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Death wobble is this the problem!

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Old Nov 5, 2009 | 09:10 PM
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Im about to go out and mess with it thanks for the feedback guys I will keep yah posted
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Old Nov 6, 2009 | 07:59 PM
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Well the tie rod isnt moving anymore I adjusted my toe out a bit and cranked down on that clamp as far as it will go. No movement no wobble I seriously think the major cause of the death wobble is due to bad toe and alignment combo, I hit a man hole cover the day before and I was all over the place a slight adj and some muscle same man hole cover no issues
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Old Nov 6, 2009 | 11:52 PM
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Good deal! I am glad you found the source which can be very elusive or caused by several factors.
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Old Nov 7, 2009 | 04:57 AM
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Very interesting thread

Good to know, another thing to check in the maintenance
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Old Nov 7, 2009 | 05:05 AM
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Originally Posted by NTXJK
Well the tie rod isnt moving anymore I adjusted my toe out a bit and cranked down on that clamp as far as it will go. No movement no wobble I seriously think the major cause of the death wobble is due to bad toe and alignment combo, I hit a man hole cover the day before and I was all over the place a slight adj and some muscle same man hole cover no issues
I would seriously keep an eye on it. If you've been driving for a while with that clamp loose, you mave have done some damage to the sleeve or threads. Think about the stress on it pulling with the clamp not doing what it's supposed to. Glad you found the prob.
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Old Nov 7, 2009 | 06:56 AM
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Im going to keep my eye on it for sure maybe upgrade to a beefer tie rod im in need of some control arms as well that should improve my ride even better. What really has me confused is I read with 35's your toe should be set in a bit ever since I had my 35's my toe has been set out but not much, I set them in about a month after reading an article and it handled worst
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Old Nov 7, 2009 | 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by NTXJK
Well the tie rod isnt moving anymore I adjusted my toe out a bit and cranked down on that clamp as far as it will go. No movement no wobble I seriously think the major cause of the death wobble is due to bad toe and alignment combo, I hit a man hole cover the day before and I was all over the place a slight adj and some muscle same man hole cover no issues
Toe out? I red in the JP Magazine article to increase the toe to 3/8 (toe-out)could fix the problem... what did you do?
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Old Nov 7, 2009 | 08:21 AM
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Glad you got it narrowed down. I am interested to know whether the DW caused the tie rod to loosen or the loose tie rod caused the DW.
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Old Nov 7, 2009 | 08:24 AM
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aB2 I went out about a quater of an inch and it made a huge difference now wobble what so ever I had to center my steering wheel again but that was the easy part
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Old Nov 7, 2009 | 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by NTXJK
aB2 I went out about a quater of an inch and it made a huge difference now wobble what so ever I had to center my steering wheel again but that was the easy part
Good to know, hope this fix my problem
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