.
So I had a play on the D1.
Only annoyance with it is that on this specific kit, you have to remove the drive flange nuts to mount it all up due to the spacing of the holes on the two angles.
If you're willing to drill out new/larger slots or holes you could get it to mount to the wheel studs.

Anyhow, having the alignment tool meant that I could adjust to my preference and in my own time(rather than paying for checks).
Took some time, but once the bearings reset, I got the alignment to my liking.

Originally Posted by TonyC

Hi Edddo,
What wheels and tyres were on it before?
Was the width and/or offset different?

Tony

Hi Tony

Were on - Standard Disco 16 inch steelies with brand new Goodyear MT 265/70's

Now have the Hiline mags with old 245/75's on.

Not radically different. Rolling diameter calculates very close to the same. Muddies 20mm wider. They actually do look significant larger diameter on the car though.