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4x4 Related Groups => Tech Talk => Topic started by: BlackYJ on April 22, 2007, 01:20:44 PM

Title: Do I have the "Wobble"
Post by: BlackYJ on April 22, 2007, 01:20:44 PM

So have a great day of wheeling, I was driving home in my YJ without the swaybar attached and with my new JKS telescoping trackbar snugged tight, and when I would turn I would have as best as I can describe it as dead spots in my steering.  When steering wheel was more turn sometimes than usually and sometime when I would hit a bump my steering wheel would straight.  So is this the oh so common "death wobble"?

I am just about to head out and check out the front end, especially the trackbar.  Driving to the trail and had no issues, but my swaybar was also attached.  This was my first trip with the new trackbar so it may have come loose.

Thoughts?

Title: Do I have the "Wobble"
Post by: BlackYJ on April 22, 2007, 05:47:48 PM

Anyways, I figured it out and because I have a JKS telescoping bar, it was not fully tight and there was some slip, allowing for some axle movement when steering.

Title: Do I have the "Wobble"
Post by: Elsifer on April 22, 2007, 06:48:44 PM

yeah, thats not death wobble.

Drive mine to see what it feels like!  :x

Besides, without a trac bar your jeep would wander on the road, with dead spots in steering. But no uncontrollable shaking.

Title: Do I have the "Wobble"
Post by: BrokenAxle on April 22, 2007, 09:01:07 PM

i beg to differ, a bad track bar could and does cause death wobble.  and with no track bar at all the vehicle would not be driveable over 5 kph.

Title: Do I have the "Wobble"
Post by: cotaman on April 22, 2007, 09:06:43 PM

can a leaf sprung yj experience death wobble or is only a trait that is shared by coil sprung suspensions?????????

Title: Do I have the "Wobble"
Post by: Elsifer on April 22, 2007, 09:08:16 PM

Sorry, to clarify BlackYJ has a YJ, with leaf springs. So trac bar technically not needed.

Title: Do I have the "Wobble"
Post by: Trouble Maker on April 22, 2007, 10:23:59 PM

Quote from: "cotaman"

can a leaf sprung yj experience death wobble or is only a trait that is shared by coil sprung suspensions?????????

Not just a coil spring problem, I had DW on my 75 J-10 when I went to bigger tires but a new steering stabilizer and an alignment fixed it.

Title: Do I have the "Wobble"
Post by: BlackYJ on April 23, 2007, 07:33:54 AM

Quote from: "BrokenAxle"

i beg to differ, a bad track bar could and does cause death wobble.  and with no track bar at all the vehicle would not be driveable over 5 kph.

NOT in a leaf sprung Jeep

Quote from: "I love Pickels & Cheese Whiz"

yeah, thats not death wobble.

Well I would not clarify it as "Death" wobble, but more just "The Wobble"

Title: Do I have the "Wobble"
Post by: Elsifer on April 23, 2007, 04:37:35 PM

Damn Pickles and Cheese!

Yeah, thats the beauty of the old Hotchkiss suspension. Leafs are stiff enough laterally that the hold the axle underneath the vehicle. Old horse drawn wagons don't have trac bars, they just have leafs. Then again, the wagon doesnt do 100km/h.

Title: Do I have the "Wobble"
Post by: BrokenAxle on April 23, 2007, 08:29:20 PM

i would agree- that only applies to coil suspensions