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View Poll Results: Have you ever had Death Wobble in your Jeep?
Yes I've had DW. Stock Jeep
14.77%
No, never had DW. Stock Jeep
20.68%
Yes I've had DW. Lifted Jeep
37.55%
No, never had DW. Lifted Jeep
33.33%
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Death Wobble Poll

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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 09:32 PM
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Simple... Have you ever had Death Wobble yes or no? Stock Jeep or lifted..... Just want to get an idea of exactly how infrequent or frequent of an occurance this problem really is.
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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 10:34 PM
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BTW, thank you for taking the time to participate in this poll.
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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 10:58 PM
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I said yes with a lifted jeep although I did have it with a stock jeep too.
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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 11:05 PM
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Experienced the wobble at about 75 mph last week, went away after a reduced my speed. Has only happened once.
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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 12:47 AM
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Only had my '07 for 3 weeks, but started getting DW after toe was corrected in an alignment job. Bought it as a dealer trade-in, so no true idea what has been done to it other than what appears to be a Rubicon Express 2" spacer lift. Took it in for wheel balancing this week....no weights on any tires when they were pulled off, but all 4 had balancing beads in them. Out with the beads and on with some weights....no DW since. Just a little bump steer.
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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 01:03 AM
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Yes I've had it in my 09 stock and lifted I put a dual steering stabilizer on two years ago and it never happened again . When it started it just kept getting worse till I fixed it .I'm pretty sure there r other causes for this but that was mine the little stock shock was garbage .bump steer is gone now to

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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 11:11 AM
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My JK was lifted with 35s never had a DW. Did the install myself, just have to make sure things are installed and torque down correctly. Had the lift a few years with no issues..
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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 06:45 PM
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Yah mine was all stock when it was doing it . All fixed now
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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 07:02 PM
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had it before on my TJ, lifted and stock

Causes were:
Bad axle u joints
bad wheel bearings
alignment
Warped rotors

Nothing yet on the JK, but its less than a year old and only has 17,000kms.
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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 09:57 PM
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Currently have it, stock '10 Unlimited Rubicon, about 48k miles. Old steering stabilizer had no fluid left, got a replacement from Teraflex, temporarily bandaging DW. Checked out Planman's DW thread and it's a little more than I can chew mechanically wise, so I'm gonna head down to ORE or Rebel one of these days to get it checked out.
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