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- Cornelius (PDX), Oregon
My brother has a '91 XJ with a RE lift of like 5 or 6 inches. He usually runs 35" tires. Every once and awhile he gets a death wobble and it looks like the front wheels are going to fall off i mean to see it, it seems like they wobble up down forward and backward but staying in place . So like when forward and backward moving they are turning in/out rather than lateral movement. Well it only happened occasionally, but since we put his stock wheels with 235/75 back on for moving his boat around (the boat is unrelated, just why we put the small tires on) it is getting much worse.
It used to just go away after a few moments, but now he says that it won't stop wobbling until he comes to a complete stop. He took it to a local Midas and this is what they said was wrong.
All front control arms, track bar, front diff bushings, tie rods, steering box. They said it would be over $1300 and they didn't think it was worth him fixing it.
We just had it at Leonard's off road a couple of months ago, because we are newbs and we were having trouble with loosing rear drive-shafts. They gave it a good look over and told us things that were wrong with it, and what they parts were that we had. They are the ones who told us that it was an RE suspension on the front. They replaced the rear springs and blocks with true lift springs so we had no more troubles with the drive shaft. My point is, they gave it a look see and pointed out things for us to change, and I would think they would have mentioned if there was something bad about the control arms and especially the track bar.
Moral to the story is that $1300 really is too much to spend right now, but we would like to make it safe to drive. i.e. no more death wobble. Can anyone suggest what would cause the wobble? If it would be the things in the list, what could we do first to loose the wobble, and then get to the rest later?
I don't know that it would help, but here is a picture;
It used to just go away after a few moments, but now he says that it won't stop wobbling until he comes to a complete stop. He took it to a local Midas and this is what they said was wrong.
All front control arms, track bar, front diff bushings, tie rods, steering box. They said it would be over $1300 and they didn't think it was worth him fixing it.
We just had it at Leonard's off road a couple of months ago, because we are newbs and we were having trouble with loosing rear drive-shafts. They gave it a good look over and told us things that were wrong with it, and what they parts were that we had. They are the ones who told us that it was an RE suspension on the front. They replaced the rear springs and blocks with true lift springs so we had no more troubles with the drive shaft. My point is, they gave it a look see and pointed out things for us to change, and I would think they would have mentioned if there was something bad about the control arms and especially the track bar.
Moral to the story is that $1300 really is too much to spend right now, but we would like to make it safe to drive. i.e. no more death wobble. Can anyone suggest what would cause the wobble? If it would be the things in the list, what could we do first to loose the wobble, and then get to the rest later?
I don't know that it would help, but here is a picture;