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Old 05-11-2011, 11:12 AM
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I have a 2010 Wrangler Unlimited with 3.25 lift and 35's. I changed the 35's off for the winter and put the stock 32's on. Changed back to the 35's now with 14k miles on the jeep. Seems I am having a little wobble in the front during certain speeds. I am thinking the width of the tires are placing a little extra stress on the stock stabilizer. What has anyone upgraded to? I do not see the need to add dual but will add a new better one.
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If you replace it put a Bilstein HD.
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I would check everything else..make sure theres no play in trac bar..etc...re torque...sometimes a new SS can just cover up a serious problem..
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I've been using the Teraflex SS for 5 months and haven't had any problems.


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I used the Bilstein HD on my old Jeep and I can't tell the difference at all between the 2.
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a proper alignment between the change in tire size and a drop in psi will do you better than any aftermarket ss
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Originally Posted by mandor6863
I have a 2010 Wrangler Unlimited with 3.25 lift and 35's. I changed the 35's off for the winter and put the stock 32's on. Changed back to the 35's now with 14k miles on the jeep. Seems I am having a little wobble in the front during certain speeds. I am thinking the width of the tires are placing a little extra stress on the stock stabilizer. What has anyone upgraded to? I do not see the need to add dual but will add a new better one.
Thank you for any input.
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The wobble is most likely not coming from your steering stabilizer. If you recently changed the tires, and the wobble is speed-specific, then most likely the tires just need to be rebalanced.

If your JK is properly set up and torqued to spec, then you actually shouldn't need a stabilizer at all.
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Thank you for your inputs.
I will go around and check the front but it all seems tight and true. There is no pulling to one side or the other. I am thinking I will let the tires round out after sitting all winter. The pressure is good all around and it is just a slight wobble in the steering wheel for a short band of speed. At 60 it is fine.
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I threw on the teraflex stabilizer ...I had the stocks on and still had a slight wobble so I bought the fox racing stabilizer...never installed it. Put my 35's on and have no wobble with the teraflex on there. Mine defintly had to do with the tires.
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Twice now I have had a little steering shake that was speed specific. Both times a good balance would solve the problem.
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Originally Posted by mandor6863
I have a 2010 Wrangler Unlimited with 3.25 lift and 35's. I changed the 35's off for the winter and put the stock 32's on. Changed back to the 35's now with 14k miles on the jeep. Seems I am having a little wobble in the front during certain speeds. I am thinking the width of the tires are placing a little extra stress on the stock stabilizer. What has anyone upgraded to? I do not see the need to add dual but will add a new better one.
Thank you for any input.
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took off the 35's for winter?????


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