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September Trail Ride
kirksjeep:
After a very nice guy came out to check his mail and we asked him, he was able to point us in the right directiion based on our limited memory of the entance, it turns out you enter from the North East, not the South West :P.
It was a good run, the weather held up and we only had a little carnage. McLovin broke an upper track bar mount and little Adam bent the crap out of a leaf spring. Both were repaired to allow them to drive home.
I hope Brian made it out ok, I think I saw his tracks as we finished the trail, but it was hard to tell.
Flex:
Good run today, i had a blast i made it all the way home with a broken trac bar mount and no death wobble so over all a good day.
calvynandhobbs:
--- Quote from: Flex on September 13, 2009, 04:11:28 AM ---Good run today, i had a blast i made it all the way home with a broken trac bar mount and no death wobble so over all a good day.
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That's better than me. I still have death wobble from 30-40mph, but I had that before i went on the run today. I'll have to figure it out soon.
Seabee_BUC:
--- Quote from: calvynandhobbs on September 13, 2009, 04:59:55 AM ---
--- Quote from: Flex on September 13, 2009, 04:11:28 AM ---Good run today, i had a blast i made it all the way home with a broken trac bar mount and no death wobble so over all a good day.
--- End quote ---
That's better than me. I still have death wobble from 30-40mph, but I had that before i went on the run today. I'll have to figure it out soon.
--- End quote ---
Roger,
The death wobble can be cured. If you look at the front of your TJ, the the drag link ( bar that runs from the pitman arm to the tie rod) and the tie rod should be as parallel as possible. That might be achievable through a small drop pitman arm or a tie rod flip(like Kirk did) or a combination of both. Those two changes in conjunction with adjustable control arms will allow getting the camber back to within 3.5 and 4.5 degrees, will cure the death wobble. I would assume you already have a steering stabilizer. If you do all this and the wobble is still there, then the power steering box may need to be adjusted or replaced as the valves inside it can get worn. Hope this helps...
calvynandhobbs:
--- Quote from: Seabee_BUC on September 13, 2009, 06:35:46 PM ---
--- Quote from: calvynandhobbs on September 13, 2009, 04:59:55 AM ---
--- Quote from: Flex on September 13, 2009, 04:11:28 AM ---Good run today, i had a blast i made it all the way home with a broken trac bar mount and no death wobble so over all a good day.
--- End quote ---
That's better than me. I still have death wobble from 30-40mph, but I had that before i went on the run today. I'll have to figure it out soon.
--- End quote ---
Roger,
The death wobble can be cured. If you look at the front of your TJ, the the drag link ( bar that runs from the pitman arm to the tie rod) and the tie rod should be as parallel as possible. That might be achievable through a small drop pitman arm or a tie rod flip(like Kirk did) or a combination of both. Those two changes in conjunction with adjustable control arms will allow getting the camber back to within 3.5 and 4.5 degrees, will cure the death wobble. I would assume you already have a steering stabilizer. If you do all this and the wobble is still there, then the power steering box may need to be adjusted or replaced as the valves inside it can get worn. Hope this helps...
--- End quote ---
Scott,
Mine is something that came all of a sudden. The TJ did not have deathwobble a month ago. It just showed up after the Mohawk run. I'll start with balancing the tires and move on from there. The TJ has a newer PSC steering box in it along with adjustible control arms with heim joints. I'll start with the lesser expensive items and move from there until I find the problem.
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