Help!!!Dangerous front end issue.....
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I just got done checking every thing...Every thing is tight ball joints wheel bearing pitman arm tie rods iner and outer...I took it for a drive after i did this and locked the hud on the side with the bad ujoint,and it did what it has been doing..Also when i locked the hub in the cap was trying to come off so i think i have a bad hub...Im going to tear it down tonight and replace the ujoint and check every thing out better...
You my friend have the "Death Wobble" ask any jeep guy and he will tell you what it is.
Basically your front end is worn out and when you hit a bump good enough on one tire it will cause the steering wheel to shake vigorously. The only way to stop it is to jerk the wheel hard one way or the other. Bring your truck in and get a front end inspected they will tell you your pitman arm, tierods are bad.
Basically your front end is worn out and when you hit a bump good enough on one tire it will cause the steering wheel to shake vigorously. The only way to stop it is to jerk the wheel hard one way or the other. Bring your truck in and get a front end inspected they will tell you your pitman arm, tierods are bad.
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I just got done checking every thing...Every thing is tight ball joints wheel bearing pitman arm tie rods iner and outer...I took it for a drive after i did this and locked the hud on the side with the bad ujoint,and it did what it has been doing..Also when i locked the hub in the cap was trying to come off so i think i have a bad hub...Im going to tear it down tonight and replace the ujoint and check every thing out better...
EDIT: That may also be why your locking hub seems to want to pop off (misalignment of the axle stub vs hub splines).
Good luck with the tear down, thanks for keeping us informed, and post up your findings - it's always good to hear the cause and solutions in case we run into a similar situation.
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hmmm..i didnt think of that,good call..That might also be a culpret in my problem seing how the bottom side of my stabalizer is flatend out from 4wheeling with my truck..
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Well i got her done,culpret was a very badly frozen u joint...When i took the hub off the neadle bearing was in great condition...must be the fozen u joint was puttine a lot of pressure on the hub making it lock till i straiten the tire...but she is all better now..thanks for the help...
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Great you have it fixed, can you tell us what you had to take apart, to look for and replace to fix this?
I'm getting a noice to at about 25-30 miles on up and sometimes a weird feeling in the steering wheel after a turn.
Thanks
I'm getting a noice to at about 25-30 miles on up and sometimes a weird feeling in the steering wheel after a turn.
Thanks
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you gotta take the tire,caliper caliper braket,hub,and wheel bearing out to do this...
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i have a f250 and received a letter from ford regarding front end shimmy. didn't think to much of it till i hit a bump at 65mph. in their letter they call it SEVERE vibration. i call it VIOLENT. They know there is a problem. taking my truck in friday to dealer.
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