Hi,
>
> Has anyone experienced steering vagueness on the Series II Disco. >
> I have a 2002 Td5 which now has 46,000 kms on the clock (had since new).
> About 6,000 kms ago, after a fast run along a rough dirt road, there was a
> sudden noticible change in the feel of the steering with a feeling that the
> vehicle would wander a bit. Some of the feelings include the vehicle
> steering a bit on its own and the steering not always recentring. The
> change was that noticable that I pulled over and spent half an hour on the
> side of the road trying to see what had happened.
>
> I have had LR looked it over extensively during the 40,000 km service (was
> actually on my way to the service at the time it happened) and they failed
> to find anything (they even say the steering feels normal but I know it has
> changed). They even gave it a re-alignment just to make sure it was not
> excessie toe-in or toe-out causing the problem.
>
> I have even done my own checks on everything and all linkages are tight with
> no play. The only thing I noticed was some backlash within the steering box
> and on full lock you can sometimes hear a clunk from the steering box. >
> What makes it more unusual is somedays everything feels OK and it drives
> perfectly but then on other days the vagueness/wandering is very noticeble
> and you feel the car is unsafe to drive.
>
> I personally suspect something has come loose in the steering box but until
> I am confident I know what it is I am reluctant to request LR to start
> stripping things down to find out.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> David B.
Someone else I know had an identical problem on a similar vehicle, in the end it was cured by rebalancing the front wheels. He had apparently hit a high kerb when swerving to avoid another vehicle who had pulled in front of him for no reason.
Mind you, from my own experience, the 2002 Discovery steering is vague anyhow compared to the current model!