had some minor death wobble and traced it to the frt trk bar. replaced the trk bar and no wobble for one week. all the sudden, death wobble. everything is tight. I even took the jeep in for wheel balence and allignment. everything has been inspected with a fine tooth comb. Now what? only happens at about 30-35mph on pavement. my house is off rutted washboard road and i never had a problem there.

 

I had never expeienced DW until I put my stock tires back on for one week. Then I got it 4 times. Took and had the stockers rebalanced and it seemed to take care of it. Now that I have my 33's back on, no problems at all. It seems funny how it comes and goes. I checked my track bar, took it off, checked the bushings, and everything was fine. I guess it just needed bigger tires to fix it.

 

I had a major case of death wobble when my front trac bar was majorly loose. I first put it on with a impact gun, and never rechecked it after that. It was purely my mistake. After using a impact gun, and a torque wrench, 5k miles later its still tight and no wobble.

 

first off, there is no such thing as a "minor case of death wobble". either you have it or you don't and if you have it, you will know it for sure. IF you really do have it, rutted washboard roads will not trigger it because the surface of it is loose enough to displace the energy that causes DW. having said that, IF you do have DW and you're sure that your track bar installed to the proper torque setting and that the bushings are not bad and that the mounting holes are not wollowed out, you need to carefully examine the track bar mounts themselves very carefully for any signs of tearing or faiure. this is epecially important to do if you are running a track bar relocation bracket. also, detecting a failing bracket can be difficult to spot as many times, the failure is occuring deep inside the seams. sometimes, you can spot this by a rust color residue emminating from the seams. if that checks out, you should check to see if your ball joints are going bad. i have been hearing of a lot of people with bad ball joints lately and while this isn't typically a cause of death wobble, it can certainly instigate it.

you'll forgive me but this is really bad information. if you really had death wobble, a change in tire size WILL NOT change a thing nor will it fix anything. tires that are severly out of balance can help to instigate DW but something else has to be off in order for it to occur. again, just because you are no longer experiencing DW with your new tires does not mean you fixed anything.

 

glad you were able to fix your problem. 99% of the time, DW is a problem related to your front track bar.

 

mounts checked well. replaced the trk bar with a jks trk bar. i have not yet re torqued the trk bar although when i installed it i torqued to the recommended 125 ft lbs.

 

try bumping that up to 130-135 ft. lbs. just in case your torque wrench isn't accurate. also, if you've been wheeling recently and have hit your tie-rod, check your toe to see if it's off. a toe that is can instigate DW as well. last but not least, do a quick check of your ball joints. as mentioned, i have been seen a lot of people with bad ball joints and this could easily allow DW forces to occur.

 

Hope and Change fixed mine.

Just kidding...just like WOL said, adjustments and cranking down on the bolts so nothing comes loose.

I check everything periodically, usually after goin 4 wheeling as well.

 

What should your toe be set at? Is it different for different size lift and or tires?

 

are bad ball joints obvious by inspection or maybe just play in th joints?