Death wobble

Ok, just expeince the death wobble on way to work for first time. Quite scary. Everyone always says its the ball joints. Can anyone recommend a good set of ball joints? I have tools to do it, just dont want to have to do it twice.
Thanks for imput

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WJCO

Meme King
Check your ball joints first to make sure that's it. Could be as simple as a loose bolt somewhere else.
 

bmkrinne

Active Member
When you changed your steering stabilizer, did you loosen anything else? Check the bolt torque on your steering stabilizer are at 50 ft-lbs. Anything else you touched, make sure it’s right!

Looseness causes this issue and it sucks donkey balls!!!!

Next Check the following:
1. Track bar bolt torque at 125 ft-lbs both ends and track bar bushings intact and not degraded.
2. Tie rod ends have no play and bolts at 63 ft-lbs
3. Drag link clamp bolts at 26 ft-lbs and end links with no play and at 63/77 ft-lbs
4. Ball joints have < 0.060” vertical travel and very little side to side movement.
5. Caster at approx. -4 deg

May want to lay under the Jeep while someone slowly turns the wheels back and forth to identify any loose parts.

My death wobble ended up being a loose track bar to axle connection along with a wallowed out hole in the bracket. Installed a high steer bracket and drag link flip to solve it.




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Wont be the last time, but now you know how it feels. For the balljoints I run spicers and they seem to last just fine for what I do. Moog blows.
 
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