Death wobble is still here
08-20-2016, 04:42 PM
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Death wobble is still here
So today i changed out my axle bushings for the upper control arms in hope to cure my death wobble. That didn't happen, it's still here. I'm running out of options and ideas. I have changed the hubs, ball joints, tie rod, tie rod ends, drag link, steering gear box, drag link tie rod end, steering damper, track bar to an adjustable Rubicon Express. The lower control arms appear to be Rubicon Express as well and the coil springs as well, I'm running a 3.5 inch lift on 31x10.50R15 with 4 inch backspacing on the wheels. I have ran out of ideas for the cause of death wobble. It has been there ever since I bought my 96 cherokee a year and a half ago but slowly gettin worse. Even had this death wobble before my new track bar. Any ideas from personal experiance would be extremely appericated,
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08-20-2016, 06:55 PM
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So today i changed out my axle bushings for the upper control arms in hope to cure my death wobble. That didn't happen, it's still here. I'm running out of options and ideas. I have changed the hubs, ball joints, tie rod, tie rod ends, drag link, steering gear box, drag link tie rod end, steering damper, track bar to an adjustable Rubicon Express. The lower control arms appear to be Rubicon Express as well and the coil springs as well, I'm running a 3.5 inch lift on 31x10.50R15 with 4 inch backspacing on the wheels. I have ran out of ideas for the cause of death wobble. It has been there ever since I bought my 96 cherokee a year and a half ago but slowly gettin worse. Even had this death wobble before my new track bar. Any ideas from personal experiance would be extremely appericated,
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08-20-2016, 06:57 PM
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"It has been there ever since I bought my 96 cherokee a year and a half ago"
Has this thing ever been wrecked?
Have you measured the axle center point on both sides and noticed the same measurement?
You can swap wheels front to rear and side to side and there is no change?
When you have someone else move the steering wheel L to R the steering linkage all reacts immediately with no slop anywhere?
Has this thing ever been wrecked?
Have you measured the axle center point on both sides and noticed the same measurement?
You can swap wheels front to rear and side to side and there is no change?
When you have someone else move the steering wheel L to R the steering linkage all reacts immediately with no slop anywhere?
08-20-2016, 07:27 PM
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"It has been there ever since I bought my 96 cherokee a year and a half ago"
Has this thing ever been wrecked?
Have you measured the axle center point on both sides and noticed the same measurement?
You can swap wheels front to rear and side to side and there is no change?
When you have someone else move the steering wheel L to R the steering linkage all reacts immediately with no slop anywhere?
Has this thing ever been wrecked?
Have you measured the axle center point on both sides and noticed the same measurement?
You can swap wheels front to rear and side to side and there is no change?
When you have someone else move the steering wheel L to R the steering linkage all reacts immediately with no slop anywhere?
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08-20-2016, 07:40 PM
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08-21-2016, 12:30 AM
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Haha read the thread man. Both the questions you have asked he has already had an answer to. I did that all the time on another forum and people would get livid. At least I'm not alone in my habits haha!!
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Have you checked the frame at the steering box to make sure that the frame is not moving , and where the track bar bolts up that all that is solid and not moving ?