Experienced what many refer to as the "death wobble" for the first time today.
That was fun
Experienced what many refer to as the "death wobble" for the first time today.
That was fun
2010 VW Jetta - DD, 5 Banger, 5 Speed, 1000 Watts of sound!!
1979 Ford Bronco Custom - 400/T18/205.. 35" SSRs, 4" lift, Rancho 5000s, 200 watts of sound!!
your can't experience real death wobble without leaf springs imho
Red 81 CJ5, 35's, 4.10 and detroit, 4 to 1 dana 300, tbi efi, flat belly, cage, chromos and auzzie in front... sometimes runs. body damage to come
oh it was realOriginally Posted by colman
scared the **** outta me too. The steering needs some attention. It's got quite a bit of play in the wheel, and the death wobble is not fun to deal with.
I'll probably tackle the steering when I get around to the lift, but what should I be looking to replace?
2010 VW Jetta - DD, 5 Banger, 5 Speed, 1000 Watts of sound!!
1979 Ford Bronco Custom - 400/T18/205.. 35" SSRs, 4" lift, Rancho 5000s, 200 watts of sound!!
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I just watched a spider dominate a fly on the wall outside, i thought would would travis do? and i did the opposite, spider lives!
trackbar bushings or geometry. For a while I got really good at canceling out the oscillation with the steering wheel.
if its lifted you should probably look into one with a spherical joint at one end.
Last edited by robertf03; 05-11-2010 at 06:51 AM.
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How is leaf spring death wobble worse?
These trucks invented death wobble. Change the trac bar bushing/check to see if the lower mount on the axle is wallowed out. Then check the top mount to make sure it's bolts are still tight on the frame.
He who dies with the most **** wins, after seeing your collection you are in the lead no doubt!
worn/loose ball joints and poor toe-in are probably the initial causes. Everything else just allows the wobble to propagate (i.e. tie rod ends, drag link ends, suspension bushings). Replace ball joints first.
$5 says he starts with a heavy-doody steering stabilizer
you need 2 or 4 steering stabilizers to fix the death wobble
Creighton, you have done stuff with that jeep that would make a goat go "holy ****!"
heavy doody steering stabilizers work (kind of) on radius arms.
Eric you listed problems that are the only options with leaf springs. Radius arm setups lose caster as you lift them, then they don't want to center the steering any more. It also binds the track bar and kills the bushing or the mounting hole or bolt wears away. Also the rotation of the axle and different distances between the steering and suspension mount puts the track bar plane slightly off of the steering plane. It doesn't take much lift to make a radius arm setup drive like dog****. At least Ford radius arms are easy to fix with bushings.
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but his truck's not lifted, right? DW shouldn't even start if the caster's right (i.e. stock), tires are balanced, toe-in is set, and ball joints and tie rod ends are tight. My guess is that this rig just needs some maintenance first (ball joints/TREs)
ask sharpe about my death wobble a few weeks ago, start with tierods and trac bar
Ryan Clarke
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I thought he just lifted this, is it stock?
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stock w/ 35's
Red 81 CJ5, 35's, 4.10 and detroit, 4 to 1 dana 300, tbi efi, flat belly, cage, chromos and auzzie in front... sometimes runs. body damage to come
angry.
Mine used to do that. I just took a breaker bar and tightened the hell out of the top trac bar bolt and it stopped.
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