RubiRob
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I'm only speaking from experience. I installed a mopar lift and 37s. Had the wobble consistently on bumpy roads at 53-60mph. Didn't get better or worse just continued until I got out of that speed range. Was NOT death wobble.But there are JLs with less than 10 miles on them that have the excessive steering wheel play. And many are reporting excessive steering play when they take it from the dealer's lot before they get home, so very little miles on them. What would cause so many OEM steering stabilizers to fail at 10 or even 100 miles? It would be interesting to take 2 brand new JLs, one with excessive steering play and one with normal steering play, remove the steering stabilizers and compare them like Command Line RC did. Yes, the track bar could be flawed causing the steering stabilizer to eventually go bad, but not immediately. Right?
- Installed Fox SS: did nothing
- Installed track bars: did nothing
- Got alignment done: did nothing
- Rotated tires 4 times with balancing: did nothing
- Adjusted Toe In myself at 1/16" in: did nothing
- Installed MC Adjustable control arms with 6.5 is of caster: Fixed, full stop
At this point i have a very very very tiny bit of this going on with those same potholes and bumps that goes away regardless. Some call this bump steer but ill just call it bump wobble since multiple places on the internet seem to have different explanations for bump steer. I can only attribute to whats left is a minor difference in drag link and track bar parallel. While this is certainly a different case between stock jeeps and mine, I can honestly say that even with replacing my factory SS I still had this issue. Also, I remember seeing someone on youtube hacking up his control arm brackets and using caster bolts (please don't do that) and he fixed steering issues with the added caster.
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