Steering Probs in SPOA FJ40

Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 6:55 pm

Can anyone give me tips or a reason why?

when driving my FJ40 it seems to wobble at about 40-50kph but only sometimes and mostly after hitting a bump.
the steering wheel shakes badly. over or under this speed its not noticeable.
however it does wander a bit.
the diffs have been rotated.
is this a geometry problem or more something dead on it??

help will be much appreciated!

Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Location: North East Melbourne

have the rims been balanced?
castor angles?
how have you mounted the drag links? hi steer, crossover steer?

Joined: 27 Oct 2002 Location: Sydney

When the diffs were rotated, were the knuckles cut and rotated aswell to maintain correct castor ?

And as 383FJ45 said, what steering setup are you running ?

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2003 7:16 am

you guys have been rather helpful.
but with the steering i honestly have no clue!
it has 75 series arms i think.
and i will check the knuckles as they have just been replaced.
i will sus that out.
had some issues wit ha dead diff so alot of shit got replaced and i now have fine spline diff and axle where before i had the older style apparently.
its all . dutch to me. i just like driving it, but would like to learn more!

Joined: 15 Feb 2003 Location: Shed.

sounds like castor angle problem to me. get a shop to stick it on an aligner, it might be correctable cheaply with wedges, if that won't screw your driveline angles too badly.

Joined: 11 Feb 2003 Location: Goulburn

Shorty40 wrote:

When the diffs were rotated

You need this done to keep the correct castor angles or it wont feel to good and may cause the probs !!!