stewie
NAXJA Forum User
!!!1to start off, yes i searched through 10 pages of search results.!!!1 . they all said to search and/or gave advice on how to locate the source. already knew that so it wasnt much help to me.
my situation is this. hit a bump and violent uncontrolled shaking (death wobble). i had to pull off the road 12 times in a 10 mile round trip tonight. i checked all the joints in the steering system-good. the uca bushings are starting to crack but do not have any play (tnt y link is currently enroute to my location to help with that), and then i noticed that there is play at the axle end of the track bar. i removed that end of the track bar.
the bolt and nut are all in good shape (minor surface rust but nothing major-utah jeep), however the holes in the bracket on the axle end are wallowed out.
just to confirm, is the only fix to apply filler metal (weld) to the wallowed areas and re drill the holes? would it be bennificial to also weld a reinforceing plate to the front side of the bracket (i would do the rear side of the bracket too, but i dont think i could get in there), and drill the plate the same as the bracket after its fixed?
again, i know death wobble has been covered an infinite +1 number of times on this board, and yes i have searched. a migraine setting in keeps me from searching further.
thanks in advance
james
"stewie"
my situation is this. hit a bump and violent uncontrolled shaking (death wobble). i had to pull off the road 12 times in a 10 mile round trip tonight. i checked all the joints in the steering system-good. the uca bushings are starting to crack but do not have any play (tnt y link is currently enroute to my location to help with that), and then i noticed that there is play at the axle end of the track bar. i removed that end of the track bar.
the bolt and nut are all in good shape (minor surface rust but nothing major-utah jeep), however the holes in the bracket on the axle end are wallowed out.
just to confirm, is the only fix to apply filler metal (weld) to the wallowed areas and re drill the holes? would it be bennificial to also weld a reinforceing plate to the front side of the bracket (i would do the rear side of the bracket too, but i dont think i could get in there), and drill the plate the same as the bracket after its fixed?
again, i know death wobble has been covered an infinite +1 number of times on this board, and yes i have searched. a migraine setting in keeps me from searching further.
thanks in advance
james
"stewie"