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Death Wobble

Old 04-16-2012, 01:40 PM
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I have a 98 JGC 205k all original and just now started the death wobble (driver side).It happens after hitting a pothole and any bumps in road have to hit the brakes to stop the wobble.Any Ideas dont have alot of money to replace everything!!!
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Do a search! there's been so much activity on this subject recently you ought to find your answers easily.
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I had the same issue,took me forever but i finally replaced my trak bar bought from napa for 48 bucks. But the actual problem was the brackets that hold the trak bar on were wollowed out so the bolts are shaking inside the holes. I welded a washer on the axle side bracket so that the bolt couldnt move in the hole. I havent had the dw since. But i might not have had to replace the trak bar. So it could be just a 32 cent fix

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I just change the track bar bushing with a Moog polyurethane bushing kit and I change the sway bar links with new Moog poly link kits, my front end has never felt better. I replaced the wimpy 10mm track bar bolt with a 7/16 grade 8 bolt and lock nut because the sleeve in the new bushing had a larger hole. It was a pain in the butt gitting the nut on the new bolt, but well worth it.
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