Two suggestions... first and most important, get your tires balanced PERFECTLY. I don't care if they were recently balanced, few shops will take the time it takes to get them balanced well enough so they won't cause a shimmy or at times even DW. Have a heart-to-heart talk with the guy who will be doing the balancing before he starts. Tell him you're experiencing DW and he needs to spend extra time to get them perfect. And for him to tell you if he can't get them perfect. I had to return to my local Discount TIre shop twice the same day after they balanced my tires before they figured out they need to spend the time to get them balanced well enough. The bigger the tire, the more critical tire balance becomes.
Second, do a dry steering test... have a helper repeatedly turn the steering wheel back & forth while you look for anything loose that shouldn't be... like side-to-side slop at points like where the track bar is bolted to the axle. Look at everything including the control arm mounts, tie rod ends, track bar, drag link, etc.
DW is commonly caused by a combination of things, often an imperfectly balanced tire to serve as its trigger, together with something loose or worn to let the oscillations caused by the out of balance tire to build up to the point of DW.
That's why I'll only buy my tires from a local source, it's just too hard to take care of problems with them if you bought them over the internet. And most local retail tire stores will either meet online pricing if you push them to, or they'll come close enough to make it worth it to buy local. Not to mention buying local helps to keep our local communities employed.I went thru much the same experience at my local Big O tire store in Utah. They "force balanced" my MT MTZ three different time and never did get them just right. I dealt with this particular store for over 20 years and trust them. I bought the tires and wheels thru Quadratec or as Big O suggested would have taken the defective tire back to the dealer! Finally got rid of the tires and problem was solved.
Ya Jerry it was definitely a lesson learned !That's why I'll only buy my tires from a local source, it's just too hard to take care of problems with them if you bought them over the internet. And most local retail tire stores will either meet online pricing if you push them to, or they'll come close enough to make it worth it to buy local. Not to mention buying local helps to keep our local communities employed.
Find out what your tire allowance is and what brand & model tire the dealer is planning to install. It may be a good idea, depending on the tire they're including, to upgrade them to a tire more worthy of a Jeep's purposes. Who knows, maybe the tire they're planning to install is better suited to a Fiat 500.The dealer I bought her from wrote a set of new tires at cost into my contract, fortunately! I'll be having new tires put on within the week hopefully!
Find out what your tire allowance is and what brand & model tire the dealer is planning to install. It may be a good idea, depending on the tire they're including, to upgrade them to a tire more worthy of a Jeep's purposes. Who knows, maybe the tire they're planning to install is better suited to a Fiat 500.
Vibration sure sounds like unbalanced tires.Ok. So new tires are on, tie Rod assembly has been replaced and they balanced and aligned it... BUT they inform me that it has negative camber (2 degrees) so it can't be perfectly aligned... The steering wheel vibrates (not DW style) they say to get the camber to negative (offset ball joints?) it'll cost me $700 ish ...do I need to worry about camber? Perhaps it was done on purpose? From what I understand, a negative camber increases handling performance in some situations... The wheel didn't vibrate when I bought it, so I can't see why the camber would have anything to do with that... What am I missing?
PS: haven't had anymore DW.
Synergy ball joints have earned an abysmal reputation, they're expensive poor quality junk in my personal opinion. I don't think you can beat the Spicers that come in the TJ, or for an upgrade, the upgraded stronger Spicer ball joint at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00UTD76GY/?tag=wranglerorg-20
Yes you did exactly, I should have said X2 in the beginning... and I will add that now.That's kinda what I said.