So I took my new 2013 wranger sport (stock) mudding with my friend and had a good time. I had so much mud in my wheels that it took me a few days to spay it all out but I also had a bad vibration cause of it, now that it's clean as a whistle (had to get the mud off to stop vibration) my steering feels like it wants to take off to the left or right on it's own. What could be the cause? it's very annoying to drive now please help! Thanks for any input!
-Reece

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Park, straighten your steering wheel, and get out and see if your wheels are straight. Might just have to recenter steering wheel

 

I've never heard of that. What would you have to do if that was the case? You've piqued my curiosity.

 

Your wheels are held straight by your tie rod, which is the long bar between the knuckles.

Your steering wheel is aligned using your drag link, which is connected to the passenger side knuckle by the wheel and runs up to your pitman arm/steering box.

If the tie rod gets bent it pulls your tires in toward one another causing "toe in" which can result in pulling/pushing in the steering while you're going down the road.

Project-JK.com - Jeep JK Wrangler Resource » Basic Do-it-Yourself Jeep JK Wrangler Front End Alignment

 

You might have bent your steering stabilizer.

 

Did you air down the tires and if so, are they all inflated to the same amount of air pressure?

 

Your problem is you obviously didn't get it dirty enough!

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Take off the steering stabilizer see if the problem persists. Also, under the write up section, at the top is a thread by planman titled diagnosing death wobble and non-death wobble shimmys.

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im thinking steering stabilizer, something may have gotten in it

 

Rivercity, great info