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11-08-2018, 09:31 | #1 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: England
Vehicle: 2005 Nissan Patrol 3l aut
Posts: 4
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Hi from newbie in Cambridgeshire
Hi all. Just joined. I’ve Had a 2005 Patrol 3.0 auto for around a year now. All original. Loving the truck, even if it is brown. Fabled speed wobble recently getting worse so I’ll be hunting around the forum for any recommends of a good mechanic near to st Neots, Huntington or Cambridge who understands these vehicles. My usual mechanic fine for most stuff but doesn’t seem interested in bottoming this out. Cheers.
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11-08-2018, 09:50 | #2 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Portsmouth Hampshire
Vehicle: Nissan patrol 3.0 DI
Posts: 638
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Hi there and welcome.
1st what is wobbling? The whole truck, front end, rear end? Cheers Sent from my SM-A520F using Tapatalk |
11-08-2018, 10:18 | #3 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: England
Vehicle: 2005 Nissan Patrol 3l aut
Posts: 4
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Hi and thanks. Front end. Worse between 50 and 60 ish. New tyres and balanced all round.
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11-08-2018, 10:31 | #4 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Portsmouth Hampshire
Vehicle: Nissan patrol 3.0 DI
Posts: 638
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11-08-2018, 10:41 | #5 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: England
Vehicle: 2005 Nissan Patrol 3l aut
Posts: 4
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Sound advice. I did get a failed valve replaced a little while ago so could be a weight dropped or bad job balancing that wheel. I’ll get them checked. Can’t detect any movement aside from the car moving on the tyres when rock the wheels sideways.
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11-08-2018, 11:06 | #6 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Portsmouth Hampshire
Vehicle: Nissan patrol 3.0 DI
Posts: 638
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Just get the 2 fronts checked. If you can't feel any movement bearing should be ok but just to double check if you have a Jack lift the wheel off the ground and do it again these are heavy motors. The next is your rubber bushes, but I would check the balance first.
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11-08-2018, 11:07 | #7 |
Off road maniac
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Bexhill on Sea
Vehicle: Y60 Patrol Me, 3 ltr Mrs
Posts: 17,322
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Hi and welcome, think you need to check the top and bottom swivel bearings on your Patrol, if they have play then remove shims if there till play goes, if not renew the taper roller bearings, but you might need to get some shims to adjust, Rick
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11-08-2018, 12:13 | #8 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Cheshire
Vehicle: Terrano
Posts: 198
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Hello and welcome
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11-08-2018, 18:17 | #9 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: England
Vehicle: 2005 Nissan Patrol 3l aut
Posts: 4
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Thanks for the welcomes and tips. Will get balances checked next weekend and move from there if necessary. Strangely after horrid shakes this morning for a mile or two it settled quite a lot while on a longish run to pick up a trailer. Anyway, will get them checked.
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11-08-2018, 18:32 | #10 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Nr J28 M1
Vehicle: 03 Terrano 2.7 TDi
Posts: 995
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How do & welcome
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12-08-2018, 07:15 | #11 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: South west
Vehicle: Terrano
Posts: 522
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Sounds like it could have been a build up of mud in one spot of the wheel which has now fallen off which caused the inbalance.
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12-08-2018, 10:44 | #12 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Vehicle: 1990 4.2 SWB Safari
Posts: 2,615
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There's a number of factors that can cause/contribute to the Trol speed wobbles and this is a good list to work through...
1. Get a good balance, preferably on vehicle. 2. Wheel bearings, make sure they are tight. 3. Panhard Bushings. 4. Swivel Hub rebuild (remove shims first as a check, wobble goes with no shims then it needs new bearings). 5. Replace drag link / tie rod ends. 6. Shock bushings, or new shocks if had some punishment. 7. Steering box overhaul. There's a school of thought that in making the handling more road friendly Nissan did something that makes the Y61/GU's more susceptible to wheel shimmy than the Y60/GQ's If you get the proper death wobbles (steering wheel thrown out your hand they're so bad) that's a sign there's a suspension component flogged out, usually bushes. Running larger than standard tyres can sometimes cause it too, fitting a return-to-centre steering damper can fix that. |
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