Right, well got started onto stripping hub and swivel off today. All came off nicely, even these clag-covered bolts. Dropped the bearings out the swivels- the bottom one was mangled. Cage bust, rollers everywhere! So that’s where the play was. Thought it was odd that it was so destroyed...

Have bitten the bullet and began to change swivel, as death wobble was still there yesterday at 55mph- bloody annoying! Hopefully changing swivel on passenger side (that’s the one with the dodgy seal) will sort it...

It’s got one-shot grease in the swivel housing. The CV is full of grease too, as I packed it when i changed the CV back in March (I think it was). Have tried removing a shim from the top swivel to remove play, but have the whole kit to fit. Will probably end up fitting it sooner or later anyway.

All done! Box back in place and connected, drives great now. Got a bit worried when I noticed a trail on the ground underneath where I parked it, relieved to realise this was air con dribble from previous car to park there. Acid test will be driving up to Scarborough on Friday! Got up to 65mph...

Putting back on reconditioned steering box, everything was going so well... All bolts and fittings went on fine until one of the power steering pipes wouldn’t go back in- union thread wouldn’t bite! Damn annoying! Have pulled the pipe off- reckon replacing it would be best option- here’s...

Put 2x rear Super Gas shocks on the back today, not too tricky. Stupid tiny nuts at bottom of shock absorbers (8mm?) which you need to hold onto to undo bottom bolt! Both were stuck! Ended up using Stilsons to hold body of shock absorber still to get bottom bolts off! Spot Merlin the cat...

Yeah, did all 4 ball joints and steering damper at MOT time. Was still wobbling after that. Had new bushes put in Panhard rod today, and sent steering box off to be reconditioned. As well as getting some new Super Gaz shocks for the rear (they were mismatched). Also changed engine, transfer...

Yeah they are, so that should help anyway.

Got polybushes.

Ah, right. The shims are the things that sit between the “top hat” and the housing aren’t they? Panhard rod is already off so going to do bushes anyway. Getting it off was fun, pinch bolts will definitely need replacing as they were very rusty. Taking it somewhere to get bushes pressed out.

Oh! Thought adding shims tightened them up if they’re loose?

After driving to Wales over the weekend, the death wobble presented itself quite dramatically, and again it was very wandery over 60mph! So am going to sort the Panhard rod bushes, possibly get power steering box refurbished (it’s dribbling a bit), and look at swivels. I saw that you can try...

FYI it fitted... didn’t have to remove any seats but folded back ones down. Went in diagonally quite well!

Thinking of getting my 16yr-old a moped- will one fit in the back of a Disco 1? According to googling, a full size motorbike won’t, but I’d have thought a 50cc scooter might? This would just be to get it home from where I’ve got it? Would removing back and front passenger seat help?

Cheers! That’s great to hear. Sadly I’ve picked up a death wobble recently, despite (or because) of all the steering work it’s had. Ordered new panhard rod bushes, but wondering if it’s the swivels. Still, there’s always something...!!

Ordered panhard rod bushes. Going to start with easier things first, although I have suspicions it’s swivels. Drop arm nut is tight, that was loose a while ago so I did it then. Hammered 2 flats of locknut over it to stop it loosening, seems to have done the job.

After replacing tyres, all ball joints, steering damper on my 200tdi I’ve suddenly got a death wobble at 60-65mph when I hit a bump. Scared the cr@p out of me first time! When I drop to 55 it stops. Searched forum and there are many causes! Checked wheel bearings which are fine, tyres are new...

Just got the remote central locking working! Not much to show in a picture, but should make it a lot easier to live with...!

All done, thanks! Think something has fused or gone wrong in drivers door motor/actuator or whatever as only way to make it work was replace with a slave unit I had lying around, so key won’t operate central locking till I find a replacement. Anyway it works now, even wired up indicators to...

Currently the doors only work with key. Haynes manual for early Discos circuit diagram shows the drivers actuator as not having a motor, whereas later one does. Anyway, planning on replacing drivers motor with a slave unit so the only way to activate central locking will be with fob when I’ve...