One Wheel Wobble

[peepsjeep]

This may be a very vague question, but I am trying to see if anyone else has experienced this or know what further on this issue. I have a 2019 Wrangler Sahara UL with 92,000 miles on it right now. I am running all stock tires, just had my Jeep aligned, and wheels rotated and balanced this past Friday. As of today, I am driving to work, and I hit a vertical bump in the road as I am going down the interstate and I notice that my front-right tire wobbles for just a split second and then back to good. I never feel the wobble in my steering wheel, only from the feel of the tire on the road. I am running about 35psi on my tires currently, I know right now that I do have some bad shocks that I have got to get replaced, which I have not been able to do thus far, but other than the shocks, unless that is the issue, has anyone else experienced only one tire wobbling like that, when hitting a bump, or know what could potentially cause that to happen? I have not done a full check on my front end or even had it checked it, but any tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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[Ratbert]

No clue, but did it happen prior to the recent changes?

 

[3TV]

At 92,000 miles you may want to check your ball joints.

 

[Mine&Hers]

It could be loose lug nuts

 

[Blacksport]

Look at the last things you did: alignment & balance, and then hitting a bump. Well, there's no alignment on solid axles (caster & camber), only toe on the front axle. So, the bump is probably the culprit. Odd that you feel wobble but not thru the steering wheel. Put a jack under the car to raise the wheel. Spin it by hand, checking for any runout, both inner & outer rims. Grab the wheel and try to move it side to side & up & down. Might want to re-check the balance, the bump could have knocked a balance weight off...

 

[peepsjeep]

No clue, but did it happen prior to the recent changes?

No, this happened for the very first time yesterday, I had never experienced that before on this vehicle.

 

[peepsjeep]

Look at the last things you did: alignment & balance, and then hitting a bump. Well, there's no alignment on solid axles (caster & camber), only toe on the front axle. So, the bump is probably the culprit. Odd that you feel wobble but not thru the steering wheel. Put a jack under the car to raise the wheel. Spin it by hand, checking for any runout, both inner & outer rims. Grab the wheel and try to move it side to side & up & down. Might want to re-check the balance, the bump could have knocked a balance weight off...

Thank you, I will check that

Look at the last things you did: alignment & balance, and then hitting a bump. Well, there's no alignment on solid axles (caster & camber), only toe on the front axle. So, the bump is probably the culprit. Odd that you feel wobble but not thru the steering wheel. Put a jack under the car to raise the wheel. Spin it by hand, checking for any runout, both inner & outer rims. Grab the wheel and try to move it side to side & up & down. Might want to re-check the balance, the bump could have knocked a balance weight off...

Thank you, I will check that when I get to the house this evening. As you say it is odd, it did surprise me that I did not feel it in the steering wheel, just the really fast shaking of the tire as it came back to flat surface after hitting the bump. It happened twice yesterday in all, but never on any other bumps than vertically risen bumps.

 

[peepsjeep]

To put a resolution to this, it appears to have all been caused by tire balancing, as I took the Jeep back yesterday to have it checked by the same shop that did the work initially, and they informed me that was all the work that they did. After driving yesterday and today, no more issues to speak of.

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