scooter77

I recently my first Cherokee(lifted 4") after moving on from Wrangler(lifted 7"). I never had this problem with the Wrangler. The cherokee drives fine on the road n highway at high speeds. My problem is when I hit a bump, the faster I am going the worse tires seem to go into the dreaded death wobble til I slow a bit to calm them down. Any pinpoint ideas I should look at. Just had the alignment done and put a new RC 2.2 steering stabilizer on. Gonna change out the shocks this weekend.

MWildmann

I'm going to guess that the issue is probably the shocks. Mine did the same thing and after i installed my lift (with new shocks), it went away and hasn't been back. If it persists, give your track bar a real hard look.

93XJLI

Caster

scooter77

yeah just read an article in JP mag says shocks could do it weird cause it drives fine otherwise just with bumps it wobbles

93XJLI

It's not your shocks

ktmracer419

Check your caster and make sure everything in your front end is tight

puddlepirate919

i have been facing death wobble for about a year now. this weekend i just now completely got rid of it and it feels like when i drove it stock when i bought it. on to what i did:

make sure you check your track bar bolt on the axle side. make sure the bushing is good and there is ZERO play in it. i then got a drop track bar bracket put on and it helped a lot.
i then upgraded to OTK steering from iron rock offroad.
check wheel bearing
check ball joints. that was another big issue for me
i got a IRO drop pitman arm and helped a lot too
and lastly what completely got rid of it was when i was looking at my steering stabilizer and it looked loose. so i when and just bought a new one since my was 3 years old anyway. i realized that my bushing in the stabilizer was shot and the metal sleeve was moving everywhere. so once i replaced the stabilizer and new bushings and metal sleeve, my death wobble was finally GONEEE after a year with the battle

DeadCellM60

What all was installed with the lift?

scooter77

basic 4" lift components from what I see bought it done already. He did say he put in a drop pitman arm. I upgraded the steering stabilizer and threw in new quality shocks from rough country. just had an alignment have to go over everything see if I can find something loose or out of whack.

DeadCellM60

Since it has a drop pitman arm, does it also have an extended upper track bar bracket? If your steering link and track bar are at different angles that can cause issue as well.

NCMetalMechanic

check the castor, and check the front end by dry steering it

scooter77

Think its mounted in the stock location gotta double check

caged

sounds like bump steer to me.

as mentioned, check to see if your track bar and drag link are running the exact same angle/line.

if you have a drop pitman arm, you need a drop track bar bracket to keep those two in line with each other.

Lowrange2

What part sounds like bump steer?

I wonder if he's checked the castor yet...?

scooter77

need to find a track bar drop bracket anyone know where i can get one separate from a new track bar? Thats all i can find a whole kit