kmanxj5050

Ok so today on my way to work from school i was goin down the road at about 55, and hit a bump and the front of my jeep was comin apart lol. The whole front clip was shakin and everything!!! It has not done this since my RC 3" lift.

A couple of months ago i put 2 more inches on top of my Rusty's 4.5" lift. I added a Rusty's drop pitman arm 6.5" LCA's and i extended my stock uppers, and i also added rusty's HD trac bar frame mount to my adj. trac bar. Now i have not had an allignment and it did this twice today i had to drop down to about 20 mph to get it to stop.

I pulled over and my trac bar adjustment nut was tight but not real tight, so i snugged it up.

My question is will an allignment fix my issue or will i need more????

thanks

mike

i don't have a lift yet but still have DW. think the alignment is my problem not sure on yours with the lift though.

okcjeeper

Yes I would have an alignment done and have them also check your ball joints, TRE's and such while they are under there..

muddeprived

Only you can answer that question. You need an alignment for sure, after putting in more lift so get that done first and see what happens. Have you balanced your tires lately?

Some of the most common causes of death wobble:
loose trackbar
alignment
unbalanced tires
loose steering components
bad bushings
earthquakes

BlueXJ

Get the alignment first and have them look at all the front end components.

Nice short concise list Mudd.

kmanxj5050

did i forget to mention that i think my driver side ball joints might be bad too lol.

What are some symptoms of bad ball joints???

and a earthquake may have happened today too lol (in michigan)


but i am gettin an alignment next week!!!!

and like i said my trac bar adjuster nut was a lil loose but i tightened that up.



thanks for the help

BlueXJ

Bad Ball Joints will surely give you DW.

muddeprived

clunking, rough ride. jack it up and grab the tire at 12 and 6 and wiggle as hard as you can. listen for clunking. make sure it's not the bearing cuz that's how you test the bearing too.

looks like you got ball joints and alignment to fix. Do those and then get back to us and see if it wobbles again.

kmanxj5050

i just replaced the wheel bearing on that side with a new timken so i will check the ball joint tommorow.

thanks guys

COSXJFAN

Have someone watch the BJs as you move the tire. You cannot feel 1/32" of movement, but it will cause DW. Also, check the sector shaft coming out of the steering box for lateral movement, if it has any it has to be replaced!! Ask me how I know this!!

jcherokee94

might be the steering stabilizer

muddeprived

Very doubtful. Steering stabilizer cannot and should not cause death wobble.

jcherokee94

my buddy wrangler was doing it though and it was the steering stabilizer and ever since he replaced it it hasnt done it

BlueXJ

Steering stabilizer just masks the symptoms of DW it cures nothing. You need to find the real cause not try to hide it. It is caused by something worn.
1-Ball Joints
2-Control arm bushings
3-trackbar loose or worn
4-Tie Rod ends worn and/or loose
5-draglink ends worn
6-combination of these or wheel balance/tire problems.

muddeprived

Ask your buddy to take it off completely and drive. He will probably still have it. Like blue said, it covers up the problem and may stop it but once all that stress wears down your stabilizer, it does an Arnold "i'm baaaack".