Death Wobble!

experience the famous Dodge death wobble.

[dz]

Ball joints on my Ram was the majority of it. Change to a T style steering helps too. Track bar has a ball joint on one end.

[jeffwolf]

An extremely common thing to happen to a Jeep, Chrysler and Dodge vehicles!

[davidmowat]

Assuming the suspension components are all up to snuff, Adjust the toe out slightly. The take it for a drive. If it’s better but still there adjust it out slightly more. If you go to far obviously you will cause increased tire wear.

[jeepsblackpowderandlights]

had this on my moms 98 Grand Cherokee many years ago when it hit a big bump at speed.. New steering stabilizer stopped it.. but that was like 10 years ago. It needs new control arms now, as its wearing out the tires

[THatChevyguy]

So I got a Cherokee that’s about 8 inches of lift long travel control arms hemi joint steering beefy stuff . Running on 35inc beadlocks and if my tire pressure gets low it will get death wobble . It’s a wheeler that I drive on the streets to go play and run the family around town a bit .

[elchorizero]

01 tj, u-joints and ball joints with very little play but together caused DW

[Timanddonnawashburn]

I just adjusted the screw on top the gear box and it took the slack out.

[leapyear]

Sold my POS Ram and bought a tundra. Problem solved.

[Steve-ek]

My semi had that. They put friggin aluminum chock blocks under the leaf springs. Don't ask me why.
Yeah that's scary in a friggin semi fully loaded haha😂

[fireguy]

Hey Tom. Wow I’ve been messaging you a lot lately. Wanted to know if you ever found out what was causing this? I’ve got a 1999 Dodge ram 1500 4x4. Damn thing shook so bad it bent the left inner tie rod. Checked all the other stuff everything feels tight, shocks are bad. Sucks because I did replace all the ball joints and tie rods track bar, end links and redhead gearbox (which is now leaking after this)! Shoulda bought a ford…

[randybloomfield]

Steering damper is faulty. Don't care if it's new

[gilligan]

I had a death wobble and the crazy thing is the rear tire had thrown the balance weights off. Check for a bent rim and possibly the drive line? Good luck. Sorry if I'm wrong.

[bluecollorboss]

Tighten the balls out of the steering stabilizer

[edouardravenelle]

Your wheels are probably just unbalanced