Death Wobble RETURNS Lets Knock IT OUT Jeep Grand Cherokee WJ HOW TO

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A Jeep Technician with death wobble is not a good thing. Let's diagnose and figure out what is causing my death wobble on my Jeep.

[@cbonz7734]

Instead of counting turns, which is dependent on the threads being exactly the same on old/new tie rod ends (Not possible) a better old school, and FAR more accurate method is to scribe lines on the center tie rod near the ends and measure the distance to a marked spot on the yoke ends where the tie rod goes in, do this on both sides.. Then just screw your new ends to this same distance. I've never had to go back to wheel alignment because this is so accurate. (Doesn't work if alignment is off before you start, obviously)

[@rxtuninginc8444]

On my old 94 Grand Cherokee I replaced the steering stabilizer with just a standard Monroe replacement and problem was gone.

[@sniffulsquack5608]

Thats so funny. My wobble starts at the same spot too. For me it starts at 35mph. Glad i live in a tiny town with slow roads. Still need to adress it because i want to hit 45 with traffic. Thank you for the video.

[@nateserpico2886]

You should raise your headrests in the truck unless you haven't, you're going to have a very bad neck injury in an accident if they stay low like that.

[@willdorsett6220]

I’ve replaced tie rod ends, drag links, and both sets of front control arms, and if I run over anything other than smooth road on my passenger side I get DW. 2 inch budget lift, last I checked 4.0 caster. Almost ready to give up.

[@theburnoutbox9736]

Good catch… I have a question though was there enough movement in the tie rod for the tie rod to be considered unsafe?

[@cuttthroatperformance2752]

Congrats on the 6k subs!

[@LVLF-rj1ed]

Is it down hill while braking

[@coreyandnathanielchartier3749]

My guess is your car was out of alignment before you changed the tie rods. I've seen these tie rods practically fall off and not cause any wobble. Most I've seen are from crappy cheap lift kits, egg-shaped tires, and loose bolts in transverse link.

[@xoeloz]

So me and my uncle we lifted my jeep and we took a look at it one person under one person wiggling the steering wheel and we heard something but could not spot it

[@buckchase1]

Thanks Man! This is the most cut-to-the-chase vids I've seen on death wobble!

[@christopherkraft1327]

Oh no, not the Death Wobble!!! I'm glad that you were able to eliminate the wobble!! Thanks Tyler for sharing the detailed information on how to correct the problem!!! 👍👍

[@Bulletz4Breakfast13]

What i was taught to fix Bump Steer or Death Wobble is to diagnose in this order:

[@RecordsRebuilds]

Great video! The first time I ever ran into this it was terrifying. The previous owner had taken it to a non-Chrysler mechanic who said it was unfixable. I searched the internet for like a month until I discovered the term “Death Wobble”. My XJ is really old and the suspension is sloppy, but so far replacing steering stabilizers has kept it in check. It chews them up though, I have to change them every 2-3 years.

[@ronr149]

Great video! Thanks for the info

[@user-ls5mt6rn6g]

Very informative Thank you!

[@Bulletz4Breakfast13]

Tyler Potter, very good video!

[@r.weaver3769]

Back when I was working doing a lot of alignments. I got in a brand new 2004 Grand Cherokee with rough country lift and 31" tires, and horrible death wobble @40 mph. Everything was good, even @ 500 miles on the clock, those tie rod ends had that play. Like you I thought they were bad, Dealer replaced under warranty and play was in new parts. So, to further diagnose, we fooled with tires, nothing. Off road shop said toe out, It worked, but I didn't want to introduce tire wear. So I decided to check all the other angles, SAI, Caster...So I reduced caster, it death wobble started @ 20 mph, I extended the lower arms, shortened upper, helped but wrong pinion angle. I increased caster with upper ball joint bushings again helped, death wobble was almost non-issue, but I was like a pit bull at this point, I found offset lower ball joints, increased caster to 4 degrees, and after 30k of regular checks and several other fixed lifted 4x4, no abnormal tire wear no death wobble, albeit it is not recommended for rock crawlers. I fixed all the death wobble problems, including the ones who just toed out and ate tires in 10k or less. Note, GM will not replace tie rods or ball joints if slack is within their acceptable range, don't ask me how I know...

[@jotamad5605]

thanks all the way down from Chile! i have two of these, one WK 3.7 2010 with no issues, and my WJ 2001 4.0 with a recent death wobble... i hope this is the answer!

[@stevejuststuff2779]

Good video. Thank You