Death Wobble Help
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or remove it to double check it . they replaced ss, & drive shaft, and checked alignment . and it still wobbled I asked them to please check the track bar . They said its not that and did not remove it to see. So i then had TB replaced the with a tereflex monster on my own dime the next day or so. All wobbles gone . Dont count on A dealer to really look at things well. They could have saved the drive shaft and ss and wheel alignment parts and labor, if they just popped the track bar off to see the hole was wallowing slightly. For some strange reason they dont like to hear the word track bar. They love the word steering stabilizer . they even went as far as saying it was my tires. But i had them balanced twice and even removed the tires and tried second set to be sure . They said i had two sets of bad tires lol ( it was the track bar ) If you want something fixed right . do it yourself . Lesson learned Rather than remove it they tightend it so tight it crushed the track bar bracket from factory a bit
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Have you looked in to the MidSouth Jeep Club there in Memphis? It might be worthwhile to check out and provide a good network of jeep support. Again, people are typically very willing to lend a hand.
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Just remember that with each instance of deathwobble, more components are likely to be stressed/worn out/damaged. So what might have started as a single loose bolt, ends up being a thousand dollars of replacement parts and months of worry and headaches.
You could rationalize that it would be a whole lot cheaper to buy a set of tools and go through the diagnosis writeup a few times than to wait and take it to a shop, then wait some more and take it to another shop, then wait ...
You could rationalize that it would be a whole lot cheaper to buy a set of tools and go through the diagnosis writeup a few times than to wait and take it to a shop, then wait some more and take it to another shop, then wait ...
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Just remember that with each instance of deathwobble, more components are likely to be stressed/worn out/damaged. So what might have started as a single loose bolt, ends up being a thousand dollars of replacement parts and months of worry and headaches. You could rationalize that it would be a whole lot cheaper to buy a set of tools and go through the diagnosis writeup a few times than to wait and take it to a shop, then wait some more and take it to another shop, then wait ...
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Have you looked in to the MidSouth Jeep Club there in Memphis? It might be worthwhile to check out and provide a good network of jeep support. Again, people are typically very willing to lend a hand. MidSouthJeeps
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you can get
a long torque wrench at walmart for 20 bucks and a big adjustable wrench.
then just buy a new track bar , even a new stock replacement oem . Remove 2 bolts and replace the track bar in under 30 min. Its easy to do. torque them to about 125 lbs of pressure . done
i went with the monster track bar , but its rather big for dd . and un- lifted vehicle . and was like$ 230.00 compared to a stock one being about 70.00 or
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/c...FQaBswodBz0NzQ most likely its the track bar. if the jeep hasnt been abused in off road use/ if its not at least you are upgrading the parts along the way. but tb is usually the culprit
then just buy a new track bar , even a new stock replacement oem . Remove 2 bolts and replace the track bar in under 30 min. Its easy to do. torque them to about 125 lbs of pressure . done
i went with the monster track bar , but its rather big for dd . and un- lifted vehicle . and was like$ 230.00 compared to a stock one being about 70.00 or
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/c...FQaBswodBz0NzQ most likely its the track bar. if the jeep hasnt been abused in off road use/ if its not at least you are upgrading the parts along the way. but tb is usually the culprit
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