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Old Aug 11, 2010 | 02:08 AM
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Everything diesel said can and will cause death wobble, steering stab. a lot of times are used to mask under lying issues. I would at minimum tighten everything, and check to see if you may have blown a shock.
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Old Aug 11, 2010 | 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by ckysodkorn_xj
to the best of my knowladge no fixaflat lol an thats alot of stuff to check haha. tightend the steering box and cleaned all the mud out of that wheel. not sure if it helped yet
Tighening the steering gearbox can make things worse, the steeringwheel may not center on its own and you will have to constantly saw at the wheel trying to correct its course. Steering gear boxes rarely need to be adjusted, and adjusting them rarely fixes any steering issues.
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 01:08 AM
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no updates.. still lost. this sucks, i can't drive it untill it's fixed. the PO took it to a shop when it did it with him and they told him it was the sway bar? i don't know how a chunk of steel can go bad but they replaced it and it stoped. when i got it i discoed the sway bar for better flex and that's how i found out about it. but when i re connected it it stoped.. now it's doing it with the swaybar connected. and it doesnt help that on the passengerside the swaybar nut wont tighten. it will get tight and then reloosen itself if you turn it anymore. do you think this could have anything to do wwith it? should i replace the link and see if that does it?
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 01:10 AM
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u got death wobble,it tends to happen when u get a lift and dnt upgrade the steerin enuff
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 01:13 AM
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it's only 2 inches of lift, if that. i guess it could be, but i wouldnt think it was untill i went up higher. and it was thier before the lift.
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 01:15 AM
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well lifts aint the only thing that causes it,it can just be the steerin stabilizer is bad,its very common in early-mid 90s jeeps wit lifts tho
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 01:21 AM
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im going out to look yet again tomarrow. someone sujested maby a hub assembly, it doesnt help the one time we took it out in awhile we pulled the jetski. so that could have made it a tad worse.
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 01:22 AM
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yea,i would just make sure everything is tight and nt damaged,and hope for the best i reckon
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 01:33 AM
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okay so i jsut googled the problem and i come up with something. thier was something said that if i turn wheels lock to lock and the truck visibly rises up than i can be my track bar mount or something along those lines is thier any truth to this?
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 01:36 AM
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if ur nt able to drive it now,then i would go for it,
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