Death Wobble
 

Hey i got a 97 with a 3" lift and 31x10.50 and ive had it this way for hell probably 2 years now and never had any problems except recently. When i go about 50 mph i get major death wobble and it almost throws me off the road.... anyone have any ideas why i have it?

Something under front end is loose. put jackstands under both sides of the front axle (so tires are off the ground). Wiggle the following parts:

1.) Track bar at top and bottom mount. If it moves replace bad joint.
2.) Steering draglink and tierod. If it moves replace bad tierod end.
3.) grab tires at top and bottom. if the move replace bad balljoints.
4.) Check for missing tire weights especially on inside. when rims have the wrong offset tierod ends have been known to skin them off leaving the tires unbalanced.
5.) Check steering stabilizer shock for leaks or being eccessively worn out.

thanks ill defiantly check all that stuff out tomorrow... my first thought was steering stabilizer but I've checked that and its fine.... I completely forgot about all the ball joints... brain fart lol... its defiantly a brutal death wobble tho and i need to fix it soon.. oh and i just noticed i bent the draglink... but that was after all this

hey i had the same problem with my 92 cherokee, i changed my steering stabilizer and its all good now, i know you said you checked it but it still may be the problem, it happens to a lot of the cherokees that have a 2-4 inch lift on them, if you have a napa auto parts store around you i suggest going and getting there stabilizer it will cost around forty bucks or so

yea i think i might just change it for the hell of it anyway... maybe go for a bigger one