xj_punk
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sorry for the noob-ish question, just wanting to hear experiences
background: had a 1.5" lift on my xj for several months, it handled great... i just bumped it up to a 3" lift and now it hates life and has death wobble. first and foremost i went and got lifetime alighnment (well worth it) and everything was normal except the caster was a little lack-luster, almost a degree off on one side and half a degree on the other. understanding that is something i cannot change with my stock lca's i moved on to the next thing. the driver side hub assy had a little play in it so i replaced it. helped, but still had it. moved on to lifetime balance/rotation for my 31's (also put the lightest 2 on the front), once again it helped but didn't cure it.
i looked over the torque specs for all the steering and suspension bolts and they are all fine. also none of them seem exceedingly loose, including the tracbar. ball joints also seem good.
next i am going to redrill my tracbar mount to center the axle and use my lifetime alignment to get it aligned again with that fixed and the new hub assy fixed the alignment should change some.
on my last xj also with a 3" lift i had death wobble that was seemingly uncureable so i swapped in waggy 44s and leafs up front with probably 6-7" lift and it was far more stable than the coils ever were, doing 65 on 36s with 1 psi in the tires (beadlocks) in an xj buggy is fun and suprisingly it handled extremely well
anyways, what was the culprit in your death wobble case? what cured it?
background: had a 1.5" lift on my xj for several months, it handled great... i just bumped it up to a 3" lift and now it hates life and has death wobble. first and foremost i went and got lifetime alighnment (well worth it) and everything was normal except the caster was a little lack-luster, almost a degree off on one side and half a degree on the other. understanding that is something i cannot change with my stock lca's i moved on to the next thing. the driver side hub assy had a little play in it so i replaced it. helped, but still had it. moved on to lifetime balance/rotation for my 31's (also put the lightest 2 on the front), once again it helped but didn't cure it.
i looked over the torque specs for all the steering and suspension bolts and they are all fine. also none of them seem exceedingly loose, including the tracbar. ball joints also seem good.
next i am going to redrill my tracbar mount to center the axle and use my lifetime alignment to get it aligned again with that fixed and the new hub assy fixed the alignment should change some.
on my last xj also with a 3" lift i had death wobble that was seemingly uncureable so i swapped in waggy 44s and leafs up front with probably 6-7" lift and it was far more stable than the coils ever were, doing 65 on 36s with 1 psi in the tires (beadlocks) in an xj buggy is fun and suprisingly it handled extremely well
anyways, what was the culprit in your death wobble case? what cured it?