death wobble???
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death wobble???
Just bought a used 2011 F350 SRW with 82k miles and drove it home and it was great. The tires were too aggressive for highway driving but that was ok. After a week at home I had the front end start wobbling, so I took it to the local Ford dealer and had them look at it. They suggested a front end alignment and I wanted new tires anyway so this seemed like a good time to get it all done. Finally got it home and drove the truck to lunch today and it wobbled so much I had to pull over. Got off the interstate and took the back roads to the Ford dealer and naturally it stopped just as I pulled dealership. I explained the problem and asked if he had heard of the "Death Wobble". Of course he had and told me there was a Ford bulletin about it.
Long story but here is my question, how often or how my trucks has this problem? One out of every million or one out of 10,000? Did I just happen to buy the one POS Ford? I just bought this truck to tow a BBQ trailer to contests and our fifth wheel. Right now I wouldn't tow my ex-wife behind this truck. No confidence in driving or towing with this right now. Tell me this will get better, please.
Long story but here is my question, how often or how my trucks has this problem? One out of every million or one out of 10,000? Did I just happen to buy the one POS Ford? I just bought this truck to tow a BBQ trailer to contests and our fifth wheel. Right now I wouldn't tow my ex-wife behind this truck. No confidence in driving or towing with this right now. Tell me this will get better, please.
BuhBye F450, I'm relaxin'
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Just bought a used 2011 F350 SRW with 82k miles and drove it home and it was great. The tires were too aggressive for highway driving but that was ok. After a week at home I had the front end start wobbling, so I took it to the local Ford dealer and had them look at it. They suggested a front end alignment and I wanted new tires anyway so this seemed like a good time to get it all done. Finally got it home and drove the truck to lunch today and it wobbled so much I had to pull over. Got off the interstate and took the back roads to the Ford dealer and naturally it stopped just as I pulled dealership. I explained the problem and asked if he had heard of the "Death Wobble". Of course he had and told me there was a Ford bulletin about it.
Long story but here is my question, how often or how my trucks has this problem? One out of every million or one out of 10,000? Did I just happen to buy the one POS Ford? I just bought this truck to tow a BBQ trailer to contests and our fifth wheel. Right now I wouldn't tow my ex-wife behind this truck. No confidence in driving or towing with this right now. Tell me this will get better, please.
Long story but here is my question, how often or how my trucks has this problem? One out of every million or one out of 10,000? Did I just happen to buy the one POS Ford? I just bought this truck to tow a BBQ trailer to contests and our fifth wheel. Right now I wouldn't tow my ex-wife behind this truck. No confidence in driving or towing with this right now. Tell me this will get better, please.
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The Heading is supposed to say WC Motorsports Track Bar
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My F-450 developed this about 20,000 miles ago. It came on suddenly and was so bad that I couldn't hardly hold the truck in the road at any speed above 35mph. Instead of covering up the problem with gadgets, I rotated the almost new tires, then took the truck to a reputable front end mechanic at the local medium/large truck repair facility. 60 bucks and thirty minutes later the truck drove like new again and hasn't done it since.
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