Panhard rod bush replacement on the GQ Patrol 

Excellent video mate👍 About to tackle this, and this was loaded with handy tips.

Thanks for making the video mate, massively helpful!

you showed so many ways to do it....thanks for that

You could also use the jack that comes with your car and press the bushes out/in against the frame of your vehicle. Bit of messing about to get it all where you need it but does work 95% of the time

so my GU spat that bush out whilst 4wding so i had to bush mechanic it to get her home. used a roll of cloth tape to make a bush by wrapping around the crush tube until i had a tight fit. drove it like that for 500 km before i replaced it.

So, the 92 Maverick (GQ) has the death wobbles , thought I’d start with the first and what I thought would be the easiest,change the panhard bushes ,haven’t tackled this stuff before but I can swing a spanner and watching Byron’s video (great vids mate)with the various ways to remove and fit ,got all the little gadgets he had ,so shopping around for bushes ,come across these SHELLED TYPE PANHARD BUSH KIT GQ Y60 GU Y61 SERIES 1 FITS NISSAN PATROL,which are apparently an upgrade version. So got them, got all my gear together got the panhard out ,all good, and the bushes in there seemed fine couldn’t see any signs off splits squashing etc, any since I had the above thought I’d change them ,got the old ones out easy as. So with the ones I ordered with the steel out shell,I was worried about how I’press them in, noting I leave in an apartment and I’m doing this in my car car space . So with everything I had there was no way I can press these in ,tried pullers, the bolt idea, vice, G clamps, rattle gun, could not keep them square or have anything with enough force to press them in. So unless you have work shop press etc and the proper sleeve or other item to fit on the outer steel rim of these type bushes ,buy the OEM bushes, these bushes are obviously size for size press fit and I tried all sorts of ways but ended up giving up. Sooo I have now ordered the OEM bushes ( which I should of done in the first place) and the OEM Will go in with the gadgets I have. Hopefully this after all this will fix the wobbles. will post an update when I get the OEM bushes. If this doesn’t fix the problem does any one have a suggestion on the next step, cheers guys.

Excellent. I can’t wait how you demonstrate how to grease all the nipples in particular the one on drive shaft near rear diff that I can’t manage to fit an attachment to and broke a needle attachment trying. Much appreciated 😀

perfectly, tx !

My gu patrol was leaking axle oil so I just did a full wheel bearing and swivel hub rebuild. I changed the king pin bearings and used some new shims, I then used a scale to correctly pull the knuckle to the spec stated in the manual to get it to move. Which was 0.5kg to 1.5kg. I did this both sides and I now have the death wobbles at 80kmp. I had slight wobble before doing this job but no where near this bad. I don’t understand what’s going on. Could it be that I have put too many shims in or could it be that I have done the job correctly but now the swivel hub is tightened to spec it is now put more force on the bushes that maybe wearing out causing the wobbles. I don’t know where to start, your advice would be greatly appreciated

Need help. Ok team, so an update on the Pan hard bush replacement, got the new bushes in, refitted the pan hard rod and torqued to spec,obviously there was some play in the old bushes as they were squashed, fitting it all back it pulled the steering wheel off centre a smidge, on driving there was still some slight wobble, took the MAV in for a wheel alignment and wheel balance,rotation, the wheel alignment pulled the steering wheel smack bang back to centre, on a drive to melb from syd all was sweet as no wobble or vibrations at all sat on 110 no worries , then the shit hit the fan,so sitting on approximately 60 at night I hit a pothole hole I couldn’t avoid ,left front hit pretty hard ,the Mav went into a huge violent shake through the whole car ,thought the whole front end was collapsing,tried slight braking made it worse had to roll to a stop using hand brake. checked over everything and could not see anything broken or bent. Test drove for a few Ks and checked all, all was good continued on , to melb on he return trip to syd all was completely fine as per the drive down No wobble, vibrations etc wheel align still tracking straight, sat on again 100 ,nervously, is all good. Got back to syd took Mav in just for a confidence check to a suspension,steering specialist to be sure nothing broken, bent etc, he says all good , nipped up on pan hard bolts,Fair enough . Told him a torqued to spec,all good he also said he’d adjusted, nipped up on the steering box, so here’s the thing the steering now feels totally dead, as if I have flat tyres or lost power steering? Unless it’s meant to feel like this and I was used to it being more responsive, nervous,or direct as I called it. He says truck safe to drive all good . So trip to Albury all good sweet. coming home sitting on 100 kms all sweet hit a rippled section of bitumen on the fwy and all shit broke loose same again massive vibrations thru the whole truck. Never had this prior to changing the pan hard bushes , just had the wobble at about 70- 80 Ks, which the new bushes etc fixed. I’ve had the wheels bearings checked, the king pins are apparently ok , I’ve had it on a jack and checked all myself and can see nothing obvious. I am now concerned about driving it. Any ideas would be great guys, cheers

Yo another Excellent vid 👍. Mines just starting for the first time in 400k. But only when I’m at 60 & up k’s & the road is bumpy & the it’s like wheels get carried away & it wobbles Violently 👊 😳 gotta come to a stop & take off again. I got a very slight wheel bearing slop, maybe it’s contributing to it wobbling.. Sorry for my long babbling rambling but what brand rubbers or nylon did you use? Was it Pedders? Nylon. Thanks for ya vids 👍 (It’s cool i read the comments & ya reckon rubber 👍.)

Love your videos mate. Very good for us diyers

Mate great vids, did replacing the pan hard bushes fix the death wobble , I have a 92 Maverick TD42 LWB and it has shocking Death wobble , I have. a 50mm lift and it was fine when I had it fitted now getting worse, I’ve checked the wheels bearings and they seem fine. any suggestions on what to look at ,cheers ,dirty thumbs up 👍

I dont know much about fasterners, do you ever need to locktite those nuts? What keeps them from rattling off?

Did you need to disconnect the airbags?

Sorry but do you have to jack the car up to do this?

Tried this today in the workshop, put my phone on top of the toolbox, forgot it, car in air, opened toolbox, phone smashed, bolts rusted, yeah. Good day aye

is ky lube good enough?

I getmy parts from online auto parts. Cheers

Do you need a wheel alignment after removing the pan hard rod?

Top quality work mate

just buy a new roadsafe / black hawk arm

Do I need to jack the body up to do both front and rear or is the vehicle stable with one pandhard removed?