as some of you may of seen, i have'nt owned my sj very long. and it hasnt been on the road due to needing kingpin adjust ment and bushes. i've done pins, and fitted some poly bushes to the springs and hit the lanes 8-) only a couple of little one near me, but it was great! cars nice and muddy now Dave

sounds like wheel bearing rotation noise, and there is play at the wheel so i know its probably just the bearing, but could it be anything else aswell?

is there a bearing at the end of the half shaft too? or is this where the wheel bearing is located?
or is the bearing on the drum?

cheers
dave

did you say you have checked/replaced you lift shackles? this is what was causing mine. the king pins was just making it worse. if you still cant fine it see if you can get it on a automated flat ramp (for mot's) as these can really shake the car about and bring up all sorts that you may not normall...

cheers, i got all the play from the king pins, but it still has a horrible wobble.

must be the lift shackles as the bushes are knacked

thank you for that info, this will be very usefull.

my plan is to pull it apart and see what ive got as i go along, as i have the bearings i'll fit them.
i am also going to check front and rear wheel bearing adjustment.


cheers

scottiej410 wrote:ah I see! well if they do turn out to be in a bad state, i've got loads lying around i could pop in the post for a few beer tokens

cool sounds good to me. cheers

lol no worrys. im a mechanic but as im only 20 i've never touched king pins lol, so getting some one older with some knowledge to help.

nah he's alright. but the sort that says, might aswell whilst your there.

but i cba to get the parts, ive owned it about 3weeks and havnt been driving it for 2 =(

cheers for the info, think i'll just give it ago. and if im wrong i just wont ever let on

dave

i bought the bearings and come with a drive shaft seal kit. but when i was gonna fit them, the person helping me said i should get new king pins and swivel seal?

will the old pins be worn/stuck to a point where new ones would be better?

anyone else had these problems?

dave

hi, i got the bearings and was gonna fit them today, and i had a mate who knows about this sort of set up better then me (i'm new skool =/ ) he said not worth risking takin the bearing out to find that the king pins a fooooked. i agreed as if they were it would be stuck on a ramp in his bosses work ...