I finally got my jeep registerd took it on its madin voyage got the wife to agree to drive the beast and she gets on the highway and got to 55-60 and it felt like the front end was gonna shake right out from under the ol girl. I looked at every thing and all looks well but...Im new to jeeps and dont know whats going here and the wife is super pissed and says jeeps are turd I want to prove her wrong and make it highway driveable because I now know what the jeep thing is all about. This thing is cabable 2 to 4 lo help me cherokee gurus

 

could it need an alignment?

 

Search "Death Wobble". Several things can cause it and Jeeps are very Susceptable to it.

 

Thanks guys. My uncle inlaw used to work for one of our local jeep shops doin lifts and what not he say start with the track bar but the one he wants me to use is the jks but Im on a budjet here and a 200 dollar track bar makes no sense to me but thats what his old boss would use unless you specified so Im gonna search and if the fix is not cheap well then Im forced to sell

 

I had the same problem with my 92. After spending much time and money I finally narrowed it down to the stabilizer shock which is a relatively cheap fix. Word of advice though, dont cheap out. Buy a good quality one.

 

I used to get violent shakes,
but then the doctors changed my meds.

I don't like violent shakes. I like vanilla better.

Sorry, in a silly mood right now. (must be the meds....HAHAHA)

 

Steering stabilizer? If thats all then that would be like 60 bucks for a kit I wish that was the only part Im thinking more. I am the third owner and the past 2 did the bare min to keep this ol girl on the road I love it I have always wanted one and now I stand to lose my dream rig.

 

Steering Stab. is a remedy to help control front end shakes.

First check your tires... Same kind/size/pressure?
Then Front end components:
Tie Rod ends ok?
Ball Joints ok?
Pitman Arm ok?
Then check the wheel bearings, axle shaft u-joints, and anything else that is left up front.

 

well tires are now the right size bought the truck with 4 diff tires on it found 4 mounted on same rims for 100 bucks. Body shifts a little before the steering catchs so track bar,sway bar end links look really nasty and ball joints look ok..ish so Im gonna start with the track bar and stbilizer then we will see.Any suggestions as to end links that arnet stock or quick discos going stock on the track bar thats what I can afford Thanks all

 

TRE's off a V8 ZJ are beefier than the XJ stock ones and are a direct swap.

 

You are seeing "the body shift a little before the steering catches". That is classic symptom of loose or worn track bar. I gurantee you that your problem is in the track bar. Once you get a good track bar, with good upper ball joint and good lower bushing, and torqued to OEM specs, your death wobble will be gone.

 

I dont know if it shakes similar to when mine did, I couldnt really tell if it was coming from the rear or front but I tire balance fixed it though.

 

I get this on the freeway as well and my steering stablizer is completly blown out also sounds like the trackbar

 

x2 or checkin your tires. sometimes this can come from something as simple as it being out of alignment or your tires being unbalanced.

could be the tracbar too, they tend to wear over time.

 

unbalanced tires[wheel weights fall off easy hence stick on's]
bad ball joints
drive shaft out of what or loose u joints