OK i think i figured out the DEATH WOBBLE.

[k5freak44]

I was getting the death wobble pretty bad a couple of months ago. I replaced the Balljoints and it went away. Now its back.

Heres what i think it is

My Sway Bar has a bolt thats not all the way in.

If this couldent possibly be it what else could it be.

I replaced my tires this sumnmer, new 1s balanced. I got new balljoints and a front end alignment. My schocks seem ok. My stabalizer is 2 yrs old and i think its still ok.

Anything else?????????????????????

Anything will help

thanks guys.

 

[k5freak44]

ttt

 

[55Willy]

try tightening it up and see if that helps, if not unbolt it and see if ti goes away. my 4" lift I had bumpsteered like crazy and I never had death wabble though.

 

[Ronnie4wd]

I don´t have a Swaybar on any of my rigs and I don´t have any death wobble /forums/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

 

[pvfjr]

That'd be pretty lame if that was it. A LOT of people don't even run swaybars.

 

[stallion85]

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I don´t have a Swaybar on any of my rigs and I don´t have any death wobble /forums/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

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Same here /forums/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

 

[k5freak44]

k well then can some 1 tell me how to check the tie rods and what to look for when checking the berrings

 

[ugly_blazer]

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No shock?

 

[m j]

tighten the spring plates

 

[big jimmy 91]

OK , I have to ask , what is " bumpsteer"
I probabley know , but have not heard it called that /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[RustBuket]

When you hit a bump and your steering wheel jerks to one side.

 

[big jimmy 91]

AHH , thanks
I did know what it was , just didn't know what to call it /forums/images/graemlins/thumb.gif

 

[K10ANDYKHAMNIC]

replace the damper theyre cheap .

 

[Big Red]

dude, ur sway bar bushing is shot to sh*t. get a new one and tighten that sucker down! and he has shocks there...its just outta view to the left of his pic. u can see the top of the mount.

 

[70~K5]

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k well then can some 1 tell me how to check the tie rods and what to look for when checking the berrings

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Have some one turn the steering wheel back and forth while you look at the tie rod ends. There shouldn't be any play that you can see. /forums/images/graemlins/thumb.gif

 

[k5freak44]

yea i got shocks. my damper i got last summer and its a rs5000 so it should be ok. ill check the tie rods. can i check the berrings without opening the hub? if it was the berrings wouldent it wobble all the time? thatnks

 

[Big Red]

yup, just get the tire off the ground. and push/pull on the top/bottom. assuming ur balljoints arn't loose (as to my horror i recently found out) it shouldn't make any visible movement. (i say visible cus its gonna move a hair that you can't see)

 

[ugly_blazer]

jack the truck up so the tire is off of the ground. Put one hand on the top of the tire and the other on the bottom and push/pull at opposite times of each other and see if the tire moves. You could also use a prybar under the edge of the tire, you want to exert more sidways force than up force. If there is movement, have a friend watch for what is moving to verify that it is the bearings loose and not a bad ball joint.

 

[Big Red]

see? thats two people telling u how to check it. lol. /forums/images/graemlins/rotfl.gif

 

[Thumper]

How is your 'toe in' adjustment on the tie rod? With those big sticky IROKs, if the toe in is wrong, the tires will fight each other big time.

Mike