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Old Jan 9, 2013 | 02:51 PM
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Well the difference in price isnt bad..but it may be down for a longer time if I go with the 3 link.
IDK..we will see.
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Old Jan 12, 2013 | 03:01 PM
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Ever get that DW problem figured out or do you still have the shakes?
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Old Jan 12, 2013 | 03:45 PM
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Still got them man. Waiting on 4.5 inch rubicon express leafs and coils...then the 3 link and Mickey Thompson mtzs. Hopefully that will take care of it
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Old Jan 12, 2013 | 04:11 PM
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You already order the lift parts? Or still saying up money?

The world of death wobble is a fun one and hard to track down the cause. Luckily I fixed my DW when I was tightening the lower trac bar bolt and broke the bolt which lead to pulling the bolt, welding up the old holes, and drilling a new one 1/2 and inch over. Still had a little shake from tires but the went away when i got my new 265/75 BFG AT's.

Hopefully getting rid of those giant spacers will solve it for ya!
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Old Jan 12, 2013 | 04:20 PM
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Is the rear of yours block and shackle or a full leaf pack for the 3"?
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Old Jan 12, 2013 | 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by xj_maniac_newb
Is the rear of yours block and shackle or a full leaf pack for the 3"?
Block lol
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Old Jan 12, 2013 | 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Fugatt2DrXJ
You already order the lift parts? Or still saying up money?

The world of death wobble is a fun one and hard to track down the cause. Luckily I fixed my DW when I was tightening the lower trac bar bolt and broke the bolt which lead to pulling the bolt, welding up the old holes, and drilling a new one 1/2 and inch over. Still had a little shake from tires but the went away when i got my new 265/75 BFG AT's.

Hopefully getting rid of those giant spacers will solve it for ya!
Mine has an iron rock double sheer trac bar..both ends are tight..got the brand new zj tie rod. Thinking its the tires and castor now.
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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 12:24 AM
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I remember seeing you had a double sheer. I thought mine was my caster too but its all fixed now. I have both my lower control arms as far to the rear as the will go (mainly cause I couldn't figure out how to move the forward without shims so I said F it haha) and I'm on 4 inches and stock arms.

Id get you tires balanced next. Pretty quick and cheap.

My rear was a 3 inch block too from the PO till I redid it a week before I got my tires with S10 springs.
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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 01:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Xj88
Washed it for the first time in the day light. Paint looks pretty good. For some reasons hood doesn't meet flush with my header panel..it's about half an inch short...tried adjusting it and just ended up saying screw it..
Cleaned my garage too...got my new hood and stock bumper layed out

Just a couple cell phone pics:
Ill put up better pics I took with my camera as soon as I find my laptop
I'm seeing a lot of blue and orange in these pics... GO GATORS!
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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 07:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Fugatt2DrXJ
I remember seeing you had a double sheer. I thought mine was my caster too but its all fixed now. I have both my lower control arms as far to the rear as the will go (mainly cause I couldn't figure out how to move the forward without shims so I said F it haha) and I'm on 4 inches and stock arms.

Id get you tires balanced next. Pretty quick and cheap.

My rear was a 3 inch block too from the PO till I redid it a week before I got my tires with S10 springs.
I've already swapped in a new set of arms...didn't help..also had my tires balanced..no help. My frame mount was a bit loose so I torqued it down good yesterday..also replaced my tie rod adjuster sleeve bolts with all grade 8 stuff..the original stuff was stripped. It's gotta be castor or the tires themselves. Or ball joints
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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 07:21 AM
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Originally Posted by ekaybe

I'm seeing a lot of blue and orange in these pics... GO GATORS!
Indeed. Go Gators!
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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Xj88
I've already swapped in a new set of arms...didn't help..also had my tires balanced..no help. My frame mount was a bit loose so I torqued it down good yesterday..also replaced my tie rod adjuster sleeve bolts with all grade 8 stuff..the original stuff was stripped. It's gotta be castor or the tires themselves. Or ball joints
I know I've asked like 7 times but have you rotated the tires yet?

You can grab a cheap angle finder at Lowes and check the castor.

You should be able to jack the Jeep up and check the ball joints.
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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 07:57 AM
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Originally Posted by lowrange2

I know I've asked like 7 times but have you rotated the tires yet?

You can grab a cheap angle finder at Lowes and check the castor.

You should be able to jack the Jeep up and check the ball joints.
I'm gonna try to rotate tires front to back today before we go outta town. The lady has a training in lawrenceville that I'm gonna tag along. I'm gonna try the pry bar method on the ball joints when I rotate the tires
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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 08:00 AM
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Sounds like you've chased this thing around the block a few times already! Haha.

One of my buddy's Cherokee has the DW because of a tire being out of round or its got a bulge on the tread.

And I've got 205k on mine and checked my ball joints when I was hunting mine down. All were nice and snug. My lower driver side was the only one that had play and it was like 1/8 inch. I checked mine with the pry bar method.

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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 08:30 AM
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This thing has 90k on it...

It started out as A 2wd Xj..the Dana 30 front end is out of a 00 Xj that only had 60k on it. So the ball joints have 60k..
I'm hoping its the tires and the half *** lift that's on it
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