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Old Apr 26, 2011 | 01:04 PM
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What would cause a very small wobble in my steering wheel at around 50 mph. I probably wouldnt notice it if I didnt have a standard tranny but I think i can feel the wobble in the steering wheel and in the stick if that makes any sense.....I should back up...I just installed a RC 2 1/2 bb as well as an adjust. trackbar and rear relocation track bar bracket and shocks...Im using 285/75/r16's....They were on for about 2 weeks b4 I put the lift on....Slight wobble showed up after the lift......Nothing before 50 and smooth up to around 85...I also put on front discos..Thanks for any help that you guys can give...I also adjusted the steering wheel back to center or at least as center as I could get it(no warning light are comin on or anything)..
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Old Apr 26, 2011 | 01:33 PM
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I've got the same thing but only between 45-50mph, very slight wobble, nothing before and nothing after, only started after I had a 2" OME lift kit installed.
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Old Apr 26, 2011 | 04:47 PM
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Yup exactly...its there between about 47 to 51 mph for me then goes away....I checked my front discos...They are about 5 degrees or so from horizontal.....the track bar is torqued to 125 and my axle is centered... both measurements are 17 1/8 from the shock mount to a tall level along the tires...I made sure everything was torqued back to specs....Only other thing I can think of is that my tires are not balanced but they went on to the same locations that they came off of after install and I didnt have the prob b4....Any suggestions for me and rndptkea? I also hit a ton of rough spots at that speed to try to make it become worse but it didnt work so I dont think its gonna turn into a DW thing but I dont know..
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Old Apr 26, 2011 | 05:32 PM
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I had the same issue, rotated my tires and problem solved...
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Old Apr 26, 2011 | 05:36 PM
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Very often speed related vibration is directly related to tire balance.
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Old Apr 26, 2011 | 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Danno2010
Yup exactly...its there between about 47 to 51 mph for me then goes away....I checked my front discos...They are about 5 degrees or so from horizontal.....the track bar is torqued to 125 and my axle is centered... both measurements are 17 1/8 from the shock mount to a tall level along the tires...I made sure everything was torqued back to specs....Only other thing I can think of is that my tires are not balanced but they went on to the same locations that they came off of after install and I didnt have the prob b4....Any suggestions for me and rndptkea? I also hit a ton of rough spots at that speed to try to make it become worse but it didnt work so I dont think its gonna turn into a DW thing but I dont know..
When ARB did my lift, they did a rebalance, and after I told them about the slight wobble, they sent it to a tyre place again and double checked the alignment and balancing and found it to be spot on, the only thing I haven't tried yet is rotating the tyres, I'll do it next week and let you know if there's any difference.
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Old Apr 26, 2011 | 06:24 PM
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This going to sound nuts but try redoing ur lug nuts. Had a similar issue with another vehicle and they redid the lugs. Sometimes if the use the air wrench to set the lugs they off set.
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Old Apr 27, 2011 | 07:50 PM
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Well...I dont know if it was the lug nuts or what.. I did rotate the tires and then did the lug nuts by hand and torqued them to around 120...Not sure what fixed the problem the rotation or redoing the lug nuts but the problem is gone. Jeep rides great now. Thanks for the advice provided.. One thing i did do though is to remove all the thin washers from the rotors...some wheels had 2.. others had 4 and 5.....I just got rid of all of them...Thanks again
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Old Apr 28, 2011 | 07:59 PM
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Glad to hear its fixed
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