Jsaltis06

I am looking to buy another Cherokee and one I found was a 1999 jeep Cherokee limited edition with a 6inch super lift. They say that it shakes whenever it goes over 55mph. Then they said that the the have the u joints for the front axle and that's the problem. Would that be the problem? I really don't want to waste the money and buy it and have to replace the whole front end or something expensive.

DasWulf79

Sounds like a case of death wobble. Search death wobble on here and you will find ALOT of posts about it since it is a very common occurance with lifted XJ's. There are many things that can cause it and the U-joints probably can cause death wobble. Ask them if they had the Jeep aligned after installing the lift. I had the same problem after installing my lift and it took an alignment, new sway bar bushings, and tie rod ends to stop it.

ericfx1984

tire balance too

Red82

It could be any number of things and could be expensive or could just be an alignment.

Jsaltis06

so i asked them and the bought the jeep with the lift and put tires on it and had them aligned when the where mounted. he says its the u joints and has them to put it

Turbo X_J

If it was that easy, it would be fixed already.

Jsaltis06

yeah i know, i want another cherokee my buddy totaled my old one, so now I have to find one in wv
and the one i found has the death wobble as its called

Turbo X_J

If your buddy totaled your old one, why not make him buy you a new one?

Jsaltis06

his insurance wants to give me a total of 1050 for my jeep they took off 1798 for a r title and 650 for prior damage that i had fixed and 560 where the tow company stole the lift and interior out of my jeep. Ive been fighting with his insurance since October 18th

Turbo X_J

If the insurance does not come through to your expectations, it sounds like your buddy should cover the difference.

Jsaltis06

Yeah hes gonna, but right now, the wv insurance commissioner stepped in and is now investigating it.

Red82

Until you actually got.the ujoints on there and that fixed it I wouldn't assume that us the answer. A lot of tines one thing causes death wobble and then the wobble damages other parts. So while the joints might be the issue other parts may have worn out because of it and will continue to cause death wobble after the joints are fixed.

Jsaltis06

They havent been driving it, its been sitting in their driveway for about a month. they drive it every once in a while. they have only had it for about a year and it just started doing it and its a small wobble not a huge one

Lowrange2

I usually blame small shimmy wobbles on control arm bushings.

Jsaltis06

yeah im just gonna try the u joints and if that dont work ill do the control arm bushing