Oh the DW woes and ball joint question
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From: Margarita Ville
Oh the DW woes and ball joint question
Greetings
I've been chasing the cause of a 35-42 mph shimmy that leads to full on death wobble that I've been having over the last two months, and after reading the various threads about the causes on here, prematurely failing ball joints, bushings, undersized bolts, I started to breakdown my front end. Most of my bushings are fine. My track bar frame mount bolt hole was ovaled out, and I'm waiting on a reinforcing bracket to fix that. I'm replacing the bolts as I get time. I was checking my ball joints and noticed they failed (replaced 10k miles ago with stock joints), I've decided to replace them with heavier duty joints. How do you all feel about the Dynatrac Prosteers? Cheers!
I've been chasing the cause of a 35-42 mph shimmy that leads to full on death wobble that I've been having over the last two months, and after reading the various threads about the causes on here, prematurely failing ball joints, bushings, undersized bolts, I started to breakdown my front end. Most of my bushings are fine. My track bar frame mount bolt hole was ovaled out, and I'm waiting on a reinforcing bracket to fix that. I'm replacing the bolts as I get time. I was checking my ball joints and noticed they failed (replaced 10k miles ago with stock joints), I've decided to replace them with heavier duty joints. How do you all feel about the Dynatrac Prosteers? Cheers!
Last edited by Moochie; Mar 6, 2012 at 03:27 PM.
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Unlike OE or ANY OTHER aftermarket ball joints you can get, the ProSteer's are completely rebuildable and have a different method of operation that makes them unique. OE and ALL other aftermarket ball joints have a bottom joint that pivots and a top joint that allows up and down motion but no pivot. The Dynatrac ProSteer ball joints have a bottom joint that allows pivot and, a top joint that goes up and down AND pivots. This helps keep the ball joints aligned with each other without binding. Bent end forgings or, axle C's are very common in JKs and, this specific feature of the ProSteer's plays a crucial part to ball joint longevity. They are pricey but totally worth every penny.