Diagnose death wobble
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Diagnose death wobble
I added 5" coil springs, sway bar quick disconnect, shocks, trackbar. Getting death wobble at 45 mph once I hit a bump. Attatched is a picture of the front end. It looks parallel to me. Going to get an alignment tomorrow. All bolts have been torqued. Any ideas?
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Looks more like camber is out of whack to me than toe-out. Camber is directly affected by Caster. When you lift the rig it rotates the centerline of the axle. You either need to get caster back where it needs to be (or close) or install offset ball joints or both possibly.
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I haven't installed my front driveshaft yet because I do not have the right bolts to connect the yoke at the transfer case, surely this not being installed yet would cause death wobble?
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From your pic, it appears your coil springs are not straight up and down. Does any one else notice this??
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Originally Posted by gilbertxj466
From your pic, it appears your coil springs are not straight up and down. Does any one else notice this??
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