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Old 08-23-2011, 10:00 PM
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At highway speeds if I catch a bump in the road the right way my front end starts to shake and wobble really bad at least until I slow down to about 30 any ideas
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You sir have death wobble by the sound of it.
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Someone mentioned my bushings but as far as I can tell everything is tight
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You sir have death wobble by the sound of it.
X2 and it could be a number of things
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What kind of things I need to start a checklist and keep checking
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Firstly I'd suggest checking your trac bar for looseness. though I'm willing to bet youve already done that. Maybe your tie rod ends
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tre, trac bar, alignment, all of your bushings, berings, theres a bunch of things
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I will check them again and see what happens
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What kind of things I need to start a checklist and keep checking
Kevinsoffroad.com has a death wobble cure kit. Its expensive but worth it. I worked for me.

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I got that problem the last time I took my rig wheelin. I had broke the mountings for my steeling stablizer. just snapped the u-bolts and such, try that. it scared the crap out of my running down the freeway!
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