Death Wobble Breakthrough - after all these years?

Halford wrote:
but it's just come back

Is there no improvement with the spacers off (or is that not possible to try)?

supergaz wrote: I think a'lot of the issue is down to how the wheel is fitted, as all nuts are torqued correctly in the correct order. Maybe not everyone does this correctly so the wheel does not mate flush.

Over the years I have had a lot of alloys that could never be properly balanced. I'd throw them on the back but you could still feel the wobble through the seat of your pants. It didn't happen so much with steels. It has made me sensitised to alloys. Same applies to tyres but wasn't it Michelin that were famed for being made properly. Then again really awkward ones could also be balanced on the car with some success.
I still think it needs input from the wobble suffers.

I've recently developed a massive Wobble. Seems to come from the left wheel between 30 and 42 mph. This has been getting worse. Both kingpins on either side look like they need doing but my gut feeling was that it wasn't this.

Rocking the car I noticed movement in the pan hard rod on the nearside. Anyway, suspecting this was the culprit I ordered some new bushes. Came to fit them last night and couldn't get the drivers side bolt off so fastened it all back up.

Today, wobble has more or less gone

Just thought I'd share in case you've tried everything except the pan hard rod bushes.

Nick

Goat wrote: I've recently developed a massive Wobble. Seems to come from the left wheel between 30 and 42 mph. This has been getting worse. Both kingpins on either side look like they need doing but my gut feeling was that it wasn't this.

Rocking the car I noticed movement in the pan hard rod on the nearside. Anyway, suspecting this was the culprit I ordered some new bushes. Came to fit them last night and couldn't get the drivers side bolt off so fastened it all back up.

Today, wobble has more or less gone

Just thought I'd share in case you've tried everything except the pan hard rod bushes.

Nick

Thanks for sharing. I bet teh wobblers have tried that in their attempts.

I've been a practicer (if it ain't a word it Damn well is now) of cleanliness and have had the wobble before finding numerous causes, all well documented. Lack of cleanliness and putting things back together as they ought to be with the right torque settings and non worn components will ultimately get rid of it. You just may not know which bolt wasn't tight enough (panhard rods usually) or which bush was just that little too far gone.

Kirkynut

kirkynut wrote: I've been a practicer (if it ain't a word it Damn well is now) of cleanliness and have had the wobble before finding numerous causes, all well documented. Lack of cleanliness and putting things back together as they ought to be with the right torque settings and non worn components will ultimately get rid of it. You just may not know which bolt wasn't tight enough (panhard rods usually) or which bush was just that little too far gone.

Kirkynut

To be fair, I thought most peeps cleaned stuff up as they dismantled/assembled things.