I am so frustrated

[AndyG]

I had it resting on the Warn tire carrier post with the top off, it acted like a chisel and hammer when the hood bounced around. It stretched the metal enough that I wont bother fixing it.

Craaaaap, sounds like me and my luck !

 

[astjp2]

Craaaaap, sounds like me and my luck !

Well at least I wont have to worry about denting it now!

 

[AndyG]

Well at least I wont have to worry about denting it now!

Exactly sometimes you enjoy something more when you don't have to worry about cosmetics.

 

[astjp2]

Yeah, I need to get the mechanical things fixed first, the driveshaft vibes are only there under acceleration or a heavy loading, so I am thinking that new ujoints are in order, but it may be I need to change the angle of the shaft or move the diff horizontially or a combination of all 3.

Once I get that fixed, then I can work on the death wobble problem. I look out the window and I can see the front wheel flopping left and right. It is not consistent in speed when it occurs and i able to stop it if I feeling it starting so I start slowing down and hard on the brakes seems to keep it under control.

 

[astjp2]

I realigned the rear axle and reset the pinion angle, it drives better, still need to get rid of the shit tires. This is what I started with.

 

[astjp2]

I got the wheel alignment back, @mrblaine and @Jerry Bransford were very helpful in providing guidance when setting up my control arms. With a tape measure, thrust and square was good, Caster is acceptable for a lift, camber is off due to a $100 axle being slightly bent. Well my steering wheel is straight, now to decide on what tires to get, that should get rid of the tendency for it to want to death wobble. It really wants to when induce a death wobble when I turn to the right, so I think that the left front tire is really shot. I can look out the window and see it going side to side at about 40-50 mph It smooths out at slightly above 50. Tim