I was driving the other day and the frond driver side tire started to bounce like crazy. soon as i slowed down it stopped. i got out and looked at every thing i could see but every thing looked ok. toay it started to do it again. has any one ever had this trouble. . the truck is a 04.5 3/4ton 4x4 quad cab with 81000 on it. any body have any ideas????????????????

 

Welcome to "death wobble".

How old are you shocks?

What tires and rating are they?

 

QUOTE=no_6_oh_no;2353018]Welcome to "death wobble".

How old are you shocks?

What tires and rating are they?[/QUOTE]

More like, what is the condition of your entire front end? Ball joints, shocks, tie rods, track bar, tires...etc. Everything? Get it checked out. There are numerous parts under your truck that have been know to be the culprit of the death wobble.

Jason

 

most likely your tires. Happened to me till I got new one's. Replaced every part except the 4 link arms with the same result DW.

 

every thing is stock. i'm sure i need shocks. tires or bf goodrich 315x70x17 about 3/4 gone. i guess i will have it checked out. It does have a lot of ranch miles on it.

 

tires my friend.. Go get some new meats before you waste any money at the dealer.. Get a load range e tire.. I had the same problem on a brand new truck with 70percent worn bfg's.. New tires, never had prob again..34k later

 

Tossin it out there, fix o flat will SEVERLY unbalance a tire.

 

BFG's, there is you problem. Biggest POS tire EVER for these trucks and the #1 cause of DW.

 

You may have lost a weight on that rim. Get it balanced you should be fine.

 

My 285 BFG's do that as well some times. Depends on the road. If you don't slow down it just builds and builds. BFG's aren't a POS tire really...they just aren't a good match on our trucks. My buddy got 80k out of his on his 03 Chevy half ton. That's pretty decent. I think I'll be looking into something else with an E range next time though.

 

A lot of the death wobble comes from play in the steering box. I hear a lot of I have replaced everything then when they put on one of our Steering Box Braces or SBS it corrects the problem This is something that is VERY common to the Dodge trucks.

 

When I first got my truck, it had some off brand tire, I'd get the same kind of action out of the driver side front end tire. Turned out the tire had a broken cord on the inside and it was really screwing everything up. Always happened right at around 68-73mph. My guess is you probably have the same problem.

 

agreed i will never buy BFG again

 

I wouldn't want to have it "without" a steering brace. I imagine it could be within the realm of possibility to rip the steering box right off the frame with a bad case at high speed.

 

I suppose if it were mine I'd do the cheap stuff first...

Try rotating the tires and see if that changes.

Pull the shocks and feel how they go through their travel to see if there is a dead spot, or just replace them since they are due anyway.

Jack the thing up and check for play...