I am at a loss on a wobble that's been around for over a year. If I hit a rough patch of road the right way, usually on the right side of the Jeep, the steering wheel will shimmy a few times and then everything is normal. Not really enough to think about. A couple of days ago I hit a rough patch on the left side and the steering wheel started shaking. I was doing about 60 at the time and pulled off to the right shoulder and stopped. Once I got below 20-40 the wobble had basically gone away. I'm not sure exactly about the speed, I was more focused on getting off the road. I do know the wobble stopped before I came to a stop.
I've looked everything over and can't see anything wrong. We turned the steering lock to lock looking at TRE's, both end of the track bar, the steering box, BJ's, etc. and didn't see anything wrong. All of these parts, including the LCA/UCA's and axle bushings are only about one year old.
The last time anything like this happened was last fall. I hit a rough patch of road and the coffee I was holding shook out of my hand. I changed the left outer TRE. It had only the slightest amount of play and seemed to fix the problem. I decided 300-325,000 miles was enough for the rest of the factory TRE's so I changed the rest after that.
The only thing I haven't changed recently is the axle shaft u-joints. One is about 2 years old the other is original. 4wd works fine, and no binding in the steering occurs. Neither are "making rust".
01 XJ 336,000. Stock suspension. Your thoughts welcome. I am thinking of changing the axle shaft u-joints or at least pulling the shafts to do a better inspection because I'm out of ideas.
I've looked everything over and can't see anything wrong. We turned the steering lock to lock looking at TRE's, both end of the track bar, the steering box, BJ's, etc. and didn't see anything wrong. All of these parts, including the LCA/UCA's and axle bushings are only about one year old.
The last time anything like this happened was last fall. I hit a rough patch of road and the coffee I was holding shook out of my hand. I changed the left outer TRE. It had only the slightest amount of play and seemed to fix the problem. I decided 300-325,000 miles was enough for the rest of the factory TRE's so I changed the rest after that.
The only thing I haven't changed recently is the axle shaft u-joints. One is about 2 years old the other is original. 4wd works fine, and no binding in the steering occurs. Neither are "making rust".
01 XJ 336,000. Stock suspension. Your thoughts welcome. I am thinking of changing the axle shaft u-joints or at least pulling the shafts to do a better inspection because I'm out of ideas.