Just purchased 2014 jk unlimited rubicon and had jeeps before, noticed that when driving shifter lever wobbles pretty wildly....any input would be good.... Thx

 

My 09 goes crazy

 

They do vibrate and wobble a bit more than say a car, but it shouldn't be real bad and it definitely shouldn't pop out of gear on you.

 

Probably just not used to it, pretty normal to vibrate/ wobble. Wait til you get on a bumpy gravel road lol. I believe I've heard (and don't quote me on this), that you shouldn't try to hold it in place, just let it do its thing.

 

Yep completely normal.

 

My 08 has been doing it for 65K miles. It never pops out of gear but stays pretty active most of the time!

It's my normal!

 

all but 2 of my many Jeeps have been Manual shift and all of them the shifter wobbled, esp when you got on bumpy roads or on the trail
-Christopher

 

I actually had my manual shifter break while driving, due to an improper weld. replaced under warrenty, my post about it is below. the new one is definelty tighter shifting, however still shakes like crazy hitting those potholes.


https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/stoc...erse-o-226860/

 

Yes, they wobble and vibrate. Here's why. If you're used to driving a front-wheel-drive (FWD) car, or an automatic transmission vehicle of any kind, the shifter mechanism itself generally isn't connected to the transmission by anything other than a cable or linkage. So, wobbles and vibrations are absolutely minimal, if they do it at all. In a lot of modern vehicles, the linkages are electronic for automatic trans vehicles.

The Jeep, on the other hand...The shifter goes straight through the floor, right into the transmission. So the wobble you're seeing is the drivetrain itself, coming up through the shifter. It's actually the powertrain mounts flexing and transmitting energy through the system as the chassis goes over bumps and other upsets on the road surface. It's a product of having a very tough, rugged drivetrain setup (4-wheel/Rear wheel drive with a toploader style industrial/truck style transmission, also mated to a manual, shaft-driven transfer case with mechanical linkage).

You should only feel slight vibration and gear mesh at constant speed on smooth road. If you're on smooth road and the shifter is twerking like there's no tomorrow, something is unbalanced or you've broken a transmission mount. Then there's cause for worry.