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Death wobble cure

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Old Jun 30, 2009 | 11:24 AM
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Default Death wobble cure

Well about a week ago i installed a rc 2.5 bb and i was driving on a pretty rough road and hit a good bump going about 60 and there it goes shaking all to hell and the steering going back and fourth (scared the hell out of me) but since have already read about the death wobble i knew what it was so i got underneath the jk and everything was set to torque and no ball joint wear but i noticed that my ss was fried so i took it off and sure enough i could push it in with my had and it made i liquid noise so but i also now that you should be able to drive without one if your steering is correct so i read and read about it i see that alot of people have had the same issues no bolts loose and no bent track bar or tie rod then so i noticed alot people saying adjust your caster but i didn't wont to pay $230 dollars for adj ca so i read so more and found that alot of people said that they had there toe in checked and it was fine but my thought was it was fine for stock but what about lifted so i took one after noon and adjusted my toe out to 3/8 from stock which i read somewhere fixed alot of death wobble on jks so that is what and sure enough it is compeltely gone with a fried ss and it drives fine with no adjusted caster

oh and i have a question after i installed my lift the steering wheel is still centered to me did that happen to anyone else
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Old Jun 30, 2009 | 11:42 AM
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Punctuation dude!! jk...

I cant say anyhting about the steering stabilizer as I havent had DW problems, but my steering stayed centered after I installed my RC 2.2 lift. I just figured I got lucky. I've since rechecked it several times, and no problems.
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Old Jun 30, 2009 | 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by CitadelJeep04
Punctuation dude!! jk.........
What he said...
That was one hell-uva a read,not sure if there was a question in there, answer or just some facts Seriously, not trying to be an ass, but that is hard to read so I don't know what your asking or telling us?
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Old Jun 30, 2009 | 01:51 PM
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Do we get extra points for actually reading that entire post and attempting to decipher it?
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Old Jun 30, 2009 | 04:30 PM
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longest runniest on sentence EVER
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Old Jun 30, 2009 | 06:15 PM
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Yea sorry about the puncuation i was in a hurry, but i was trying say is that i cured my death wobble by adjusting my toe in instead of going with what it should have been stock. oh and i have stock tires and wheels right now, i will be getting some new ones soon
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Old Jun 30, 2009 | 06:55 PM
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I personally think toe is one of the most overlooked causes of death wobble.
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Old Jun 30, 2009 | 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by 07wranglerxS
Yea sorry about the puncuation i was in a hurry, but i was trying say is that i cured my death wobble by adjusting my toe in instead of going with what it should have been stock. oh and i have stock tires and wheels right now, i will be getting some new ones soon
Cool, thanks for the clliff notes. That makes sense now, good to know.
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Old Jul 1, 2009 | 03:51 AM
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Originally Posted by mkjeep
I personally think toe is one of the most overlooked causes of death wobble.

Fully agree.....
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Old Jul 1, 2009 | 03:57 AM
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Originally Posted by 07wranglerxS
Yea sorry about the puncuation i was in a hurry, but i was trying say is that i cured my death wobble by adjusting my toe in instead of going with what it should have been stock. oh and i have stock tires and wheels right now, i will be getting some new ones soon
Much better dude

BTW.....welcome to the board
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