Front end bouncing
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4x4 truck? I think I may know the answer - it is called "death wobble" it has something to do with a link-bar-thing that keeps the axle from moving sideways. It is a scary experience for certain, especially if you have lift and larger tires on the truck. It was not my truck that did this to me, but I was behind the wheel, had to slow down quite a bit and only then did the silly thing stop acting up. The person who owns the truck eventually replaced all rubber parts on the front axle, and that solved the problem.
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I have the same thing in my 250 with a dana 60. Balancing your tires will fix it pretty well. I put a steering stabilizer on mine and that helped a ton. the best fix would be to put a horizontal link with one mount on the cross-member under the engine and the other on the passenger's side axle tube. This will prevent the axle from moving side to side, a common problem with just leafspring suspensions.
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I have the same thing in my 250 with a dana 60. Balancing your tires will fix it pretty well. I put a steering stabilizer on mine and that helped a ton. the best fix would be to put a horizontal link with one mount on the cross-member under the engine and the other on the passenger's side axle tube. This will prevent the axle from moving side to side, a common problem with just leafspring suspensions.
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You can never have too much sushi! And I do not drink the cocktails, I just prepare them. But no, I simply have a pretty short attention span, and even worse long-term memory - honestly, when I was borrowing my neighbor's Freightliner some weeks ago to go to work while he was repairing my little dually, I was utterly amazed at myself for still remembering how to drive a truck like that, as the last time I was behind the wheel of something that big was several years ago when my grandpa was still with me and we were touring around the US. But I digress, and thank you for the proper part names - trac-bar is the side-to-side link, and the shackle is thing that Ford mislocated, correct?
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