XJ Suicide Atempts (ie, Death Wobble)

GusDaDog

NAXJA Forum User
Location
Merrillville, IN
I know last fall I complained about the DW after installing the Budget Boost, had maybe 10 DW's in October and November but they stopped around Thanksgiving and I didnt give it much more thought... until today.....

on the 30 mile drive home from work today, same roads as always, (well actually it all occured on the first 20 miles or so of the trip) I had 15-20 DWs force me off the road and another 10 or so I was able to bring under control... after the first 3 or so I started limping it home, 40mph, easy on the gas (just hard throttle caused a DW!) But, on the last 10 or so miles, even without limping it as much, it never did a DW...... the difference was temperature, i swear. After the sun set, and the temp dropped like 10 degrees everything was fine....

...so I figure I need to check the shocks out tomorrow and probably put the front sway bar back on soon once I cut the seized endlinks off.....

...any other ideas?
 
check your bushings on your track bar

have someone turn the wheel back and forth while you inspect it and look for anything elese that is moving that shouldnt

you be surprised what you will see

ps sway bar would help yes
 
Check trac bar, check ALL steering joints as desrcibed above. My guess is you will find a worn out part. The sway bar will not fix or cause DW, nor will the stabilizer.

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