Shift from 3rd to 4th gear and it starts to wobble, even if i slow down the wobble gets worse to the point it shakes the wheel from my hands. Needing some advice on what to look for or do to fix this. Its practically undrivable.
Shift from 3rd to 4th gear and it starts to wobble, even if i slow down the wobble gets worse to the point it shakes the wheel from my hands. Needing some advice on what to look for or do to fix this. Its practically undrivable.
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Look up dry steering test to find loose or worn steering parts.
^ This first. And have your tire balance checked.Welcome
Look up dry steering test to find loose or worn steering parts.
had it bad, everyone here saying " oh, tires not balanced correctly ".
re-balance re-balance re-balance re-balance 4 times with random rotation of brand new tires. wrong, zero affect or problem fix.
maybe the right thing for some people, but not me.
track bar worn the hell out , install new one, problem instantly gone and remains gone a year and a half later ...
had it bad, everyone here saying " oh, tires not balanced correctly ".
re-balance re-balance re-balance re-balance 4 times with random rotation of brand new tires. wrong, zero affect or problem fix.
maybe the right thing for some people, but not me.
track bar worn the hell out , install new one, problem instantly gone and remains gone a year and a half later ...
had it bad, everyone here saying " oh, tires not balanced correctly ".
re-balance re-balance re-balance re-balance 4 times with random rotation of brand new tires. wrong, zero affect or problem fix.
maybe the right thing for some people, but not me.
track bar worn the hell out , install new one, problem instantly gone and remains gone a year and a half later ...
Tire balance is a good first step if everything else looks good.
Obviously, you should have found the trackbar first if it was 'worn the hell out'.
Yeah, I had that problem recently and my mechanic said it was loose or worn out parts in my steering box. Horrible death wobble at 45 MPH. My nice mechanic fixed it and still hasn't charged me for it.
I'm not saying that tire balancing is THE answer, but it is for most death wobble. I'm saying to have the tires balanced BEFORE throwing parts at it. If that's not it, at least you have eliminated it, and relatively cheaply, too. If it is, you don't have to do a dry steer test or look for anything else.
Before you balance you can swap rears to the front- it will reveal one of 3 things-
-no dw- means your back tires are balanced good and the front need balanced
- dw - means either back tires need balancing- or - both front and rear are good and you need to keep looking (dry test)
I dry test first, then test it running, then switch tires - simply because its easiest , not a rule
had it bad, everyone here saying " oh, tires not balanced correctly ".
re-balance re-balance re-balance re-balance 4 times with random rotation of brand new tires. wrong, zero affect or problem fix.
maybe the right thing for some people, but not me.
track bar worn the hell out , install new one, problem instantly gone and remains gone a year and a half later ...
He's not even the OP. If every problem had the exact same solution then there would no need for words like differences, variations, etc. If I have a coolant leak does it mean that it is always from the water pump? Nope.
Death Wobble is pretty bad. AWFUL Death Wobble is distributed by The Department Of Redundancy Department, and even then, only in extreme cases of unnecessarily unneedful extremes.