89 cherokee some type of death wabble
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Try rotating your tires. That was the problem I ended up finding with mine. Everything else was tight but after swapping to a different set of tires the problem went away. Must have been a broken belt or something
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Check that all your boots are tight. Even on the sladjusters for the rod ends. Also worn control arm bushings will cause this.
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Just reread posts. Sorry. But yea rod ends or loose bolts on adjusters. Check that bolts holding trac bar mount to frame are tight. Inspect frame around steering box for cracks.
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ill have to look into that I still have the problem I was going down the road at 45 hit a divit in the road and it started shaking .
I had someone poke out a front tire with some type of staple some jerk where I was parked so I now have atleast one brand new front tire.
Obviously my car has not been aligned yet so my wheel isn't perfect but I was holding it tight when the wobble happened
Ill have to have someone help me look for what you have mentioned wayne.
At one time I had though there was alil play in the steering my pops checked out the box a few months ago and tightened it up alil bit I would think he would have noticed if the steering box was damaged in some way but always good to double check ill let you know why I find.
One other thing the guy who put the track bar in said something about a castor nut checking it after a month or 2 I have never herd of this myself
I had someone poke out a front tire with some type of staple some jerk where I was parked so I now have atleast one brand new front tire.
Obviously my car has not been aligned yet so my wheel isn't perfect but I was holding it tight when the wobble happened
Ill have to have someone help me look for what you have mentioned wayne.
At one time I had though there was alil play in the steering my pops checked out the box a few months ago and tightened it up alil bit I would think he would have noticed if the steering box was damaged in some way but always good to double check ill let you know why I find.
One other thing the guy who put the track bar in said something about a castor nut checking it after a month or 2 I have never herd of this myself
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Anyways to update i check everything out again and it appears the steering box has play you can see it in the pitman arm.
Like i mentioned before i thought it seemed alil sloppy so my dads tightened it up in there the best you could. I believe that could be the main cause of the wabble/shake.
Checked the sway bar links and the bushings arent that bad maybe one checked the track bar it wasnt moving
Any ideas on whats the cheapest way to go about fixing that or is it so intense of job not worth doing?? The steering box that is?
Like i mentioned before i thought it seemed alil sloppy so my dads tightened it up in there the best you could. I believe that could be the main cause of the wabble/shake.
Checked the sway bar links and the bushings arent that bad maybe one checked the track bar it wasnt moving
Any ideas on whats the cheapest way to go about fixing that or is it so intense of job not worth doing?? The steering box that is?
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Year: 1989
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is this the right part the box or should I just be rebuilding the gear I have herd the best option is to replace the box