Another steering issue....

[BlaZeus]

I just can't seem to run into any luck with this thing. Just one problem after another. But anyways. After crossover steering and 52" front lead swap I get a vicious death wobble shimmy at like 5-10 mph. after the swap I wobbled my way to the tire store and they balanced the wheels and aligned the front end but nothing changed. Been taking it apart, tightening it up, tweaking things and driving down the block all day with nothing changing. I'm stumped and just about to throw this thing in the trash as nothing seems to be working. I checked ball joints, all the hiems, wheel bearings, only thing it could be is one of my front tires is in sorry shape as it was a race take off from a trophy truck and has some chunks that you can see the cords, but the tire shop didn't say anything about it, only replaced one of the really out of round front tire in worse condition with one from the rear and had my spare put on the rear. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks. No steering stabilizer and no shocks mounted yet, but I highly doubt some shocks are going to solve this horrific shake at 5 mph.

 

[35]

What front axle?caster angle after this swap could be the problem.so ive heard the make degree shims to correct this ..if im wrong im sure someone will let me know haha.what size and type of tire?

 

[BlaZeus]

Swapped from a 10 bolt to Dana 44 with axle shafts pulled so no 4x4. 37x12.50x17 bfg baja t/a

 

[MT wheeler]

I just went through a similar issue. Swapped in a fully rebuilt Dana 60, 37"H1 take off's, H1 wheels all unbalanced of course because the shop said the machine called for over 30oz of weight, front shocks installed and had the jiggly wiggly. I dismissed the steering stabilizer figuring it is unnecessary, I was wrong. If you think about it without shocks on the axle it is continually bouncing on the road because there is nothing to absorb and stop the bounce. The same is true with the front tires. Large tires give extra leverage when the side to side "bounce" starts and there's nothing to absorb it. As long as your parts are in good shape and adjusted properly add the other piece of the system, the stabilizer. Some will say you don't need it and for an off road truck you don't. I drive mine almost every day and pull my 25' camper with my family in the truck. I can drive it one handed at 60 with no issues and before the stabilizer any bump over 25mph was the start of something bad.

 

[BlaZeus]

WOOOO! I fixed it!!!!!. I'm not exactly sure what it was cuz I tore it apart and tightened every bolt and nut and installed my original axle back in. But 3 things I do know that might've been the issue is that There are 2 bolts that connect the steering shaft to the steering gear and they look the same but they are different thickness and I got unlucky and installed them in the wrong holes which was probably the issue or the studs on the swapped axle were stock length short and the threads looked jacked and so the wheels may have not seated right. I also installed the stock shocks back in as I was waiting to install my new hoops and my new shocks but haven't had time But I'll never know