I know that one of the most common causes of death wobble is elongated mounting holes for the front track bar. What are some preventative measures someone could perform to try to reduce the possibility of incurring death wobble?

I do know adjustable track bars are highly recommended for alignment purposes. But what about bracing the mounts themselves? I see that JKS makes a front track bar brace, would this help?

Other ideas?

 

I ahve the JKS brace up front and in the rear, highly recomend both. The most important thing u can do it retorque everything every 2-3 thousand miles and after every hardcore off road trip. If you keep it tight, it wont wollow out, if you dont and it gets wallowed out it, u have to fix it. Make sure u retorque track bar on both axle and Frame side.

 

Not to hijack, but I've been looking for the JKS front trackbar brace and cannot find it, even on the JKS website. Got a link?

My death wobble experience was from not tightening my trackbar jamnut. Learned my lesson on the way to work.

EDIT: nevermind about the trackbar brace. Found it. duh!?

 

JKS Front Trackbar Brace
#JKSOGS161 $126.99 from 4wd.com

 

Best way to prevent it is to maintain your vehicle. Re-torque the trackbar and control arms after 500 miles of installation of suspension components. Then you should make it a habit to check the trackbar when you change your oil or every 3,000 miles. Jeeps are known for eating ball joints early, mine has 30k and I just found a bad lower ball joint. Pay attention to how it drives. I noticed my steering wheel would wiggle after hitting a bump in the road a certain way. It wasn't death wobble but it was trying. I immediately checked the front end and found the ball joint slop.

If you only drive it on the road and have not modified it then you can get away with the maintenance schedules in the owners manual. If you take it offroad and/or have modified the suspension in any way then all bets are off. You need to check everything often.