Thread: Got My Disco but need lots done.

On the turbo front I cleaned it and drove 1300km home from Vic and it appears to to just be the turbo oil feed and return lines, can I give these a smear of Copper gasket sealer or do I need new lines?

Anyone had a wobble in the front from worn bearings or ball joints?

Also would my brake light stay on until cleared by Nanocom?

Cheers
Matt

Do you mean the steering tie rod end balljoints, or the steering knuckle balljoints. At those k's the latter would be worn out for sure, I didn't get a wobble effect but I did replace them as it was bound to happen eventually. I put a how to up in the Projects and Tutorials section on how to change these.

Originally Posted by Hendrik

Do you mean the steering tie rod end balljoints, or the steering knuckle balljoints. At those k's the latter would be worn out for sure, I didn't get a wobble effect but I did replace them as it was bound to happen eventually. I put a how to up in the Projects and Tutorials section on how to change these.

At about $40 each I may as well do both sets of ball joints when I do the front shocks and springs.

cheers matt

Just jacked up each side of the Disco and tried to get some movement out of the front wheels with no movement top to bottom or side to side. so I don't think my wobble is from the bearings.

Should there be movement there if the ball joints are stuffed?

Cheers

Matt

You can't really notice a wobble with the wheel jacked up, you need to remove the knuckle then you will notice movement...in the bottom ballpoint especially. What does the wobble feel like, does it happen at a certain speed, when you accelerate brake, does the steering wheel shake or the whole car?

Originally Posted by Hendrik

What does the wobble feel like, does it happen at a certain speed, when you accelerate brake, does the steering wheel shake or the whole car?

Mainly braking from 110km it will start as a gentle wobble in the steering wheel and the harder I brake the more violent the wobble gets and it is a struggle to hold the wheel until i get below 80 km and then it stops. if I just keep a gentle brake pressure it will stay a gentle wobble down to the 80 km

The steering damper is still the original do you think this would cause the wobble?.

Cheers
matt

swivel pins maybe...

Try getting the wheels balanced first, that would also be a cause. For instance mine has a shocking wobble at the moment just about 80kph. If that doesn't solve it, then it is defiantly the knuckle balljoints. Like I said before with those k's they will be worn out, personally I think every d2's balljoint's should be replaced by the time they get to 210k kms.