krawlthis

i dont know if this has already been done or if this is the place to do it but here it goes. when was your first death wobble experience and how did you react? rate it from 1-10. 1 being huh thats inconvenient, playing it cool. 10 being you screamed like a little girl and actually had "business" in the pants. mine was a 7 headed down pole hill in estes( about a 12% grade) goin 55mph hit the brakes and started yelling, slammed on the brakes and hit my head on the stearing wheel. it wasnt funny then but now its awesome.

95THORxj

my first time was in my buddys 98. we hit a bump about 60mph after
installing a rc 4.5in lift. id rate it at 6. did scare me thought rt ft tire
was falling off. raised mine 3in never had a prob.

OHHNOES

I had just put in my 3 inch lift and told my friend that i had a wobble and said ride with me and tell me what you think. As soon as i hit about 45mph it started shaking like it was going from wheel to wheel he looked at me like wtf!!! was that. About a 6 also

Jeepmandan

my first time was a few weeks ago after i lifted it going about 60 in a corner out in the country. I'd rate it about a 2 though. My reaction was "ohh hey, i didn't know the lift came with vibrating seats"

Tankerblade

Mine was about an 8. was driving my dad's lifted WJ. hit a pothole at 45 and literally shook so hard the rear view mirror fell off. I couldn't hold the steering wheel straight. So slammed on the breaks, and pulled off into a empty parking lot conviently placed right next to where the pot hole was. got out look at everything, messed with everything for like 10 min couldnt find a problem...pissed me off. came home told the dad, he was like ya it has a little bit of DW. haha

sandaddik2

id rate mine at a 10. i was doing about 55 and i hit a pot hole in my old 86 stock xj. its shook so hard that the bottom half of the dash broke.
i had never heard of death wobble before so i got out the check and make sure that the rims werent loose and trying to break off the studs

Scotty16

My first death wobble experience was about 5 months after I put on my 4.5 inch lit. I was going about 65 mph, hit a bump, didn't really freak out just kinda went "oh " Pulled over, and started my way home asap. Easy fix at that point when I got home. I rate the DW at like 7.

I'm sure the people behind me were wondering stuff. lol

Bustedback

Second day I had my ZJ after going over some rough rail road tracks, it was about a 7, but enough to have me crap purple twinkies. I replaced the upper and lower control arms and removed the 2"spacer lift. It's DW free now.

CFarr44

First experience happened about 2 weeks ago. Was not in my jeep, was in a friends who belongs to CF. He's got a 6 inch with 33's . We were heading down a road to go wheeling he was driving in front of me. He hit a few bumps and his wheels started going nuts. I was like "**** what broke". He pulled over was pretty nervous. We checked everything and found no problems. So we just kept going with no more problems. For me Id rate it a 2 or 3 because it was not my vehicle. for him, on his face looked about a 6

Gee oh Dee

Mine was about a 1. My thought was "huh, this must be the death wobble everyone speaks of."

I've read so much about it, so I knew right away what was going on.

I crossed some train tracks, going maybe 45-50. It felt like what a bike feels like when tank-slapping the bars.

robguitargod1

Mine was literally last night on the way to my baseball game. Was sitting in ****ty traffic on 294 in Chicago, then it started to open up. I'm doing about 70 when everything went to hell. Felt like someone loosened all my lug nuts, and I about **** my pants. 9 For sure. I've only had my 98 XJ for a week, so now it's off to the tech section to find a fix. I do understand the cause, but I need a good place to start.

P.S. For some reason, reading everyone's DW stories had me LOL'ing for like 10 full mins!

MjPioneer

Mine was about a 6
Just finished lifting my first Comanche took her out for a spin and **** hit the fan. Doing a brisk 25mph I caressed a pot hole and all hell broke loose. I had no idea what it was and it scared the crap out of me. After pulling over for a while I went about my business only to DW all the way back home. turns out I was toed out 3".


thought I'd add this one as well
One of my friends was complaining about this "horrible horrible death wobble" he had. It was the worst thing in the known world on our scale here it would be a 57 according to him. After a test drive and a look around...he lost a wheel weight causing a shimmy from 41-43mph and no other spots...He ended up over reacting so much he put on 2 stabs an sye and took his lift out. Not even kidding.