SEAJ
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I had an interesting experience yesterday and was hoping someone may have some insight.
I was coming home from watching a rockcrawling competition yesterday (I did not compete so not a broken part) and tentatively let my 21 year old sister in law drive.
We were coming down a mountain pass and I was in the back looking at my phone. All of a sudden it felt like she was doing some slalom movement. Briefly I chalked it up to her maybe over-correcting steering or goofing off but it started to ampilify back and forth. I yelled what are you doing and she yelled nothing! and took her hands off the steering it continued to steer back and forth harder with the stability control screaming at her.
I yelled Brake! Brake! Brake! Brake! as it felt like an inevitable roll if it kept going.
We came to a stop and I checked for any obvious breaks, loose or damaged steering front and back. Nothing. I drove it home going up to 80 mph through the mountain for the next 4 hours. No issues.
I know its not the easiest to drive on the freeway especially curvy roads as its got play and can be very sensitive to over correcting so I am chalking it up to inexperience and touchy steering. Its not that death wobble. I have seen the videos of that and it was not a shaking; Were talking full on high speed slalom.
Its almost as if it was over correcting itself. She may have started it off but it just seemed to amplify on its own.
Anyone seen a similar problem?
Possible Relevant Mods.
Dealer Installed 3 Inch Fabtech Coil Lift.
35 inch MT on 17X10 Weld Rims
JKS Quicker Disconnects
EVO C Gussets
MetalCloak Adjustable TracBar
Artec Heavy Duty Track Bar Bracket Front
Artec Axle Truss Front
Custom Front Long Travel Shock Install with Ford Shock Towers
13 Inch Travel Front Rancho 9000 Shocks (Set to 1 for soft ride)
Custom .25 Inch Rear Tracbar bracket. (Ripped old off on trail)
Other unlikely but possible affecting mod
ARB Locker Front and Rear
Superchips 3872 Flashpaq
Note. I have bent my Drag Link (Couple times) and Tie Rod. They have been straightened but in process of researching and buying replacements.
I also ripped off the old rear tracbar a few weeks back and replaced the axle side mount.
I still have stock control arms and they too are on my short list for replacing after drive shaft.
I will do a check on the ball joints as that is on my list of possible contributors.
Ill check bushing on my stock arms also.
After talking more with my sister in law she admitted to having started the process when she over corrected from a gust or groove in the road but am just covering my bases. I do not feel like it drives any different with any of my mods except a little softer and a touch more roll since I added the long shocks (set to 1) and taller mount towers.
It was quite the adrenaline pumping experience and do not wish to go through it again.
I was coming home from watching a rockcrawling competition yesterday (I did not compete so not a broken part) and tentatively let my 21 year old sister in law drive.
We were coming down a mountain pass and I was in the back looking at my phone. All of a sudden it felt like she was doing some slalom movement. Briefly I chalked it up to her maybe over-correcting steering or goofing off but it started to ampilify back and forth. I yelled what are you doing and she yelled nothing! and took her hands off the steering it continued to steer back and forth harder with the stability control screaming at her.
I yelled Brake! Brake! Brake! Brake! as it felt like an inevitable roll if it kept going.
We came to a stop and I checked for any obvious breaks, loose or damaged steering front and back. Nothing. I drove it home going up to 80 mph through the mountain for the next 4 hours. No issues.
I know its not the easiest to drive on the freeway especially curvy roads as its got play and can be very sensitive to over correcting so I am chalking it up to inexperience and touchy steering. Its not that death wobble. I have seen the videos of that and it was not a shaking; Were talking full on high speed slalom.
Its almost as if it was over correcting itself. She may have started it off but it just seemed to amplify on its own.
Anyone seen a similar problem?
Possible Relevant Mods.
Dealer Installed 3 Inch Fabtech Coil Lift.
35 inch MT on 17X10 Weld Rims
JKS Quicker Disconnects
EVO C Gussets
MetalCloak Adjustable TracBar
Artec Heavy Duty Track Bar Bracket Front
Artec Axle Truss Front
Custom Front Long Travel Shock Install with Ford Shock Towers
13 Inch Travel Front Rancho 9000 Shocks (Set to 1 for soft ride)
Custom .25 Inch Rear Tracbar bracket. (Ripped old off on trail)
Other unlikely but possible affecting mod
ARB Locker Front and Rear
Superchips 3872 Flashpaq
Note. I have bent my Drag Link (Couple times) and Tie Rod. They have been straightened but in process of researching and buying replacements.
I also ripped off the old rear tracbar a few weeks back and replaced the axle side mount.
I still have stock control arms and they too are on my short list for replacing after drive shaft.
I will do a check on the ball joints as that is on my list of possible contributors.
Ill check bushing on my stock arms also.
After talking more with my sister in law she admitted to having started the process when she over corrected from a gust or groove in the road but am just covering my bases. I do not feel like it drives any different with any of my mods except a little softer and a touch more roll since I added the long shocks (set to 1) and taller mount towers.
It was quite the adrenaline pumping experience and do not wish to go through it again.
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