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Re: Cure my death wobble!
[Re: Jacob]
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11/27/20 10:06 PM
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Well, I had it in a brand new Ram Charger as soon as I drove it off the lot. The service department tried three times and found nothing wrong each time.
Steering stabilizers fixed it. It was brand new. There were no worn parts.
Cast I have a short attention spa
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Re: Cure my death wobble!
[Re: Jacob]
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11/27/20 10:23 PM
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Again, steering stabilizers didn’t fix it. They mask the problem.
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Re: Cure my death wobble!
[Re: Jacob]
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11/27/20 10:54 PM
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My friends 05 would do it every time he pulled his fifth wheel. Traded it in on a Duramax. Doesn’t do it anymore.
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Re: Cure my death wobble!
[Re: Jacob]
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11/27/20 10:57 PM
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New tie Rod end links too
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Re: Cure my death wobble!
[Re: Jacob]
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11/27/20 11:41 PM
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I just want to go on record again stating that I voted you not buy this thing.
Good luck.
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Re: Cure my death wobble!
[Re: Jacob]
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11/28/20 01:53 AM
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I think it’s the tires. There are several intentions in the sidewall of the tire as I run my fingers across it, like seams.
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Re: Cure my death wobble!
[Re: Jacob]
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11/28/20 01:54 AM
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It started after I bought it. Drove it 5 hours home at 75 most of the way on some rough roads. Did it the first time while pulling my tractor. Always the same spot in the road.
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Re: Cure my death wobble!
[Re: Jacob]
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11/28/20 01:56 AM
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I think it’s the tires. There are several intentions in the sidewall of the tire as I run my fingers across it, like seams. Your a smart dude, please don’t just say it’s the tires...even if it were that means the tires wore in a way to make it happen. Which means something made them wear that way.
"If you're going through hell keep going." Winston Churchill I open mouth kiss my sisters
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Re: Cure my death wobble!
[Re: Jacob]
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11/28/20 02:07 AM
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I've had it 4 times on my F250. Lemme pour a glass of whiskey and I'll post some info.
FYI. The 3rd time it was the tires.
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Re: Cure my death wobble!
[Re: SgtDag]
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11/28/20 02:12 AM
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I think it’s the tires. There are several intentions in the sidewall of the tire as I run my fingers across it, like seams. Your a smart dude, please don’t just say it’s the tires...even if it were that means the tires wore in a way to make it happen. Which means something made them wear that way. I think it’s the ball joints that wore the tires, but don’t know what would cause those indentions in the sidewalls (or if that’s a normal thing). The original track bar did have slack in it, as well as the steering linkage, so wasn’t just shotgunning parts. Update, I took it to a shop today, and they told me that my brand new steering linkage had bad rod ends and was flopping around and that I needed a new steering dampener. This is the same linkage that you see in the video. I put it in like 2 days ago and took the video yesterday afternoon. No play whatsoever that I see and it’s brand new. Also, steering dampener is completely functional. It has resistance both directions, no gaps in resistance throughout. They wouldn’t balance or rotate my tires. They said they were wearing normally. Took it to second shop. They said steering linkage and track bar were tight, no slack that they could see. They said my tires were very out of balance and were concerned about the “flat spots” on my sidewalls.
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Re: Cure my death wobble!
[Re: Jacob]
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11/28/20 02:30 AM
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Ok homey.
1st time: drag link, tie rod ends.
2nd time: ball joints, caster/camber pills, steering stabilizer, new front springs and spring pads, shocks. Went ahead and did all 4.
3rd time: tires. The belts inside were damaged. Went to Toyo AT2
4th time: just felt it today. Going with a dual steering stabilizer from Santa and I bet she's money.
It's one of the hardest things to diagnose in my opinion.
If you do the ball joints yourself, get a quality install tool. I bought a cheapy and it sucked.
Also, mine didn't happen until 130k. I'm at 192k now.
Last edited by Moto-Moto; 11/28/20 02:33 AM.
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Re: Cure my death wobble!
[Re: Jacob]
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11/28/20 02:32 AM
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Go a different direction.
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Re: Cure my death wobble!
[Re: Jacob]
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11/28/20 02:39 AM
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I think it’s the tires. There are several intentions in the sidewall of the tire as I run my fingers across it, like seams. Your a smart dude, please don’t just say it’s the tires...even if it were that means the tires wore in a way to make it happen. Which means something made them wear that way. I think it’s the ball joints that wore the tires, but don’t know what would cause those indentions in the sidewalls (or if that’s a normal thing). The original track bar did have slack in it, as well as the steering linkage, so wasn’t just shotgunning parts. Update, I took it to a shop today, and they told me that my brand new steering linkage had bad rod ends and was flopping around and that I needed a new steering dampener. This is the same linkage that you see in the video. I put it in like 2 days ago and took the video yesterday afternoon. No play whatsoever that I see and it’s brand new. Also, steering dampener is completely functional. It has resistance both directions, no gaps in resistance throughout. They wouldn’t balance or rotate my tires. They said they were wearing normally. Took it to second shop. They said steering linkage and track bar were tight, no slack that they could see. They said my tires were very out of balance and were concerned about the “flat spots” on my sidewalls. Just be careful of what shops tell you. IMO UPGRADE, the whole front suspension just on the comments Wish you the best though
"If you're going through hell keep going." Winston Churchill I open mouth kiss my sisters
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Re: Cure my death wobble!
[Re: Jacob]
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11/28/20 02:39 AM
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Thanks Moto! I’m at 140k. Here is what the original front end looked like before I put new linkage/track bar in.
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Re: Cure my death wobble!
[Re: Jacob]
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11/28/20 03:02 AM
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I've had pretty good luck running take offs. Guys buy new trucks, upgrade tires and wheels. I buy the stock tires and run them. The 3rd set went bad about pretty early but still saved a ton of cashola
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