Need advice Steering wobble

[Kagiso II]

Ask Kobus [Herrie op Safari] very very extremely NICE like ,, he has the manuals on disc .. maybe he can let you have one [NO POST .. daai blixems strike nog steeds]

[Tiny Howarth]

I used this youtube video as a reference, and its pretty much spot on. Even the *^%#% two bolts close to the hub as he describes was relatively easily removed after listening to him.



If I recall it took me longer to jack the car up and remove the wheels than it did to remove bearing and one shim, clean the bearing and refit the bearing.

Thanks will give a go

[Tiny Howarth]

Yip ... combination of all of the above can cause your wobble.

I did the wheel bearing check on mine.... was all good

I did the wheel balancing and pressure check .... all good

I removed one shim from the top and bottom kingpin bearing and wobble completely gone.

Mine is also a 99 model with 250 000km on and doubt these bearings have ever been changed. So there will be wear on these bearings. Try it on both sides ( top and bottom bearings) and if this resolves the issue then you can drive around like that for many Km before they need replacing, or you can then at your leisure source new kingpin bearings and replace them and refit the shims to get the correct preload.

I must still replace my kingpins ..... one day

While taking out shim, thought of changing grease, what grease should i use?

[Peter Connan]

Tiny

The force to turn the hub should be between 0.6 and 1.75kg. However, this is without the side shafts and hub scraper seals installed.

Do not just remove shims willy nilly, if you get it wrong you could crack the hubs!

[Tiny Howarth]

Gents Happy to say my steering wobble is gone, thanks to you all
I re-greased kingpin bearings top and bottom both sides.
Passenger side top and bottom removed original shim 0.50mm and put in 0.20mm shim stock.
Driver side no top shim only bottom shim 0.50mm, removed bottom shim and boxed up.
Still looking for tie rod ends?

Created another problem though passenger side, inner oil seal leaking
Looking at buying complete front axle rebuild kit both sides, anybody know where i can get good aftermarket kits?

[Tiny Howarth]

Tiny

The force to turn the hub should be between 0.6 and 1.75kg. However, this is without the side shafts and hub scraper seals installed.

Do not just remove shims willy nilly, if you get it wrong you could crack the hubs!

Thanks Peter, would this be with the wheel on and using the tyre as a torque.

[Tiny Howarth]

Ask Kobus [Herrie op Safari] very very extremely NICE like ,, he has the manuals on disc .. maybe he can let you have one [NO POST .. daai blixems strike nog steeds]

Hi, Dankie, kan jy asseblief Kobus se kontak besonderhede

[Peter Connan]

Tiny

The force to turn the hub should be between 0.6 and 1.75kg. However, this is without the side shafts and hub scraper seals installed.

Do not just remove shims willy nilly, if you get it wrong you could crack the hubs!

Thanks Peter, would this be with the wheel on and using the tyre as a torque.

This is with the wheel off and a draw-scale in the hole for the tie rod or drag link.

[Peter Connan]

Ask Kobus [Herrie op Safari] very very extremely NICE like ,, he has the manuals on disc .. maybe he can let you have one [NO POST .. daai blixems strike nog steeds]

Hi, Dankie, kan jy asseblief Kobus se kontak besonderhede

His forum name is Herrie op Safari

[Tiny Howarth]

Tiny

The force to turn the hub should be between 0.6 and 1.75kg. However, this is without the side shafts and hub scraper seals installed.

Do not just remove shims willy nilly, if you get it wrong you could crack the hubs!

Thanks Peter, would this be with the wheel on and using the tyre as a torque.

This is with the wheel off and a draw-scale in the hole for the tie rod or drag link.

Thanks Peter, will check the week end.