Re: Dodge death wobble
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10/13/21 11:16 PM
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Used to happen all the time on the railroad trucks when on the road/highway.-F 350's.Wheels were 20 inch narrow tires with 90lb air,and narrowed down to ride on the rail. They fixed them all by installing a shock on the front sway bar.
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Re: Dodge death wobble
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10/13/21 11:22 PM
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I experienced death wobble on my 88 one ton Silverado crew cab . It's a straight axle , Dana 60 , usually it's the king pin springs and bushings on a straight axle . I hadn't had the truck long and it scared the heck out of me. Had an alignment done , a new stabilizer , new shocks , and rotated the tires . Yeah , you feel like you're gonna die
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Re: Dodge death wobble
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10/14/21 01:43 AM
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Had it happen big time in my cherry 79 ford f150, twice, scare the begibbers out ya. Had it checked out, twice, same answer both times, everything good and can'tfind any reason other then it's a ford., ggrrr. Sold it 2 years ago when I retired. Bought in 1980 so had it around 40 years I guess. Sure miss it.
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Re: Dodge death wobble
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10/14/21 05:38 AM
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Yes, I have a 2015 f250 and it happened to me twice in the last month. I replaced the shocks yesterday. Maybe that will help some as 3 of them were busted.
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Re: Dodge death wobble
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10/14/21 06:51 AM
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Used to happen all the time on the railroad trucks when on the road/highway.-F 350's.Wheels were 20 inch narrow tires with 90lb air,and narrowed down to ride on the rail. They fixed them all by installing a shock on the front sway bar. Ford specifically addressed the tire pressure issue in a TSB about death wobble, they say too-high tire pressure can contribute to the issue. We see it on state patrol trucks in my shop with the tires at 100psi. We bring them done to 75, and it goes away.
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Re: Dodge death wobble
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10/14/21 07:24 AM
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Ram front end components are notorious for failure since early 2000s. Wheel bearing, linkages, upper and lower control arms.... Doesn't matter which one you buy anymore they all have different but comparable cost failures of important components.
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Re: Dodge death wobble
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10/14/21 07:32 AM
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They are designed to fail. If they dont you wont buy as many new vehicles. After market parts are often much better than factory when you do repairs. "Death wobble" should be an easy diagnosis. Check shocks first. If you push down on your fender and release the vehicle should not keep bouncing up and down. It should come back up and stop. Check ball joints. Check tie rod ends, Check stabilizer bar bushings. Check CVC. Check u joints. Check bearings.
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Re: Dodge death wobble
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10/14/21 09:14 AM
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I'd take it to a good front end man, he will shake down the front end, replace anything worn, and get it aligned right. Back in the day of straight axles and king pins I was told if an axle was not rotated back at the top a little bit you could get a bad wobble. Same thing if the toe wasn't set because both front tires were trying to steer you a different direction at the same time.
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Re: Dodge death wobble
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My old Jeep Wrangler will do that sometimes it feels like it’s trying to “walk” always seemed like the tires were fighting each other. I just cut a tight circle to off set the tires a bit and moved on.
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Re: Dodge death wobble
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I'd take it to a good front end man, he will shake down the front end, replace anything worn, and get it aligned right. Back in the day of straight axles and king pins I was told if an axle was not rotated back at the top a little bit you could get a bad wobble. Same thing if the toe wasn't set because both front tires were trying to steer you a different direction at the same time. rotated back = caster camber castor and toe camber front view / \ the wheels tip in or out caster / \ side view toe in top view / \ toe out top view \ / caster like the caster on the front of a shopping cart push fast and they wabble the invers of too much caster is a Chopper motorcycle try turning one at speed you can't you have to lean to turn you can also create the issue with to much load or a truck adjusted for load having none but worn alignment components are the most common issue
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