death wobble
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death wobble
Has anyone filed a lawsuit against Ford Motor Co. concerning death wobble. My 2012 F250 with 6.7 Diesel, has become dangerous to drive because of the wobble. Had the truck repaired in 2017 at a cost of over a thousand dollars, now wobble is worse than ever.
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Bushing-front suspension arm, Joint assembly ball,
End assembly - Drag link rod
End - spindle rod connector
Verified concern found track bar bushing and ball joint on track bar bad, also has bad outter tie rod end
bad on left side, also has a broken belt in left front tire, Replaced track bar bushing and track bar ball joint,
replaced outter tire rod end and drag link end on left side. Balance tires and align front end
End assembly - Drag link rod
End - spindle rod connector
Verified concern found track bar bushing and ball joint on track bar bad, also has bad outter tie rod end
bad on left side, also has a broken belt in left front tire, Replaced track bar bushing and track bar ball joint,
replaced outter tire rod end and drag link end on left side. Balance tires and align front end
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Looks like the hit all the trouble spots, trackbar and tires. In the Jeep world the most common cause of death wobble is a loose trackbar with through loose bolts or bad joints. Like, 99.999% of the time that's what it is.
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I just had a really bad wobble on my 11 f350 even at low speeds but normally occurred after a tight turn. The u-joints on the passenger front axle where binding up replaced them and life is good again.
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It took new tires to clear mine. Even though my tires appeared fine, they must have been slightly out of balance or round. Do you know anyone with a DW free truck you can swap tires for a test?
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I had this too. The front axle has a left and right u-joint with a grease zerk. I was unaware of this and never greased them on my 2005 F250. Around 100K they both seized up, most likely from the salt in MN, causing a terrible steering issue. Even though the front hubs are unlocked, they still need to articulate for a turn. Now I grease these every year.
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I had this too. The front axle has a left and right u-joint with a grease zerk. I was unaware of this and never greased them on my 2005 F250. Around 100K they both seized up, most likely from the salt in MN, causing a terrible steering issue. Even though the front hubs are unlocked, they still need to articulate for a turn. Now I grease these every year.
The things we learn sometimes a little to late. I bought my truck with 100,000 miles and I'm up to 126,000 now I never realized those u joints had grease zerk's on them guess I will have to take a closer look.
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I just started to get the death wobble again and went through all of the steps again. I just picked up the truck from the tire shop and the Road Force made the wobble go away completely.
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