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The Monkey



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Wobble
I fitted a set of second hand all terrains to my defender today. There only about half wore so plenty of life left in them. Only problem is they have a serious wobble at 60 mph not so much a shake but genuine wobble i had standard wheels fitted before and they drove perfect. The thing is the previous owner also experienced the same problem and that's why never fitted them. They have been balanced and are fitted to a set of disco rims ium wondering are the disco rims actually buckled.. Any tips i had a set of bfg mud terrains fitted to my last disco and it drove spot on..
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Fitting Discovery rims on a Defender may require the use of hubcentric rings (spigot adapter rings). Cheers, Vincent
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LandRoverAnorak



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Which type of Disco rims? They should be a straight swap and not require spigot rings. Darren

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The Monkey



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Discovery stealies man nothing fancy
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lambert.the.farmer



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The hunk of junk jimny I am forced to drive as a daily suffers from the same. Done all sorts of things to make it better and it turns out that 2 of the tyres are not round. With them on the front it is almost impossible to drive yet on the back it is not far off right. Might be worth checking your own for being round too? Rhubarb and custard let fly with their secret weapon.
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I had similar issue with AT's, at about 60mph you would notice a vibration. Swapping them round improved but never got rid of the problem. The tyre fitter advised they were difficult to balance. I lived with it. I recently replaced the AT's with Yokohama's on the same rims and the vibration has gone. Paul

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LandRoverAnorak



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The Monkey wrote:
Discovery stealies man nothing fancy

Steel Disco rims are very strong and a straight fit on Defenders. It's far more likely to be the tyres as other have suggested. Darren

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munch90



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lambert.the.farmer wrote:
The hunk of junk jimny I am forced to drive as a daily suffers from the same. Done all sorts of things to make it better and it turns out that 2 of the tyres are not round. With them on the front it is almost impossible to drive yet on the back it is not far off right. Might be worth checking your own for being round too?


there is a notice on autodata for this on the jimny
there was trouble with lower arm bushes going or just to soft
there are modified bushes to be fitted .
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The Monkey



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Got sorted today swapped the wheels around a couple of times and found a perfect combo...
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lambert.the.farmer



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munch90 wrote:
lambert.the.farmer wrote:
The hunk of junk jimny I am forced to drive as a daily suffers from the same. Done all sorts of things to make it better and it turns out that 2 of the tyres are not round. With them on the front it is almost impossible to drive yet on the back it is not far off right. Might be worth checking your own for being round too?


there is a notice on autodata for this on the jimny
there was trouble with lower arm bushes going or just to soft
there are modified bushes to be fitted .


Supposedly mine is new enough to have the fix from the factory allegedly. Rhubarb and custard let fly with their secret weapon.
Post #321305 3rd Apr 2014 3:47pm
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