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Death wobble?!?!

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Old Oct 26, 2010 | 08:52 AM
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so taking out the trackbar and putting it back in didnt help. this sucks its getting frusturating. im about ready to take my buisiness back to the chevy dealership.
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Old Oct 26, 2010 | 08:55 AM
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Loosen all control arms and track bars and re torque with weight on them on level ground.

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Old Oct 26, 2010 | 08:59 AM
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Are you sure its death wobble and not just a shimmy?
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Old Oct 26, 2010 | 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by rinkishJK
Loosen all control arms and track bars and re torque with weight on them on level ground.

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i didnt do the control arms yet i just looked at them and theres a little space between the metal and the bushing. ill loosen them andd the track bar again and hopefully that'll do it. thanks
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Old Oct 26, 2010 | 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by grmncrsnbr
Are you sure its death wobble and not just a shimmy?
no this is definitly a full on death wobble. i can live with a little shimmy but this is very violent and doesnt stop until your almost at a stand still. i really want to correct this before other shit starts getting ripped apart. it only happens at 40+mph too.
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Old Oct 26, 2010 | 09:20 AM
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describ what you are running into. I had a nasty case of bumpsteer with my lift (3") inches and the stock track bar. The slightest bump it would go into a DW type shake.

At 40mph its bumpsteer. Not DW.

Here is a easy way to know if its bumpsteer or DW. DW wont let you get up to any speed. It would start shaking almost immediatly. Bumpsteer will let you drive fine until you hit a bump and then it will start out like DW.

I know with 3inches of lift my stock trackbar was way to short.
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Old Oct 27, 2010 | 06:00 AM
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Originally Posted by cyberbrain
describ what you are running into. I had a nasty case of bumpsteer with my lift (3") inches and the stock track bar. The slightest bump it would go into a DW type shake.

At 40mph its bumpsteer. Not DW.

Here is a easy way to know if its bumpsteer or DW. DW wont let you get up to any speed. It would start shaking almost immediatly. Bumpsteer will let you drive fine until you hit a bump and then it will start out like DW.

I know with 3inches of lift my stock trackbar was way to short.
ya but it wont stop until i slow down to about 5 or 10mph
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Old Oct 27, 2010 | 06:48 AM
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Did you put new tires on with the lift?
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Old Oct 27, 2010 | 07:11 AM
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Originally Posted by nbro
no this is definitly a full on death wobble. i can live with a little shimmy but this is very violent and doesnt stop until your almost at a stand still. i really want to correct this before other shit starts getting ripped apart. it only happens at 40+mph too.
im going with either a defective tire,bent wheel, or out of balance, not DW. take it to a tire shop and then rebalance. speed related issues are almost always one of these things.
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Old Oct 27, 2010 | 07:47 AM
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Hope you find the source of the problem. I experienced DW a couple of times after my lift and it was scary. It happened to my wife and she stopped the vehicle got out and called me to come get it. She wasnt driving it anymore til I got it fixed it shook her up that bad.
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