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Jeep Death Wobble
Posted on 4/5/16 at 1:34 pm
Posted on 4/5/16 at 1:34 pm
I've been looking at getting a Jeep (personally a YJ). I've been researching and I came across the Jeep Death Wobble. Anyone experience this?
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Posted on 4/5/16 at 1:46 pm to finchmeister08
A good beefy track bar takes care of 90% of those kind of issues. check ball joints outside of that and make sure everything in the linkage is tight, wont be an issue.
Posted on 4/5/16 at 1:50 pm to finchmeister08
I never had this issue with mine. Death Wobble seems to be an issue when front end components become warn out and or neglected.
Posted on 4/5/16 at 1:57 pm to finchmeister08
Happened with my dads ram. Steering stabilizers took care of it.
Posted on 4/5/16 at 2:00 pm to olemc999
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Happened with my dads ram. Steering stabilizers took care of it.
He better get it back to the shop then. A Stabilizer is just a damper to take the vibrations out the steering wheel caused by oversize tires. This is only a band-aid for a bigger issue.
Posted on 4/5/16 at 2:01 pm to finchmeister08
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I've been looking at getting a Jeep (personally a YJ). I've been researching and I came across the Jeep Death Wobble. Anyone experience this?
I've never experienced it, but isn't this more on a TJ or JK? YJ's are leaf sprung. Do a little research over at jeep forum.
Posted on 4/5/16 at 2:14 pm to TU Rob
Jeep has not been Jeep since 1986. Thank you Chrysler!
Posted on 4/5/16 at 2:47 pm to finchmeister08
Happened to me in my wife's TJ. Minutes before I just finished installing a suspension lift and was taking it on a test drive. It was badly out of alignment due to the lift I just put on it. Drove it slowly to Jim's alignment, let them do their alignment magic, and it hasn't happened since. Been about a year. It was scary though. Felt like every piece of the Jeep was about to fall of all at once.
Posted on 4/5/16 at 2:49 pm to 4WHLN
That wobble has been a concern for Dodge (ram) 4x4s for years, especially the 3/4 and 1 ton. Looks like Jeep inherited it. Stabilizer bars help cover up what is just bad geometry and engineering.
Posted on 4/5/16 at 2:52 pm to finchmeister08
I had a 79 CJ7. You didn't drive it as much as you just pointed it. 
Posted on 4/5/16 at 2:55 pm to 4WHLN
That was like 8 years ago. He don't have that truck no more he downgraded to a Chevy.
Posted on 4/5/16 at 2:58 pm to finchmeister08
If you started right now, you would die before you finished reading every thread on solid axle jeep death wobble.
Find a jeep you like for a price you're willing to pay, and buy it. They will all have problems no matter what you do, so be prepared to wrench on the thing.
If it wobbles, break out the old measuring tape and rubber hammer until you find the culprit.
Use pirate 4x4 as a reference library but be careful posting there. They don't take too kindly to FNG's, especially one's with square headlights.
Find a jeep you like for a price you're willing to pay, and buy it. They will all have problems no matter what you do, so be prepared to wrench on the thing.
If it wobbles, break out the old measuring tape and rubber hammer until you find the culprit.
Use pirate 4x4 as a reference library but be careful posting there. They don't take too kindly to FNG's, especially one's with square headlights.
Posted on 4/5/16 at 3:01 pm to Barf
Yep, JEEP stands for Just Empty Every Pocket.
Posted on 4/5/16 at 3:04 pm to olemc999
Buy a Tacoma. You can have just as much fun with a fraction of the problems.
Posted on 4/5/16 at 3:04 pm to cajuncarguy
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That wobble has been a concern for Dodge (ram) 4x4s for years, especially the 3/4 and 1 ton.
Yep and Fords. My uncle had it on an F250 he had. Its going to be an issue on ANY solid axle vehicle.
Posted on 4/5/16 at 3:05 pm to Barf
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Find a jeep you like for a price you're willing to pay, and buy it. They will all have problems no matter what you do, so be prepared to wrench on the thing.
Posted on 4/5/16 at 4:02 pm to 4WHLN
You don't buy a Jeep for reliability any more than you buy one for fuel economy. You buy it because, when it runs, it's bad arse.
Posted on 4/5/16 at 4:25 pm to 4WHLN
It's a result of bad geometry and worn parts
Posted on 4/5/16 at 4:31 pm to finchmeister08
Had it happen on a 2011 f250 with less than 1000 miles on it. Beefed up the stabilizer arm, changed some bushings and it stopped.
Posted on 4/5/16 at 4:59 pm to cajuncarguy
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That wobble has been a concern for Dodge (ram) 4x4s for years, especially the 3/4 and 1 ton. Looks like Jeep inherited it. Stabilizer bars help cover up what is just bad geometry and engineering.
It's not a Jeep or Dodge thing per se... It mostly happens to vehicles with solid front axles, which there aren't that many anymore.
I've had it happen a few times to my CJ7. Most of the time it's from worn suspension components, poor alignment, and/or coupled with a tire that's out of balance enough to trigger the harmonics involved.
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