{"id":5389,"date":"2020-06-21T19:55:42","date_gmt":"2020-06-21T23:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/?p=5389"},"modified":"2020-06-21T19:58:19","modified_gmt":"2020-06-21T23:58:19","slug":"chasing-death-wobble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/chasing-death-wobble\/","title":{"rendered":"Chasing Death Wobble"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Changing parts to reduce wheel shimmy<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

After a recent tire rotation, I noticed that the steering had a small shake. Over time that shake got worse and worse. Then one day, I hit a bump, and there it was full-on Death Wobble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I immediately ordered a track bar. https:\/\/amzn.to\/2YTnvPT<\/a> Because almost every Jeep that has come through my shop with death wobble, the problem was the track bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When I unbolted the axle end, I thought I had found the problem. The mounting hole was oval-shaped. I welded a washer over the hole and drilled it out to tightly fit the mounting bolt. A test drive showed this was not the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I went ahead and installed the new track bar. I had to use a tie road end breaker<\/a> to get the tapered pin out of the mount as it had been in there a while. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A test drive showed the steering felt much better but there was still some shimmy at 55 to 60 MPH. I hit my test bump nad is was back to death wobble. But there was some improvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had my Dad watch the steering while I worked the steering wheel and he noticed some play in one of the tie rod ends. So I ordered those.<\/p>\n\n\n\n