Recent content by MikeA

Shop says I have a bad drivers side upper ball joint, which is a bummer since that's only about a year old. I'm having them replace it and give me the old ball joints so I can get them swapped under warranty. I checked the ball joints with the pry bar under a tire and didn't see movement but I...

I've taken it to a local 4x4 shop with a good rep to diagnose the death wobble. I'm not opposed to buying new wheels and tires, I just don't want to throw 2 grand at it and still have a problem.

Tech agrees with you Chris that even though the wheels are out of round and not balanced it wouldn't cause death wobble. I'm at a loss though. I'll re-recheck all torques and then give it a swift kick in the ass.

Appreciate your input, Chris! This one is 100% death wobble. Had to come to about 10 mph on freeway to get it to stop violently shaking, trigged by hitting a pothole while accelerating into a turn on onramp. At tire shop now and so far the tech says he's at 11 ounces of weight (he says...

Awesome, thanks for the input guys. The tires are 34" cooper discovery AT3 on 17" procomp wheels. I've previously checked the steering and it didn't seem to have more play than I would expect from a jeep (roughly the same as my LJ which drives great). The tire balancing has been an issue...

So my wife's JK has had steering issues since we bought it almost 2 years ago. Yesterday I hit a bump getting on the freeway and had the worst deathwobble in it so far (thought we had it cured). Set up: 2013 JKUR on 2.5" metalcloak lift. (installed 2 months ago) Within the last year I've...