wheel wobble

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niallsdexta
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wheel wobble

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Hi All,

Just a quick one for you all, i have very excessive wheel wobble on my front left wheel when driving at any sort of speed.

As the front axle was completely overhauled 3 years ago and this is a tractor for fun not work I am very surprised if it could be spindle bushs etc.
Does anyone have any ideas what could cause this or is it new bushes for the spidle do you think?

As it is only on one side I dont beleive it would be the steering box could it, please say no!
I don’t know what I am doing!

Bensdexta
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Re: wheel wobble

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Try swapping the front wheels around to see if the wobble follows the wheel. If it does that's your prob. :wink:
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niallsdexta
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Re: wheel wobble

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good idea, I will try that maybe this weekend if I can get round to it.
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Jerry Coles
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Re: wheel wobble

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Hi Niall
Did you replace the radius rod bolts in the front axle?
They are the same as the wing bolts. I had a similar problem and the bolt was a slight loose fit in the axle. swop or replace the bolts and see what happens.
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Jerry
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