Deathwobble after new tires
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Deathwobble after new tires
So I put my 31x10.5x15 BFG's on today and I also balanced them. Everything checked out just fine as far as the balancing went. I mounted everything up and torqued my lugs to spec *in hope that there was no room for error of course*. I took off from auto shop to go home and all of a sudden after hitting about 50mph, I started to get death wobble. If I went under 50, I would lose the DW, if I went over 50, I'd lose it the DW too. I got home and tightened everything thinking maybe my trac bar was the culprit when it actually wasnt at all! I think it's my passenger side outer tie rod but I'm not too sure. I still can't figure out why this would all of a sudden happen right after just a new pair of tires. It was never like this before!
If you have an idea of what is going on, or you would like to make a comment feel free to do so I need all the help I can get!
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So I put my 31x10.5x15 BFG's on today and I also balanced them. Everything checked out just fine as far as the balancing went. I mounted everything up and torqued my lugs to spec *in hope that there was no room for error of course*. I took off from auto shop to go home and all of a sudden after hitting about 50mph, I started to get death wobble. If I went under 50, I would lose the DW, if I went over 50, I'd lose it the DW too. I got home and tightened everything thinking maybe my trac bar was the culprit when it actually wasnt at all! I think it's my passenger side outer tie rod but I'm not too sure. I still can't figure out why this would all of a sudden happen right after just a new pair of tires. It was never like this before!
If you have an idea of what is going on, or you would like to make a comment feel free to do so I need all the help I can get!
If you have an idea of what is going on, or you would like to make a comment feel free to do so I need all the help I can get!
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this might sound dumb but when you tightened them down did you hand tighten the lugs first or just run them down with an impact reason i ask is the rim might not be sitting on the studs exactly flush and could cause the above mentioned issue
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I finger tightened them, then I used the Impact wrench, and then I let it off the lift and checked all the lug torque with a torque wrench. I'm going to use a breaker bar or something instead of an impact wrench just to see if that was my problem. This might save me the $75 for buying a new tie rod end lol... Thank you!
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