Steering wheel wobble/bump steer
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JK Enthusiast
Joined: Dec 2009
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From: Indiana
I had a similar problem with an LJ Rubicon. When I installed softer shocks, it went from steering wheel wobble/front end shimmy to full blown death wobble. In my case the problem ended up being a trackbar issue. Somehow the softer shocks seemed to amplify the problem, but they didn't cause the problem. Once the trackbar issue was addressed, it drove fine.
I wish that was the issue, at least I would know what it was. It's nothing major (I hope), just something that I think needs fixed. Even if it's a simple problem, I want to what it is, and what fixes/causes it.
I don't want to think it's something small and end up with two little girls in the back when it gets worse. That would scare me, piss me off, and maybe scare and piss me some more. But I really don't think it's anything that's that bad.
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Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 23
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From: Parker, Colorado
I installed a TeraFlex 2.5” coil lift with shocks this weekend. Everything with the install went well, or at least I thought. On Sunday I drove around on local roads and everything was fine. Then on Monday night, I was driving on the highway and drove over the seam where the road meets the bridge and I felt a wobble in the steering wheel. At first I wasn’t sure if I was just being paranoid, but then it happened again. It only seems to occur when I am traveling a speeds over 50 MPH and only when I drive over something that both wheels hit simultaneously. The wobble isn’t visible in the wheel, but can be felt. As in some of the earlier posts, it takes a second or so to go away. Any ideas? I torqued everything down after I installed the lift. Thanks for any advice.