Problem with wheel balance on Nissan Patrol Wagon 06
DeBe said
08:45 PM Oct 4, 2012
Had that problem with an earlier Nissan patrol, it had damper shocker on the steering tierod that was faulty. Exact fault you described.
-- Edited by DeBe on Thursday 4th of October 2012 08:46:01 PM
gollymolly said
03:32 AM Oct 5, 2012
Our 4 wheel drive has this wobble that starts around 80km. We have had this into Bridgestone replacing tyres with new Bridgestone Duelers, advise by BS. The wobble still continued so we tried Pedders but with no luck. We have genuine Nissan steel rims. The 4x hasnt been raised.
Any one else had this problem.
Sue
Plendo said
03:45 AM Oct 5, 2012
Hi Sue,
I had a Patrol for many years, loved it. They are however very susceptible to worn steering damper (its a shock absorb-er that mounts across the front), even poor bushes on the damper can tend to exaggerate small wobbles.
I would ask Pedders to take it off and test it, I remember I chased the same thing for about a year.
I hope this helps.
gollymolly said
03:50 AM Oct 5, 2012
Thanks guys, its on the list for this week, thanks for all your help, such a great site. Sue
dogbox said
03:37 AM Oct 7, 2012
see if your tyre dealer can do a finish balance with the wheels an tyres on the veihicle it has worked for me in the past but not all tyre places can do it
03_troopy said
05:34 PM Oct 7, 2012
Another thing that I found out about with a new set of BFG's on my old 4Runner was that even after trying to balance the tyres 3 times I would still get a slight wobble around 90KPH. I took it to another place and the guy there said he'd try a "stud balance" rather than a "centre balance" and that fixed the problem. I didn't even realise that there were different ways to balance the tyres at the time, and it seems that most places only do a centre balance because it's quicker and easier just winding on a cone to centre the wheel centre rather than mounting the wheel on the machine using the stud pattern by matching it up using an adaptor plate and tightening the 5 wheel nuts. It also cost $4.00 extra per wheel than the standard balance, but it was worth the difference.
Sue - Steve Gazel said
05:33 AM Oct 12, 2012
Hi I'd go for the damper on the steering arm, I had the same trouble on a 4x4 fire truck. At 60 k's it would get such a bad wobble that it would shake the cabin to bits and it happened very quickly.
Had that problem with an earlier Nissan patrol, it had damper shocker on the steering tierod that was faulty. Exact fault you described.
-- Edited by DeBe on Thursday 4th of October 2012 08:46:01 PM
Our 4 wheel drive has this wobble that starts around 80km. We have had this into Bridgestone replacing tyres with new Bridgestone Duelers, advise by BS. The wobble still continued so we tried Pedders but with no luck. We have genuine Nissan steel rims. The 4x hasnt been raised.
Any one else had this problem.
Sue
I had a Patrol for many years, loved it. They are however very susceptible to worn steering damper (its a shock absorb-er that mounts across the front), even poor bushes on the damper can tend to exaggerate small wobbles.
I would ask Pedders to take it off and test it, I remember I chased the same thing for about a year.
I hope this helps.
Sue
but not all tyre places can do it
Hi I'd go for the damper on the steering arm, I had the same trouble on a 4x4 fire truck. At 60 k's it would get such a bad wobble that it would shake the cabin to bits and it happened very quickly.
Cheers
Steve