MobyJR has death wobble -__-
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10frank9
Web Wheeler
Suspension components. If you have time this weekend gimme a ring, you can swing by and we can try and find what the cause might be...:yup:
MobyJR
New member
Thanks frank. Ill be working but if I get some free time ill let you know. Might be just something loose I hope.
MobyJR
New member
Yes. I think I will. Just have to find some free time. Lol just about shit my pants on the 210 freeway about an hour ago.
One of the kids in the squadron had the DW and it was his front trackbar.
Here is a link to a write Eddie did for the Death Wobble.
http://wayalife.com/showthread.php?...s-What-it-isn-t-and-What-You-Can-Do-to-Fix-it
R/
Will
Here is a link to a write Eddie did for the Death Wobble.
http://wayalife.com/showthread.php?...s-What-it-isn-t-and-What-You-Can-Do-to-Fix-it
R/
Will
4x4Jesus
Caught the Bug
Just dealt with death wobble on my jeep I thought it was just tire balancing but I ended up having to replace the ball joints and steering stabilizer. Also replaced a worn trac bar. Jeep feels brand new again. Then I got new tires a week later. It's been an expensive month to own a jeep.
MobyJR
New member
Thanks! Ill give it a read
MobyJR
New member
Lol I've owned wranglers and nothing else since I was 16 and have had plenty I those months lol but DW is a first for me.
MobyJR
New member
I think if I save and buy exactly what you bought that'll fix the thing for sure
10frank9
Web Wheeler
SS isn't the cause of DW. It might hide it for a while but the cause is suspension components, ball joints, wheel balancing issues and such.
What he said. You can drive a Jeep with or without a steering stabilizer and assuming your suspension and steering components are dialed in, you will not have DW - I guarantee it. At best, an SS will just mask DW, it cannot cause or fix it.
Yup, that link is what I would recommend. I've had DW more times that I would have preferred and have been able to fix it every time following those steps.
Tigrcky
New member
actually I respectfully disagree, I work in a shop as an ASE certified tech and we had an 2007 rubicon in for a death wobble. all the ball joints were replaced the tracking bar was replaced and it was still there. as soon as the new steering stabilizer was put on the wobble went away.
MTG
Caught the Bug
Probably because it masked the problem, rather than solving it.
You put a band aid on it, you didnt fix it. Somewhere there is still a worn/untorqued/out balance component.
You'll forgive me but, nobody said that a steering stabilizer would help mask or hide death wobble but, that's far from actually "fixing" it. If you take a brand new Jeep and take off it's steering stabilizer, I can guarantee you that it will not have death wobble. If you take a built up Jeep that has it's steering and suspension dialed in and without any worn out or loose components and take off its steering stabilizer off, I can guarantee you that it won't have death wobble either. Of course, I've just stayed in a Holiday Inn Express so, what would I know. :crazyeyes:
MTG
Caught the Bug
I said it. :cheesy:
I haven't had my SS on since April or May. Drovive several thousand miles like that. Even wheeled it at the mall once. Got a touch of death wobble...found a weld broken on my axle trackbar mount. In hindsight maybe I should have just put my SS back on instead of fixing the weld? :crazyeyes: