So i have a bad case of death wobble, and i followed the death wobble diagnosing video (forgot the name) and it seems both ends of my drag link are very worn. My tie rod is 1 year old and seems to be completely fine, but the drag link ends look terrible. So i bought a synergy drag link and switched it out. I guess i didn't pay much attention and soon realized the synergy drag link is only the link itself and the knuckle side drag link end, so i need to replace the pitman arm side now. (still have death wobble) as far as this goes i have a couple questions, is this the end that i need to replace at the pitman arm? (Omix-Ada 18044.01 Tie Rod to Pitman Arm for Wrangler JK : Amazon.com : Automotive ) and also, while i had the drag link off, i noticed i could rotate the pitman arm back and forth sided to sight a little bit. I'm figuring this is pretty bad, so time for a new pitman arm? and since i have a 3 inch lift does it need to be dropped? im running a stock height steering set up.
Another thing, i think im going to upgrade the bolts and nuts that hold the trac bar on to the brackets, i have the t flex one and im not sure if it comes with the bigger ones or not, and if it doesn't what size to i need?
Lastly, i noticed that one of my lower control arms is not perfectly straight on the end it connects to the front axle. I figure all it takes to straighten that is to take it off on that end, re align it and torque it down right?
I know its a lot of questions but i need a lot of answers any small pieces of help i could get from anyone would be greatly appreciated!

 

Check these ittems out if any are bad replace them

Balljoints
Tie rod ends
Drag link ends
Track bar bushings
Track bar bolt holes
Check the torque on all your bolts front and rear.

Don't by a drop pitman arm
Don't run dual steering stablizer ( I don't even run one at all)


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you can replace the stock tre at the pitman end with a heavy duty unit out of a dodge ram. Do a search and you should find the old link.

Also, don't worry too much about the play in the pitman arm itself. Our steering boxes use roller bearings and its normal to have a little bit of lateral play. While youre down there, check to make sure the pitman nut is tight. Mine came loose and I was getting some serious DW.

 

Will do. Just ordered the other drag link end, than when I put it on I'm going to tighten everything to specs and go from there

 

My dw was a ball joint issue. Just fixed today.

 

I need to test to see if my ball joints are messed up

 

My jeep is my daily driver but without my steering stabilizer I get bump steer over rough road pot holes... Is that normal or do I have something loose.

 

id check to be safe, but thats what steering stabilizers do is try to eliminate any jolts from bumps felt in the steering. I run no ss and no tres, just rod ends and i fell it over major potholes, other than that its not bad at all.