Jerking backwards on rough roads
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Jerking backwards on rough roads
Hi all
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I have a 2016 JK 4 door and since a month ago it started jerking or a big sway backwards when driving 70 klm on a paved road that is very beat up at places. On any other road it doesn't do this. It is still stock with Bilstein shocks.
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I have a 2016 JK 4 door and since a month ago it started jerking or a big sway backwards when driving 70 klm on a paved road that is very beat up at places. On any other road it doesn't do this. It is still stock with Bilstein shocks.
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Welcome to JK Forum. Good friendly group with much knowledge.. Interesting issue, haven't heard of that previously. I'm not offering any guess on possibilities other than washboarding roadway bump spacing.
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Keep those suspension bolts tight. 
They can become loose (Track bar etc) and do damage to the frame and axle slowly.
Once it's bad enough, then it's time for a skilled welder/fabricator to fix it.
My JK looks like it had loose bolts for a while.
The guy that fixed it said it was one of the worst track bar mounts he had ever seen due to the damage happening on the frame side and on the axle side.
They can become loose (Track bar etc) and do damage to the frame and axle slowly.
Once it's bad enough, then it's time for a skilled welder/fabricator to fix it.
My JK looks like it had loose bolts for a while.
The guy that fixed it said it was one of the worst track bar mounts he had ever seen due to the damage happening on the frame side and on the axle side.