On the road/highway, your sway bar should be parallel to the ground for it to be most effective.
Scared to drive ol' Red: another death wobble story
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On the road/highway, your sway bar should be parallel to the ground for it to be most effective.
Does that apply to anti rock style sway bars too? The reason for asking is I have a coilover swap coming up and "longer" sway bar links are recommended. I already have the teraflex swaybar system matched to my 4.5" lift. They sit a little high, maybe 2 degrees up.
No. RockJock and Antirock require a slight higher angle to accommodate for the suspension movement.
The previous owner put spacers under the sway bar instead of adding proper length sway bar links or quick disconnects when the lift was installed. Looks terrible once I saw it on the lift. Not really a priority but they are 100% too short and can be done right for cheap.
When the axle was flexed the stock length links were really stretched out at a wierd angle. Im going to install some cheap adjustable length quick disconnects and get rid of the stock parts.
Bang on comment . Solid front axles were used in quite a few trucks & the original SUV’s like Bromcos & Blazers back in the day . Knew a few who owned them..
Wobble was never an issue .
Seems the Wrangler is highly sensitive if geometry is out .
Also prone to wearing out components like track bar, control arm bushings and front bearing /hubs .
It’s almost as if the overall design of the front suspension system in the JK’s , JL’s etc is flawed in some way.
I really do wonder at times if Jeep switched to Independant Front Suspension it might be a positive change in the right direction . Yes you may loose some articulation but your gains in reliability and drive ability would be huge .
Never really hear about Taco issues with their setup . I’m sure it’s not perfect but it’s gotta be better then what we’ve got going on .
Yeah I know probably get raked over the coals for suggesting it . Just thinking out loud my friends .
NineLives
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Just went thru exact same thing, changed out everything you did (did not do a rear TB upgrade), but my issue ended up being the steering gear box. Very expensive chase to the end.
Soundsorcerer
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I have had many front solid axle death wobble prone vehicles, some bone stock and others slightly modified. CJ5, 70s GMC truck, 2016 Wrangler, my 2019 F250 when it was new (turned out to be a recall on the steering stabilizer) and with a F600 with I-beam front axle…that was fun. In all cases the death wobble was a combination of a worn steering part(s) and alignment issues and once repaired all was good. I can check and replace worn parts all day but alignment is not something I can do so I found an experienced alignment shop who specializes in 4wd and that has proven over the years to be my “best fix”. My advice is always stick with the easy and simple fixes first before investing a bunch of money in more parts that may or may not fix the problem.