Maurin,
I think you are mistaking my reply as referring to the axle trailing arms. The
panhard rod is the locating rod between the front axle and the chassis. I've
experienced both symptoms and used both cures.
Bill Lawrence
"C. Marin Faure" wrote:
> Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 18:13:47 -0700
> From: "ynotink" <ynotink@qwest.net>
> To: lro@koan.team.net
> Subject: Re: [lro] Violent Steering Shake
> Reply-To: lro@land-rover.team.net
>
> >I vote for the panhard rod bushings.
>
> It could be these bushings. However, I've learned that when they
> wear out or get sloppy, the symptom is not violent shaking, but a slight
> directional change in the vehicle when you accelerate or decelerate. This
> is because the torque being transmitted to the axle tries to pivot the
> axle. This force is countered by the rods and their bushings. When the
> bushings wear out, the torque change caused by acceleration or deceleration
> pivots the axle a bit, and the front (or rear) tracks to one side for a
> moment. In the back, it's a bit like rear-wheel steering. Not
> particularly dangerous unless you let it get way out of hand, but
> definitely disconcerting.
>
> This happened to our Range Rover after about 50K miles, and at the same
> time I just happened to read in Land Rover Owner magazine an article by a
> manufacturer of aftermarket suspension parts in the UK about this exact
> phenomenon and what caused it. So I ordered a set of their bushings,
> installed them, and almost 100K miles later we have yet to have the problem
> return. Unfortunately, this manufacturer no longer seems to be in
> business, so I assume their "special" bushings, which they made by mofiying
> factory bushings, are no longer available.
>
> The rest of the suspension bushings on our '91 are all original, alhough I
> have a set of new bushings to install someday-I know the vehicle will
> benefit greatly from getting new bushings, but it's a time issue. We did
> have some wandering and occasional steering shake problems awhile back, but
> that turned out to be a worn tie rod end, which I replaced as that was
> getting potentially dangerous.
>
> I would assume that the same symptoms would apply to the Discovery SI and
> the coil-spring Defender- I believe they all share more or less then same
> components and geometry as the Range Rover classic.
>
> ________________________
> C. Marin Faure
> (original owner)
> 1973 Land Rover Series III-88
> 1991 Range Rover Vogue SE
> Seattle, WA
> marin.faure@boeing.com
> faurecm@earthlink.net
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