ChattVol
Well-Known Member
13k miles on my jlus and steering has been vibrating a good bit and had 1st DW experience 3 weeks ago at 45mph after driving over a small bump on a busy 4 lane road. I hit the brakes hard and it went away at 25mph. I was shook up after it and called my axle shop to look at it because they're closer and could look at it quicker than Jeep.. They retorqued my steering related bolts, checked allignment and made sure axles are centered. They adjusted the front axle a bit and said caster is at 6.0. Since then, I've still been having vibrations and shimmy over certain bumps, but no DW. I checked the oem SS and it did have some inconsistent resistance in a spot that felt like a dead spot. I checked the part # on the SS and it was X064M1, which the 064 is less than 257, so it falls under the needs replacement category. After reading about all the repeated failed oem SS issues and it being time consuming going to jeep, I ordered a Metalcloak SS, bur fear this is a bandaid. I dont want to spend $1000+ on a Yeti steersmart draglink/tie rod/track bar.
Are others finding that having the steering box replaced by jeep has helped? @JeepCares will you please help me fix the root cause and not just replace the SS?
Are others finding that having the steering box replaced by jeep has helped? @JeepCares will you please help me fix the root cause and not just replace the SS?
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