Death Wobble, got estimate what do you think?

[RubiTrux]

A death wobble could be a number of things. A few of the main things are the tie rod, steering dampener, or ball joints. You could narrow it down to one thing with the proper diagnosing. We use alot of Steersmarts or RPM steering components! Check them out on our website or give us a call for any questions
828-675-8789
https://www.rubitrux.com/collections/steering?page=1

Sponsored

 

[yokramer]

Ahh the "Steering stabilizer fixes death wobble" folks have arrived @gek

 

[shagles]

The "give us your money and load the parts cannon" responses in every thread today are getting pretty irritating.

 

[azjl#3]

Also the "steering stabilizer fixed mine" fools must not be early risers. Kudos to everyone in here so far for not giving garbage advise that only covers up the underlying issue.

Amsoil!

 

[yokramer]

The "give us your money and load the parts cannon" responses in every thread today are getting pretty irritating.

Black Friday and Xmas are coming up gotta get their faces out there.

 

[2020 Rubi Diesel]

I only drive about 7K miles per year, and its just mostly highway miles, with that said what do you recommend for ball joints? OEM is fine? i saw Rock Auto has some good prices on non-oem.

Great video on ball joints:


Northridge 4x4 is a forum sponsor as well. There are so many styles of ball joints available for all the price points.

 

[IceBerg]

None of that sounds reasonable.

Take your jeep to a good offroad shop or if you are a DIYer follow this
https://www.extremeterrain.com/wrangler-jeep-death-wobble.html

 

[CloakedJL]

As many have said ball joints tend to be the biggest culprit. We find if the shake is happening between 40-60 mph when hitting a pot hole, or other rough patch of road, those are the fix most of the time. If its been happening for a while it can start to cause other parts to fail from the intense shaking, but I would start with those and go from there

 

[Upnarms]

I agree with much of what is being said here. 1st, get a second opinion from a highly respected 4x4 shop. 2nd don't go shotgunning parts.

Start with the cheap stuff first.
Have all suspension and steering components retorqued. Make sure your aligned (you can do this with a tape measure on a jeep). Make sure your tires are balanced and aren't worn down.

Then check components for wear like stabilizer, bushings in track bar (track bar is one of the most common component causes of dw in my worn and many other posts), have tie rod ends looked at, then ball joints, etc.

Get a second and third opinion. For $1900 you can get a nice apex 2.5 ton no messing around tie rod, ends, and drag link, plus a steer smarts track yeti hd bar, plus a decent stabilizer. So if your quote was for factory replacements (i know there's labor, but still) id hard pass on it. If you have any tools and a little know how, these are bolt on upgrades.

But your dw cause may be as minimal as a tire issue or below spec torque (my ball joints were under torqued from factory) or worn bushing.

 

[xerailias]

Im still a Jeep newbie so please forgive if this is a stupid question. Last weekend, I almost got rear-ended by RV because my Jeep did the "death wobble" on the Highway. I took it to a local mechanic who said it needed:

• Tie Rod
• Drag Link Inner
• Steering Drag Link
• Square Neck
• CLAMP
• TIe Rod Adjusting Sleeve

Total cost including labor was $1859

I guess my question is, does this seem like a decent price? i saw a YouTube video on the replacement, and it said it was about a 2-3 hour job. Meanwhile, i have a mechanic friend who said if I bought the parts, he would install them for a case of beer. So my second question is if i buy the parts, does anyone have suggestions for what mfg to get? OEM?

Rant: every one i spoke to said its very common on wrangler to do death wobble, if its so common why isnt it considered a design flaw and Jeep come up with a fix for it?

Edit: I need to mention i dont offroad with it, so i dont need some rugged stuff.

Thanks for any assistance

Im still a Jeep newbie so please forgive if this is a stupid question. Last weekend, I almost got rear-ended by RV because my Jeep did the "death wobble" on the Highway. I took it to a local mechanic who said it needed:

• Tie Rod
• Drag Link Inner
• Steering Drag Link
• Square Neck
• CLAMP
• TIe Rod Adjusting Sleeve

Total cost including labor was $1859

I guess my question is, does this seem like a decent price? i saw a YouTube video on the replacement, and it said it was about a 2-3 hour job. Meanwhile, i have a mechanic friend who said if I bought the parts, he would install them for a case of beer. So my second question is if i buy the parts, does anyone have suggestions for what mfg to get? OEM?

Rant: every one i spoke to said its very common on wrangler to do death wobble, if its so common why isnt it considered a design flaw and Jeep come up with a fix for it?

Edit: I need to mention i dont offroad with it, so i dont need some rugged stuff.

Thanks for any assistance

Here is a video on what could cause a death wobble and how too assess what needs tightened or replaced.


Also would be a good idea to find where these parts hes talking about are located and watch some videos to learn how to assess if you do infact need replacement.

 

[jondotcom]

Here is a video on what could cause a death wobble and how too assess what needs tightened or replaced.

What’s interesting is that toe-out seems to be a common solution, but lifted jeeps become more sensitive to toe, likely because they need more caster. My low-mileage jl immediately got DW with the mopar lift. I found it was toe’d in more than spec, even with the longer mopar lower arm. The camber correction brackets are another silver bullet to “lift-induced” DW issue, solving it through more caster.

 

[sixspeed]

Im still a Jeep newbie so please forgive if this is a stupid question. Last weekend, I almost got rear-ended by RV because my Jeep did the "death wobble" on the Highway. I took it to a local mechanic who said it needed:

• Tie Rod
• Drag Link Inner
• Steering Drag Link
• Square Neck
• CLAMP
• TIe Rod Adjusting Sleeve

Total cost including labor was $1859

I guess my question is, does this seem like a decent price? i saw a YouTube video on the replacement, and it said it was about a 2-3 hour job. Meanwhile, i have a mechanic friend who said if I bought the parts, he would install them for a case of beer. So my second question is if i buy the parts, does anyone have suggestions for what mfg to get? OEM?

Rant: every one i spoke to said its very common on wrangler to do death wobble, if its so common why isnt it considered a design flaw and Jeep come up with a fix for it?

Edit: I need to mention i dont offroad with it, so i dont need some rugged stuff.

Thanks for any assistance

I haven't read every post and your model might be different. A few years ago, Jeep put out a dealer bulletin saying that death wobble was its problem and that dealers should fix it for free. It's been discussed on this Forum.

 

[UTME]

.

Sponsored