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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 01:18 PM
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Default DW Please help!

I am having major issues with DW every time I hit a bump or imperfection in the road...starts with the wheel shaking then the full on axle side to side shake. Not fun, the jeep is barely driveable now. Initially I thought it was that my TB mount holes had been ovaled out (which they were a bit) but I just fixed that by fabbing up tight fitting washers, and a new bolt etc. Yet i'm still getting the wobble just as bad a before. It got worse when I rotated my tires, but my tires still have all the weights on them so they should all be in balance. Everything else in the front end seems to be nice and tight so i'm at a loss for whats going wrong! I'm not running a SS right now, but as I understand it shouldnt make a difference anyways. Anyone have any ideas? again, its only when i hit a bump or imperfection in the road that this happens.
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 01:27 PM
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Dang dude.. You were right you do have a lot of mods. If your trackbar is tight with no play at all, I would look at your control arms. What is your current castor? Also check your bushings on the arms. I have mine set to 5.5+ and it's golden, I used to have DW just as you.
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 01:58 PM
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+1 on the caster settings.
I had the DW like you and after everything else was checked putting the caster in the red solved the problem.
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 04:16 PM
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100% Lower ball joints, had the exact samething and i replaced them and all back to normal now
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Big
100% Lower ball joints, had the exact samething and i replaced them and all back to normal now
think this is probably the case, getting them checked out tomorrow, as well as the tires rebalanced.
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Big
100% Lower ball joints, had the exact samething and i replaced them and all back to normal now
Just because that was the issue with yours doesn't mean 100% it's his issue!
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