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Old Jul 23, 2010 | 10:15 PM
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my 98 jeep cherokee has 4 1/2 inchs lift and everything is tight but if im going over 40mph i get a real bad wobble how do i correct the issue
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Old Jul 23, 2010 | 10:17 PM
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retighten everything, something is loose. Can be hard to spot.
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Old Jul 23, 2010 | 10:22 PM
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do you have an ajustable trac-bar?? if not that could be it from what i understand the trac-bar is one of the leading causes of death wobble.
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Old Jul 23, 2010 | 10:26 PM
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The loose trac-bar is a likely cause it must be tight I mean super tight, as with all other components.
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Old Jul 23, 2010 | 10:55 PM
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true true i have a drop bracket for mine(garbage by the way they loosen all the time) and if i tighten it up it stops wobbling i would check your bolts on your trac bar first especially if you have a drop/relocation bracket.
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Old Jul 24, 2010 | 07:47 AM
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When I got mine, the DPO had replaced the drag link, tie rod ends, and ball joints...but did not tighten all the gear up. The car squirted from one lane to another so dramatically, it would make you laugh if it wasn't so dangerous.

Long story short...I torqued everything to spec and it's tight as a drum.

Even good mechanics fail to torque to the correct specification. Get a torque wrench and do the job right. Might be the cheapest front-end fix you ever did.
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Old Jul 29, 2010 | 07:36 PM
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my track bar was loose and i tightened and greesed everything and the drop bracket is a pain to work with because of how tight of a space the bolt nut is in but thank you everyone for the advice
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Old Jul 29, 2010 | 07:42 PM
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Originally Posted by ellisfan77
my track bar was loose and i tightened and greesed everything and the drop bracket is a pain to work with because of how tight of a space the bolt nut is in but thank you everyone for the advice
Did this fix it?
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Old Jul 30, 2010 | 05:51 AM
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Yeah so far I don't have barely any woble I bought tie rod ends from jc whiteney and I'm going to go ahead and replace them this weekend and hopefully it'll fix the problem all together but the track bar was the biggest wobbler lol
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