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Originally Posted by omodos
Got em all swapped today (so transfer case damage worries kinda gone) now reading up the posts and replies wondering if it is my U joint knuckle being loose causing my 60-65mph slight wobble in steering, any ideas on how cumbersome this is to do on our 3.0d? oldskewel posts it took him 5 odd minutes to do on his 3.0i.
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Glad the tyres are sorted - one less item on your list - and they needed sorting by the sounds of it.
Re. getting at the steering U-Joint - good luck. Our M57N engine has a little more intake and exhaust plumbing on the top left than the M54 and there's precious little room to get down in there. I was going to re-torque mine when I changed the exhaust manifold and access was still too limited, even with the exhaust manifold out!
You can just see the u-joint above the A/C valve in this image...
And in the background behind the turbo compressor outlet...
And at the extreme left of this image...
It's dirty from dirt sticking to oil I sprayed on this joint when I first got the car - bad move!
It may be possible to access it from underneath but I'd confirm it was your actual issue before going that far....