DW, no one knows why? What the hell!!

[Jelly Role]

Der. Thancs fur yur inpput. I ain't got no brains. Yor rite, I doo deserv a Ford. I ain't smart enuf too hav a Jeep. But I am smart enought oto get rid of one that is ridden with problems.

 

[maineiac]

it could be a number of things but a tech told me that dc actually put out a memo about this and about 90% of the time it is the upper control arm bushings that are pressed into the axle houseing , and the warn bushing is exadurated by the new angle you get with a lift

 

[fire325]

:rattle: I think you just :hang: yourself!

 

[skyjackerXJ]

'93 XJ
3.5-5.5" lift over time.
Toasted control arm bushings.
Wasted wheel bearings.
Blown shocks.
Bad alignment.
Bad castor.
Out of ballance tires.
Bent components.
Worn out tie rod ends.
Loose parts.
Never had death wobble even once.

I've put some wacky lift combinations before too, but never had any wobble problems, ever! And I drove this Jeep on the AAA-rated "worst stretch of highway in the U.S." 50 miles everyday for two years.

The worst thing to do when lifting a jeep is try to save money on a smaller lift kit, then add spacers to get a desired height. Save up and do it right the first time.

 

[skyjackerXJ]

I just realized how out of date my last post was...but seriously, **** YOU Jelly Role. You come back half-a-year later to criticize the people you asked for help? I hope your new late 90's Ford Exploder has recalled Wilderness A/T tires on it, and you roll into ball of flames.

 

[skyjackerXJ]

I just screwed myself on reputation points. I apologize for my last post.

 

[littlexj1]

as bad as it sounds...this is one of the better threads on DW...my situation is, i had DW at 4.5 so while buying stuff to fix it i went up 2 more inches...word of advice...fix DW first before you go up...another thought is when installing a track bar to get an accurate (at home) alignment take some string and go from the rear tires to the front while someone steers ( TB disconnected)....the front end will pull left to right...when you get it close adjust the TB and bolt it...then fine tune it.
right now after replacing most everything in the front i am going with RE drop brackets....to better the angle of the control arms to reduce the shock of the CA's into the unibody and letting the coils/shock take it....if this dont fix it i am going leafs....haha

 

[XJRubicon]

Had deathwobble on my 91 XJ once.... it was stock with 31" tires...

A new steering stabalizer stopped the death wobble.

 

[Dirk Pitt]

Jelly Role,

Just out of curiosity...did you ever really crawl under the Jeep and look for the problems and apply the solutions suggested? Did you ever check the bushings, TRE's, ball joints, etc. You were told numerous things to check and all we heard back from you was "it can't be that, it was fine before the lift". Guess what, small changes to one component in a system like a suspension will multiply throughout the system so if something worked well in it's stock setup it won't necessarily work well when the system has changed (even a small amount). It sounds like you had a good theory about the trac bar, but did you ever actually do anything about it?

Talking about a problem on the internet and trying to visualize the fix is only the starting point you actually have to apply the fixes to the problem.

 

[Traverse]

I tried everything from alighnment, to lca bushings, to wheel and tire balancing. i finally replaced the steering stabalizer with a rancho and it went away. people have told me its a band aid, but it fixed my problems.