Steering wobble - any idea of cause?

[martin]

I have had all sorts of trouble with rubber bits not lasting very long. I am on my third set of half shaft gaiters in three and a half years of ownership (The ones that cover the splined joint) and I have a fourth set on standby as this years replacements are just about to give up. I am systematically replacing my replaced rubber bits with Poly now as the quality is generally very poor.


Dave

Hi Dave, can you get the gaiters in poly ? Martin.

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Hi Dave, can you get the gaiters in poly ? Martin.

martin

you can not get gaiters in poly
but i have bought new gaiters for the front suspension from ld parts and there a harder rubber

dave

[flying farmer]

I made the mistake of fitting new drive shaft gaiters to the TR years ago, and also found they failed after a year. Don't bother fitting any more, go and buy a universal cut to size steering rack gaiter kit and fit those instead, they are designed to be stretched and have a very easy life on the drive shafts, they last for years!
Neil

[jleyton]

martin

you can not get gaiters in poly but i have bought new gaiters for the front suspension from ld parts and there a harder rubber

dave

Sadly, one of the few things I've had from LDparts that has failed was a suspension gaiter - after less than 6 months

Cheers

Julian

[new to this]

Sadly, one of the few things I've had from LDparts that has failed was a suspension gaiter - after less than 6 months

Cheers

Julian

julian

i have not fitted mine yet, i bought the harder rubber type because i thought it would last longer than the others on the market they only last a few months

dave

[jleyton]

Oddly, only one side has failed

Nevertheless, I still reckon LD's are probably the best around.

Cheers

Julian