| Author | Message | ||
     c podlucky (Gcpod) New Member Username: Gcpod Post Number: 5 Registered: 12-2002 |
I just bought a 2000 disco 2 after owning a 97 disco. I recently took it on a road trip from Seattle to Idaho and had trouble keeping the thing on the road in grooved highway. I didn't have any problems like this with my 97. The new car has brand new tires and brakes, so I think I can rule out those two variables. The tire pressure is set at factory recomendation. Does this have something to do with the traction control or is this something that is common with the series 2. Any comments would be helpful. Thanks, Chris | ||
| Paul D. Morgan (V22guy) Senior member Username: V22guy Post Number: 1231 Registered: 02-2002 |
So how are things in the PNW? Man I miss it out there. Grew up in Chehalis. Anyway.... No this is not common for a Disco 2. Traction Control will not cause your D2 to wander while rolling down the freeway. Well, unless you are trying to do 70 mph in the snow and ice going over those mountain passes.  How many miles on your D2? What kind of tires are you running? Is the suspension stock or lifted or worn out? How about your steering stabilizer? What condition is that in? On your Road trip to Idaho, did you have the truck loaded down? If so, was the weight distributed evenly? What about winds? Was it windy? These vehicles are suceptible to cross winds. How bad were the grooves? Huge ass grooves or little grooves? FWIW, I can take my hands off my steering wheel while driving down the highway at 70 mph and the Pig will track straight. That is a Pig loaded down with camping gear, numerous coolers of beverage and firewood to include crap strapped to the rack. Paul | ||
| Greg Davis (Gregdavis) Senior Member Username: Gregdavis Post Number: 660 Registered: 08-2002 |
Also, have your toe-in checked. If this is not adjusted properly, you'll get excessive wander. I would also think that too high of an air pressure in the tires may add to this. | ||
| James R. Sciullo (Jsciullo) New Member Username: Jsciullo Post Number: 1 Registered: 02-2003 |
Your tire will do this new or not. Some tires track in the grooves. When you finish these tire go with another brand or a different tread. Jim | ||
| Greg (Gparrish) Senior Member Username: Gparrish Post Number: 1066 Registered: 04-2002 |
And mine tracks straight loaded down with a shop vac and 400lbs of sand bags......... as I found out on Saturday in the rain. | ||
| Paul D. Morgan (V22guy) Senior member Username: V22guy Post Number: 1232 Registered: 02-2002 |
"....and 400lbs of sand bags." Greg, what's up? Did you have some kind of flooding situation up there? | ||
| Eric Pena (Evalp) Senior Member Username: Evalp Post Number: 412 Registered: 06-2002 |
Maybe a bent steering rod, ya never know. | ||
| Greg (Gparrish) Senior Member Username: Gparrish Post Number: 1069 Registered: 04-2002 |
Yep, we got a little rain storm dumped on our 21" of snow and it decided it was gonna run down the driveway and into the basement door........ The ground is frozen and there is just tons of snow around, so the rain, combined with the snow it melted, had no where to go but down. I spent all day Saturday building barricades and digging trenches, not to mention running a couple of shop vacs and using every towel in the house. We managed to keep up with it and didn't have any interior damage, but we definately have some drainage issues to fix. I can't imagine what would have happened had we not been home. Home Depot was crazy too. People were snatching wet dry vacs and sand as soon as they could get pallets down with fork lifts. | ||
| Paul D. Morgan (V22guy) Senior member Username: V22guy Post Number: 1234 Registered: 02-2002 |
Damn Greg, Sorry to hear about that. | ||
| David (Dave) New Member Username: Dave Post Number: 12 Registered: 02-2003 |
Would a warn steering stabilizer result in "road wander"? I though it would just affect vibration in the steering wheel (column).?? | ||
| Prescottj (Prescottj) Senior Member Username: Prescottj Post Number: 307 Registered: 12-2002 |
I know how you feel. I had a different situation in AZ. When I went on vaction for a week there was on of those freak 100 year moonsoon rains while I was gone. I got back and the retaining wall on the side of my driveway gave out and filled 1/2 my front yard in mud and my garage got a lot of water in it beacause my driveway slighthly slants towards my house. That week I got back had to take another week off to cleanup the mess and redesign my drainage | ||
| Greg (Gparrish) Senior Member Username: Gparrish Post Number: 1070 Registered: 04-2002 |
Thanks, but it's no biggie. Just a bit stressful during the fight and clean up, but I think it is okay. Now, I just need to figure out how to stop it from happening in the future. | ||
| Greg (Gparrish) Senior Member Username: Gparrish Post Number: 1071 Registered: 04-2002 |
Ouch Prescott, sounds like your situation was much worse. mine was just water and trying to keep it from spreading or getting deeper. | ||
| Mark Albrecht (Markalbrecht) Member Username: Markalbrecht Post Number: 53 Registered: 11-2002 |
Gcpod: when I used to live in the PNW (Seattle) my trucks would on occassion wander on the grooved roads (but only with the grooves -- it wasn't an all over the road thing and it didn't happen on non-grooved highways) while my wife's car tracked pretty straight. I think it was mainly a wide tire issue (the stock DII tires are wider than the stock DI tires). BTW, it was really bad on drawbridge bridge decks (ie: University and Freemont bridges) so be careful on them. | ||
| todd slater (Toddslater) Member Username: Toddslater Post Number: 222 Registered: 08-2002 |
Chris, here is a really dumb point and I am just the guy to make it. You say you are brand new to the D2, I notice if after I've been driving some of my older (read much steering play) rides that when I hop in the D2 I almost always reflex oversteer it for awhile. The wife looks at me with the WTF are you doing look. Other than this self inflicted wander by me, the truck tracks straight. Paul, I'm out here in your old stomping grounds this week. Having big red meat at El Gaucho's tonight. |
