Wobble, but not death wobble
I got a 07 2 dr rubicon with about 100,000 on it. About a month and a half ago I upgraded to some dick cepek fc 2s, 35x12.5x17. For the past couple weeks my jeep has become fond of wandering out of the lane when I hit a bump or pothole in the road. It's not death wobble cus I don't have to slow down to fix it and its not uncontrollable. Seems more like a serious case of bump steer, it's like the tires hit a bump and pull in one direction or the other. I can feel it through the steering wheel and it feels like there's some play somewhere up front. Idk if its just the weight of the tires or what but it seems to be something more than that. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
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I had same issues when I went to 35's it ended up being ball joints and wheel bearing had gone out. The bigger tires made the problem more noticeable. Just what happened to me.
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Those were my first concerns, glad someone else had the same issue. Thanks a lot man
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Have you changed your steering stabilizer yet. I have 114k on mine.
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No I haven't changed it yet but I have checked it to make sure that wasn't that problem. Mine seems to be holding up just fine still, I'm upgrading to the dual setup soon anyways though
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On my '07, the problem.was cured with GREASABLE upper and lower ball joints.
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Doyle_09,
Did you find the culprit yet? I'm having the SAME with my 2007 JK.. I swapped Draglink, tie rod and ends, swapped out the Trackbar bolts to larger ones, installed new steering stabilizer.. and replaced both upper & lower ball joints both sides. I thought I had defeated it as the problem went away for 3 months but has now returned again... |
Originally Posted by Bri_Wess
(Post 4319278)
Doyle_09,
Did you find the culprit yet? I'm having the SAME with my 2007 JK.. I swapped Draglink, tie rod and ends, swapped out the Trackbar bolts to larger ones, installed new steering stabilizer.. and replaced both upper & lower ball joints both sides. I thought I had defeated it as the problem went away for 3 months but has now returned again... |
Strange... I posted in a thread "Incurable Death Wobble" but it posted here...
Resharp001, I'll PM you so I don't hijack this thread... |
Originally Posted by Bri_Wess
(Post 4319338)
Strange... I posted in a thread "Incurable Death Wobble" but it posted here...
Resharp001, I'll PM you so I don't hijack this thread... |
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