JB wrote...
No No I did what is normal in high ratio like turning tight corners on a
road while driving. Just this time I was in a quite car park so I could hear
or not hear the noise that I do not have. Sure its in full wheel drive all
the time isn't it. This is Ok is it not.
SNIP
Sorry if I got this wrong JB, as it was a thread between you and Julian. I
don't have 'full-time 4WD' so am probably talking out of my wotsit. But
'full-time' means that it can be - if there is demand only, through
usually it drives you along via the rear axle only.
So if you wanted to try the birfields to see if they are on the way out -
remembering they are the driveline to the front wheels, then they have to
be turning on demand - as in the wheels are slipping, drive to front axle
engages, then birfields turn. If they don't turn under load then you won't
hear them click, they will be quiet, its loading them that makes them
click. Therefore you have to go onto at least some wet grass or better,
mud, to hear them clicking as they are turning to drive the front wheels.
If the car park is not covered in ice or snow I can't see that it would
have called on the transmission to turn the front wheels via the birfield
and bring out any noise that may be there.
As for those two front tubes, I think Julian explained what they are
before. One is the track rod, which should not push up and down and should
not push sideways (towards each wheel) if it does then you have kanackered
ball joints at the ends, but it will normally twist about say 90 degrees if
you grab it and twist with your hand. That should be easy to do. The other
tube - I think you are referring to - is the steering damper, it looks like
a shock absorber laying sideways and one end is anchored to the track tod,
the other being anchored to the chassis. This just smoothes-out the
steering 'feel', and the best way to check if it has gone is first see if
its leaking oil, and second, if you get some shimmy on your steering just
as you are going along as normal. If it shimmies under braking then that
may not necessarily mean that it has failed, it could easily be a brake
disc problem. Does that help or am I way off-beam ?
Cheers
Jon
Grand Union Canal
'92 HZJ80 ex UN surplus from Bosnia
