Can't fix this death wobble
My experience with wobble is limited to me not tightening the lug nuts properly on a 41 ****** and on motorcycles when there's no weight on the front wheel.
Oh. I'm not into the lifts and the 4wd suspension and all. I think all I've done in like 10 years is change one wheel bearing, (maybe two). (& lube, lube,lube). I have done quite a lot to quite a few rigs over the years though..
You gotta have the wheels well balanced.
Jeep happens to be the only place I've seen a "Zero" toe-in spec. (Haven't checked them all). The idea of having just a tad, (lets say 1/8" at the rim bead), is to keep a genital pressure on the linkage between the wheels. With no toe in, (both wheels dead ahead), any play whatsoever could magnify, feed back, hammer and cause MORE play since its beating it's-self up. (one Audi actually uses toe-out!, (same difference though))
Having the toe-in way off will grind away a new pair or tires in no time. You can feel the tread with your fingers, it will be feathered one way or the other if it's bad.
Specs aside, myself, If I had that problem I might give it 1/8-3/16" toe-in at the tread, (on a 15"). Maybe Jeep knows some thing I don't, or maybe it's just "wishful thinking" that there will never be enough play for it to set up a wobble.
So there's that, good luck!
You gotta have the wheels well balanced.
Jeep happens to be the only place I've seen a "Zero" toe-in spec. (Haven't checked them all). The idea of having just a tad, (lets say 1/8" at the rim bead), is to keep a genital pressure on the linkage between the wheels. With no toe in, (both wheels dead ahead), any play whatsoever could magnify, feed back, hammer and cause MORE play since its beating it's-self up. (one Audi actually uses toe-out!, (same difference though))
Having the toe-in way off will grind away a new pair or tires in no time. You can feel the tread with your fingers, it will be feathered one way or the other if it's bad.
Specs aside, myself, If I had that problem I might give it 1/8-3/16" toe-in at the tread, (on a 15"). Maybe Jeep knows some thing I don't, or maybe it's just "wishful thinking" that there will never be enough play for it to set up a wobble.
So there's that, good luck!
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