Wheel spacer makes death wobble go away?
11-10-2013, 07:57 PM
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Wheel spacer makes death wobble go away?
I just put wheel spacers on my jeep and I love the way it looks, but now I don't have death wobble anymore..............any input on why it's like this
11-10-2013, 09:13 PM
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If your "death wobble" went away by spacing the wheels out I would stab a pretty good guess your ball joints are shot. You basically spread out your weight distributed on the front axle. This change was likely enough to change how the pressure on your ball joints was compared to when you didn't have the spacers. Get new ball joints and check your track bar as well. The spacer didn't fix anything at all, in fact they will make the problem worse. It's a leverage thing.
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If your "death wobble" went away by spacing the wheels out I would stab a pretty good guess your ball joints are shot. You basically spread out your weight distributed on the front axle. This change was likely enough to change how the pressure on your ball joints was compared to when you didn't have the spacers. Get new ball joints and check your track bar as well. The spacer didn't fix anything at all, in fact they will make the problem worse. It's a leverage thing.
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could also indicate a bad hub assembly but not near as big a chance as it being bad ball joints...
why buy and install wheel spacers before spending the money to fix death wobble first anyway... lol
why buy and install wheel spacers before spending the money to fix death wobble first anyway... lol
11-11-2013, 08:39 PM
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ehh wasnt tryin to fix the death wobble......didnt happen enough to really concern me......only at 49-51 mph it would happen.....i know i need to change ball joints, and i got the spacers at one hell of a deal(50 bucks) just had me wondering why it was that way...
11-11-2013, 08:45 PM
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If your "death wobble" went away by spacing the wheels out I would stab a pretty good guess your ball joints are shot. You basically spread out your weight distributed on the front axle. This change was likely enough to change how the pressure on your ball joints was compared to when you didn't have the spacers. Get new ball joints and check your track bar as well. The spacer didn't fix anything at all, in fact they will make the problem worse. It's a leverage thing.
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