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Sway bar causing death wobble?

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Old 02-18-2012, 07:23 PM
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When I hit a pot hole with one front tire I get short burst of death wobble. It will shake bad for 5 seconds or so and the steering wheel goes back and forth like crazy. Noticed today when I had my sway bar disconnected it rides so smooth and does not wobble at all no matter what kind of hole I hit or how hard. Could this be caused by something being wrong with my sway bar???
Old 02-18-2012, 08:03 PM
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I douth so, In any case take a look here:

https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/show...es-and-Wobbles
Old 02-18-2012, 08:12 PM
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I just dont understand why it would go away by disconnecting the sway bar
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After the lift, with stock sway bar links, I had death wobble...
Then I changed it for JKS quick disco, with the right size, putting the sway bar into -5 to +5 degrees, where 0 is parallel to chassis, the death wobble was solved!!
So check the sway bar angle with it not disconnected...
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Originally Posted by Moraespedro
After the lift, with stock sway bar links, I had death wobble...
Then I changed it for JKS quick disco, with the right size, putting the sway bar into -5 to +5 degrees, where 0 is parallel to chassis, the death wobble was solved!!
So check the sway bar angle with it not disconnected...
Awsome thanks man. It is parallel but it has the rear links on the front. I am going to upgrade to a good link and see if it helps.
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You are welcome... Its nice to help, just like someone helped me...
Hope this works for you, just like worked for me...
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Originally Posted by Moraespedro
After the lift, with stock sway bar links, I had death wobble...
Then I changed it for JKS quick disco, with the right size, putting the sway bar into -5 to +5 degrees, where 0 is parallel to chassis, the death wobble was solved!!
So check the sway bar angle with it not disconnected...
so wait, you put it so the sway bar is angled above parallel, or below?
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Sneck, parallel... Maximum 5 degree inclined...
Old 02-22-2012, 12:42 PM
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Well disconnecting the sway bar worked for a little bit. Anyone have any idea what I need to look at to fix this. I have a rustys 3.25 on my two door with gave me just over 4in. I have track bar brackets and extended sway bar links. I was thinking about getting a adj front track bar, new steering stabilizer and front lower adj control arms. Would this prob fix it or could it be something like u joints or ball joints????
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Can someone chim in on there death wobble fixes


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