Front end shaking like crazy when I hit a bump, any idea what it is?
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Hi guys,
I'm running a 09 2 door rubicon with a 4" long arm lift, 1" body lift, and 37" tires. Only 6k miles on the jeep. When I hit a small bump the steering will starts yanking back and forth and the front wheels feel like they are gonna pop off. I thought it my be the steering stabilizer, but i put a new one in and that didn't do it. Could it be the steering box, or something at the wheels?
Thanks for the advice!
I'm running a 09 2 door rubicon with a 4" long arm lift, 1" body lift, and 37" tires. Only 6k miles on the jeep. When I hit a small bump the steering will starts yanking back and forth and the front wheels feel like they are gonna pop off. I thought it my be the steering stabilizer, but i put a new one in and that didn't do it. Could it be the steering box, or something at the wheels?
Thanks for the advice!
Start with the Basic Check tire balance ,caster,toe,retorqe,check for track bar Flexing or movement,worn ball joints,tie rod,steering box play,steering stabilizer.We have even seen them with Worn suspension bushings at the axle allowing the Axle to shake forward and back enough to change caster and Toe...
Again Get it fixed up fast cause it just weres out more stuff.
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Thanks for the reponses guys.
I'm not much of a mechanic, but I can climb under and torque everything down and see if it helps. There aren't any good off road shops anywhere close is the worst problem.
I think it maybe the stock track bar unless one came with the Skyjacker long arm lift, which I doubt.
I'm not much of a mechanic, but I can climb under and torque everything down and see if it helps. There aren't any good off road shops anywhere close is the worst problem.
I think it maybe the stock track bar unless one came with the Skyjacker long arm lift, which I doubt.
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You will need to address the steering with a 2dr on 37's. I had death wobble as well (also running 37's on a 2dr) my issue was the lower track bar bracket. I upgraded everything, all at once. Drag link, tie rod, track bar, hi steer kit, new steering stabilizer, front upper/lower CA's.
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my tire rods are good along with the ball joints too. We had an alignment done and all of that was checked over. We can't figure this out. We are also looking at the JKS trackbar.
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How long has the kit been on? That kit has a front / rear trackbar brackets . Now the skyjacker longarm kit itself doesn't come with a drop pitman, you have to buy that extra . Do you know if they installed a drop pitman? If a drop pitman was not installed , then your trackbar and draglink are not parallel. You may want to check that, it'll wack out your steering. Or, if you can, get a straight on front pic of your jk's suspension and post up.