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Old Dec 14, 2010 | 09:32 AM
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i took my jeep for a test drive for first time the other day. everything seemed to be fine until i hit 54 mph it felt like the driveshaft got at a bad angle and it started thumping i got a t case drop i hope this will help what you guys think?i mean it sounds like its comeing from the drive shaft am i right?
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Old Dec 14, 2010 | 12:36 PM
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Check the toe , usually right front side
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Old Dec 14, 2010 | 12:59 PM
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I got this a couple weeks ago. Really bad vibration at 55 mphs, turned out to be a bad tire up front. But if you just lifted it and this started than your probably right about it being a driveshaft/Ujoint issue.
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Old Dec 14, 2010 | 01:22 PM
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Depends on your height whether or not its the shaft angle. I'm running around 5.5" with a 3/4" t-case drop and no vibes
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Old Dec 14, 2010 | 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by j33pm4n
Check the toe , usually right front side
did you align it after the lift
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Old Dec 14, 2010 | 04:40 PM
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nope dont got the money and i never aline it. it would be a waist of money the way we wheel we prob nock em out of alinment every trip.lol and also i putten a t case drop on it. its the drive shaft
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Old Dec 14, 2010 | 04:49 PM
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you did adjust the toe right
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Old Dec 14, 2010 | 04:57 PM
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what the toe?? my jeep dosnt have feet!! it has tires? lol no but realy what is the toe?
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Old Dec 14, 2010 | 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by LittleXJ
nope dont got the money and i never aline it. it would be a waist of money the way we wheel we prob nock em out of alinment every trip.lol and also i putten a t case drop on it. its the drive shaft
you can set the toe with a tape measure, and wheeling isnt going to knock your alignment off unless you bend something.
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Old Dec 14, 2010 | 05:20 PM
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off topic...

btw, ive been noticing lately that people have a bad missunderstanding of what death wobble really is
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Old Dec 14, 2010 | 05:28 PM
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i cnt do anything till i no what toe is!!!!
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Old Dec 14, 2010 | 05:31 PM
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toe is you front tires pointing in or out they have to be a certain distance aprtin the fron compared to the rear you adjust it with the steering links in the front
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Old Dec 14, 2010 | 05:32 PM
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you turn the tie rod one way or the other it bring the front closer together or the rear closer together
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Old Dec 14, 2010 | 05:33 PM
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google how to adjust the toe on your year xj
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Old Dec 14, 2010 | 05:41 PM
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and what will this do? like i mean what dose it improve?
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