Today I experienced DEATH WOBBLE 😉

[66Fan]

Had it on my '66 once so bad that it tore the rag joint at the steering shaft/box.
It's not a shit your pants moment until all actual control of steering is lost and unable to be recovered.

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[SnowBronco]

I was right behind a 2 dr jacked up jeep on 35's the other day. It started doing the same thing... I was like wtf and backed off. Lol He immediately turned off down another road, and in a min or 2 showed up behind me. He knew I was there before hand. Might have forgotten about me during that tho... Haha

 

[Moto26]

2017 F-350s do it too. I have the fixed rod installed now.

Experienced in my 18 f250 it’s a recall and it’s real

My '99 F350 CC dually (2WD, twin I-beam front susp.) did this from day one. Freaked me out. Dealer checked everything, said nothing was wrong with it.

I eventually discovered that I had to run the front tires at 35 psi. Any more than that, and the death wobble would make appearances. Didn't matter what tire brand I was running, or what kind of load I was carrying. Lowering the tire pressure was the only thing that helped...

 

[George Ellis]

My '99 F350 CC dually (2WD, twin I-beam front susp.) did this from day one. Freaked me out. Dealer checked everything, said nothing was wrong with it.

I eventually discovered that I had to run the front tires at 35 psi. Any more than that, and the death wobble would make appearances. Didn't matter what tire brand I was running, or what kind of load I was carrying. Lowering the tire pressure was the only thing that helped...

The fixed tie rod has solved it for me. I had to have the dealer install it (I bought it as soon as I could). It took more brute force than I could do crawling under the truck.

 

[SwissBronco]

My brand new 2020 JL had a wobble from day one, fiat changed everything, really everything they could several times, didn't work.

Tires to steering gear, track bar to suspension. Everything

After one year of fighting with FCA they crushed it. Two times a field tech came in.. no hope.

The good side, i am here now

 

[da_jokker]

My brand new 2020 JL had a wobble from day one, fiat changed everything, really everything they could several times, didn't work.

Tires to steering gear, track bar to suspension. Everything

After one year of fighting with FCA they crushed it. Two times a field tech came in.. no hope.

The good side, i am here now

Curious: was it lifted?

 

[SwissBronco]

Curious: was it lifted?

No, complete stock from its birth till deserved death.

We only swapped the tires to STT`s - but that wasn`t the problem.

Was a nice one!

 

[da_jokker]

No, complete stock from its birth till deserved death.

We only swapped the tires to STT`s - but that wasn`t the problem.

Was a nice one!

Gotcha, I get tired of these guys that modify the heck out of their suspension, completely change the geometry, and then complain that they have death wobble.

My JKU has almost 100k and no death level.. fingers crossed.

 

[airforceteacher]

Is this only a straight axle problem, or will the new Bronco also eventually suffer from this? Sorry, for the dumb question - this is my first 4wd.

 

[HeliPilot]

While I’ve not experienced this deathwobble I’ve had a tank slapper on a sport bike at the racetrack and it is indeed terrifying

Got this once, that Biatch could not slow fast enough. I know for sure, I needed to purchase a new set of drawers.

 

[1970AMCAMX]

Is this only a straight axle problem, or will the new Bronco also eventually suffer from this? Sorry, for the dumb question - this is my first 4wd.

It can happen on pretty much anything, friend had a 2006 GMC 1/2 ton pickup and it would do it occasionally, he would have to come to a complete stop for it to go away. Most of the time with independent front suspension something (or things) have to be worn slap out, on a straight axle it's sometimes hard to find the cause because it only takes a little wear on the right component to cause it.

I had a 2003 Grand Cherokee that would do it occasionally, could not find anything loose in the front end but it did have a 2 inch lift. I removed the lift and it went away.

 

[rdg04578]

Is this only a straight axle problem, or will the new Bronco also eventually suffer from this? Sorry, for the dumb question - this is my first 4wd.

It is generally a problem with Straight Axles as opposed to Independent Suspensions-- unless you modify your stock supension and add bigger tires. In Stock form you most likely will never experience. On Straight axle vehicles it is not common unless the front suspension is worn or modified with bigger tires. Cheap lifts components and worn suspension parts are typically part of the problem.

 

[rayhil67]

My JK is a strange one, DW would only occur in the colder months, in summer it seemed to go away. 2 years ago I hit a huge pothole at about 50mph, thought the whole front-end was going to fly apart. After reading some of the jeep forms I switched up from my Fuel MT tires to BFG AT's and installed a teraflex HD track-bar and haven't had DW since. Every now and then I will get the "shakes" but nothing bad.. plus I've gotten pretty good at avoiding those PA-potholes!!

 

[WuNgUn]

No such thing as death wobble on 4 wheels. Ride thru that shit on a motorcycle and tell me about pants shitting. Lol

 

[Dads_bronze_bronco]

About a min into the video

jeep death wobble

Yep, that is my experience - bad track bar bushing as well. Easy to fix, but a little scary when it happens.

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