Cruiseliner Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Hi, Have a Valueliner with a wobble in the steering which comes in around 60klms and is hard to hold onto the steering wheel but doesn't do it around corners. Ckecked the tie rod ends OK, wheel bearings OK. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29759-wobble-in-front/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 King pins? Quote Matt Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29759-wobble-in-front/#findComment-161390 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGiant2 Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 tire out of balance Quote We the unwilling, Lead by the unqualified, are doing the impossible, for the ungrateful. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29759-wobble-in-front/#findComment-161392 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 King pins and tire/ wheel loose and or out of balance Quote "Any Society that would give up a little LIBERTY to gain a little SECURITY will Deserve Neither and LOSE BOTH" -Benjamin Franklin"If your gonna be STUPID, you gotta be TOUGH" "You cant always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you need" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29759-wobble-in-front/#findComment-161399 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruiseliner Posted February 3, 2013 Author Share Posted February 3, 2013 Hi, ckecked the king pins and put new steer tyres on and wheel nuts are tight. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29759-wobble-in-front/#findComment-161521 Share on other sites More sharing options...
miro Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Check Toe and Wheel alignment Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29759-wobble-in-front/#findComment-161567 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Is this a spoke wheel truck? If so have you jacked it up and checked for runout? Quote "Any Society that would give up a little LIBERTY to gain a little SECURITY will Deserve Neither and LOSE BOTH" -Benjamin Franklin"If your gonna be STUPID, you gotta be TOUGH" "You cant always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you need" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29759-wobble-in-front/#findComment-162118 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Check toe in. My B model was like that. Got crazy stupid shake, found out it was toed out some(plus bad tie rod ends). New ends helped some, but didn't settle down til I rechecked toe in. Once I got 1/8" or so toe in, it smoothed out.How did you check ends? I tried using my hands and thought they were good. Once I jacked with them with a pry bar I realized they were not good. Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29759-wobble-in-front/#findComment-162129 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Checked the ends on the drag link? Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29759-wobble-in-front/#findComment-162146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruiseliner Posted February 5, 2013 Author Share Posted February 5, 2013 Did ckeck the tie rod end OK, It;s a spoke wheel and the tyres are wearing on the inside.Am putting a new set of rims and tyres on also Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29759-wobble-in-front/#findComment-162160 Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 If wearing on inside sounds like toe off or king pins jack it up and really try moving hub up and down to see if bad kingpin Quote Matt Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29759-wobble-in-front/#findComment-162161 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Yep sounds like toe out and or king pins, if its spoke wheels jack them up one side at a time and spin the tire with something next to it to see if its on crooked you may have to loosen two nuts across from the high spot and tighten the one that's out and try again, if they don't run true it will wobble. Of course if the toe is out or the king pins are bad running straight won't help. Quote "Any Society that would give up a little LIBERTY to gain a little SECURITY will Deserve Neither and LOSE BOTH" -Benjamin Franklin"If your gonna be STUPID, you gotta be TOUGH" "You cant always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you need" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29759-wobble-in-front/#findComment-162199 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACKS Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Could also be from a weak power steering pump or low on fluid or clogged filter! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29759-wobble-in-front/#findComment-162201 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 If it's toed out, it will fight going at speed(wobble like hell) and wear the insides of the tire. Check run out of each tire. I got mine real good(about less then 1/8" wobble), then marked the worst spot. Rotated that to bottom on each side. Then I stretched tape measure across and checked toe in. That way you weren't measuring part of the "wobble" of the wheel. Basically setting them "in the middle", or splitting the difference. Mine runs real nice now at 60mph, where it used to shake you to death. Once you got above 65mph, it would smooth out again. Now it hardly moves the wheel. Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29759-wobble-in-front/#findComment-162322 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruiseliner Posted February 6, 2013 Author Share Posted February 6, 2013 Thanks Guys will ckeck it all out. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29759-wobble-in-front/#findComment-162343 Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve p Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 cruise liner mate is it the rh side wearing out more than the left??? if it is that is normal in oz its to do with the geometry of the front axle because of the camber on our roads ,you can rectify the problem by having the kpi changed ,that will fix the wear issue but it will be pig to hold steady on the road all i do is swap r to l and flip the tyres on the rims to try and get decent wear [i run 660 double coins 295 on the steer i get a good run out of them. i've tried top end tyres, down to budget tyres and i've found d/c's work well. hope that can help you. steve Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29759-wobble-in-front/#findComment-162347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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