Has anyone found a surefire answer to the death wobble? I am about to pull my hair out, I have replaced the steering shock, raised the tire pressure, (mind you I am going to try even more air). Got a wheel alignment and still,,,,,WOBBLE. Mine started doing this well before I put in my leveling kit. Somewheres in the middle of the life of my toyo 285's

Kevin

 

Where is your caster set?

 

im not sure,, whatever is stock dodge spec's. I just had the wheel alignment done by the local dodge dealership

 

More caster is the only thing that ever gets rid of it. You want at least 3.5-4*.

The factory alignment specs have a pretty broad range for them to call it "within specs".

 

I agree with the above- the alignment needs to be "finessed"- caster needs to be over 3 degrees. Any component with slop needs to be addressed, the steering gear needs to be adjusted. Aftermarket components such as a lift, levelling kit, larger tires, larger wheels (or different offset from stock) all contribute to this condition, and with any of the above I would consider adding a second steering damper.

Doing these suggested repairs will help to minimize the condition, but there isn't any one specific thing that causes it, or will eliminate it.

 

Thanks for the replies, i am going to go back to the dealership tomorrow, I will have them adjust it as such!

 

[rant on] IT IS NOT DEATH WOBBLE! Anyone with a slight vibration seems to want to call it death wobble anymore. Real death wobble is downright scary. It'll shake the truck to the point of it wanting to come off the road. It is a harmonic vibration that gets worse and worse until you can't even hold on to the steering wheel. The steady vibration you get from your tires being out of balance or your alignment being off IS NOT DEATH WOBBLE. Death wobble is caused by something loose in the steering, most likely the track bar (panhard). I know from experience with my Jeep. I also wrecked it a couple months ago due to the death wobble. It was so bad that I also went off the road. The steering wheel shook 90 degrees in both directions the Jeep shuddered like I was on giant rumble strips. I just wish folks would stop calling any vibration they get "death wobble". You WILL know DW if you ever get it. OK, my rant is finished. [/rant off]

BTW, a larger steering stabilizer will just mask a vibration problem. You need to address the real issue of mis-alignment and worn steering components FIRST.

 

trust me,, I know the difference from a vibration and a death wobble. My tires are bouncing allmost a foot. Losing control and everything,, have to hit brakes hard to get out of it. Started with stock suspension, with toyo 285's about half way throught their life, then I did the 2" leveling kit.

 

Also I have gone through all the front end components for any slight amount of wear, which there is none,, tight as a banjo string. even the wheel alignment tech re checked it

 

read what djgaston has to say in this thread. He really knows what he is talking about.

https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...t=death+wobble

 

I have checked,, and rechecked every component in my front end,, everything is nice and tight,, not worn,, had 2 other mechanics look at it 2, with the same findings. I dont think my problem is track bar related as this fellow is mentioning

 

I had the same thing on my 2003 and it ended up being the steering box. Since then I have had two other freinds with 2004's have the "death wobble" problem and both were fixed by replacing the steering box.