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gazman Member Since: 17 Aug 2015 Location: Liverpool Posts: 652 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Mines like a
![]() It's a sudden snap with no warning in mine. It was never great but worse on the mud tyres. 2014 - current ..... 2003 defender td5 90 (my car) 2009 - current .... 2005 zx10r |
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grafty99 Member Since: 15 Aug 2012 Location: North Devon Posts: 4795 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Have you checked your tyre pressures with a calibrated gauge?
My girlfriend's dad pumped up his tyres at a garage, the car was verging on dangerous to drive. I checked with my calibrated gauge and his front tyres were at 52psi ![]() He had inflated them to the correct pressure by the garages gauge, so definitely worth a double check ![]() 1990 Vogue SE Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200 Td5 90 Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic50767.html Tdi 110 Thread https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic69562.html RRC Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic54492.html Instagram http://www.instagram.com/george_grafton |
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the gamekeeper Member Since: 01 Jan 2010 Location: Surrey Posts: 96 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I’m with you Grafty99, had a soft tyre on the back then when carrying loads it was all over the place. Sad now check the pressure every week now.
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Wild Card 90 Member Since: 03 Dec 2014 Location: Gerlingen Posts: 1060 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Generally Defenders like to understeer in the wet, particularly under power. Lift-off oversteer can be induced, but not at such low speeds. The solid but live axles mean that wheel alignment isn‘t an issue. The rear A-arm links would be worth checking, although I would expect you‘d be hearing noises if there would something amiss.
If yours has anti roll bars, do check that they are both connected. If the front arb is disconnected, the body will lean in corners, while the rear arb will encourage the inner rear wheel to lift, causing loss of lateral grip at the rear (oversteer). It could well be simply a tyre pressure issue. High rear tyre pressure will cause lack of grip, as the contact patch is reduced. The age of the tyres combined with cold weather could be the issue. When I have fitted new M/T‘s on mine, they are amazingly capable on wet and icy roads for the first winter, and after that they are useless in cold weather. One final thought. Do check that you don‘t have traces of diesel running down from the fuel filler neck in the rear wheelarch. A common Defender weakness, it wouldn‘t take much more than a few drops of diesel in wet conditions to cause the rear end to break out unexpectedly. 1998 Tdi 90 SW, 2008 Td4 90 SW, 2012 2.2 90 SW, 2" raised Trailmaster/Terrafirma Heavy Track Raids, 255 MT´s, Recaro CS´s, anorak, wellingtons |
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L90Andy Member Since: 29 May 2014 Location: Stratford-Upon-Avon Posts: 722 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Good call on the diesel, I had an old Discovery that started dribbling diesel out of the injector leak off pipes, which ended up spraying the underside of the car and the rear tyre. Only discovered when I turned into a roundabout at normal speed and it very quickly tried to swap ends. Luckily caught it and stopped to investigate but could've been a lot worse.
Does it do it turning left and right or just one way? Instagram: L90andy My 1984 Ninety: http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic56071.html - SOLD! My 2015 Defender: http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic39625.html - SOLD! |
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Puma_MOG Member Since: 08 Sep 2017 Location: Cheshire Posts: 184 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Thank you all for the tips and more so, apologies for not replying to say so sooner.
Haven't been out in it for a while but did so this AM. Noticed that it was leaning more while entering a roundabout, normal speed, than exiting. Crawled under and didn't notice anything amiss either with the shocks leaking or the rear anti-sway bar having problems. I did check the tyre pressures and all were under by 5PSI or a bit more. According to the label on the B pillar is would be 30 in the front with 38 in the rear, non-towing or full load spec. So it's the opposite of what was offered in that an over inflated tyre would do. I'll take it to work tomorrow and see. Thanks again Everyone. |
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