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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 01:44 PM
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Angry death wobblin

replaced all tie rods and ends, track bar , balanced wheels, tight lugs, new brakes , turned brake surfaces,,,, bled brakes, now what?, u joints seem ok bearings seem ok.
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 01:51 PM
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Did you check the ball joints? Raise the front tires off the ground, grab the tire at the top and bottom and see if there is any play in it.
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 01:51 PM
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Oh, and check the steering stabilizer.
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 01:59 PM
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i had to replace my lower control arms to rid my wobble
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 02:00 PM
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i put in a OME steering stabilizer and that fixed mine.
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 02:17 PM
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Drive shaft need balanced? make sure there is no movement in the front tires like winston said also grease all your zerts on everything
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 02:44 PM
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My steering stabilizer was shot and I was getting the wobble pretty bad.
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 03:10 PM
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My steering stabilizer was shot and I was getting the wobble pretty bad.
- new procomp
grab the tire at the top and bottom and see if there is any play in it
- no play

havent replaced the LCA yet, they dont look bad , dont look great either
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 03:13 PM
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my lca bushings didnt look bad after taking them off but had to much flex in them...
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 03:18 PM
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alright, i'll do it and let u know. now i have this problem with reverse- https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f2/reverse-hesitation-under-load-14493/
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 03:22 PM
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What kind of shape are the front wheel bearings in? When do you get the wobble?
High speed, low speed, both?
Going straight, in corners, both?
With brakes applied, without, both?
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by winston427
Oh, and check the steering stabilizer.
Originally Posted by pwn
i put in a OME steering stabilizer and that fixed mine.
Originally Posted by tampaviking
My steering stabilizer was shot and I was getting the wobble pretty bad.


If a steering set up requires a steering stabalizer for it not to wobble that is poor engineering. Not all vehicles have steering stabalizers. By replacing the steering stabalizer you are putting a band aid on the problem.
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by prerunner1982


If a steering set up requires a steering stabalizer for it not to wobble that is poor engineering. Not all vehicles have steering stabalizers. By replacing the steering stabalizer you are putting a band aid on the problem.
then why is it there? with you theory the same could be said of shocks?
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by jinx
then why is it there? with you theory the same could be said of shocks?
When you hit a bump with one front tire and not the other the steering tries to pull to that side. The SS minimizes this so that you arent swerving all over the road from impurities in the road.
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 06:20 PM
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last year, i had the death wobble pretty bad, i replaced the track bar bushings, wheel bearings, uca axle bushings, new long arms with johnny joints, new ball joints, new steering upgrade with brand new tre's and 6" drop pitman arm, and even a new skyjacker steering stabilizer. but i still had death wobble.
so i replaced the skyjacker stabilizer with a spring over one by trailmaster and that was what fixed that. so far so good. that was a year ago with some hardcore wheeling done.
even tho my stabilizer was new, it just wasn't strong enough with my lift and tires.
there was nothing else that i could change.

only thing i didn't change was my steering box, but it has no play and doesn't leak.
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