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Old Jul 22, 2007 | 12:43 AM
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death wobble only when breaking

ok finally got my first case of death wobble and it came after i have now taken out my lift and only when i'm breaking. do u guys think that it could be that i'm running dons 5+ bar on a stock truck with a stock pitman arm
also i have NO steering stabilzer on there at all
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Old Jul 22, 2007 | 03:08 AM
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I would put steering stabs on and see what it does then. Is there any weird angles on Don's bar? Or does it look normal? Is it a bad woble or minor, i.e. does the steering wheel shake or does the whole truck shake bad?
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Old Jul 22, 2007 | 12:31 PM
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whole truck shook BAD
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Old Jul 22, 2007 | 03:14 PM
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i had that problem take your truck and get it realined tell them the put the camber hard against the frame and square it forom there it cost me about ten grand to figure this out my truck dodnt do it if they alighn this way i now have 160000 on mine and it dont it eny more
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Old Jul 22, 2007 | 03:18 PM
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thanks blueboy i'll let them know that
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Old Jul 22, 2007 | 09:19 PM
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well i think i found the problem.....the toe was way off when i got it alinged. Well took it out for a drive and dang if it was still there. So i get home and ahve the neigbor come over and turn the steering wheel while i sit under the truck and dang if I dont find that i must have forgotten to fully tighten up the axle end of the trac-bar. Sooooo i tightened that and all is good.......i feel stupid but at least it was an easy fix.
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Old Jul 22, 2007 | 10:51 PM
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Glad you got it worked out. Better that its something small than dumping a ton of cash trying to figure it out.
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Old Jul 22, 2007 | 10:53 PM
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Better than having it fall off going down the road. The alignment guy should have noticed it.
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Old Jul 23, 2007 | 02:04 AM
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Better than having it fall off going down the road. The alignment guy should have noticed it.

thats what I after i fixed it and was telling the Pop he aggreed....but hey no harm no foul its all good now
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Old Jul 24, 2007 | 01:40 AM
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ok its back but only some times and only at about a certin range of break pressure soooooooooo i think its time for new pads and either turned rotors or new ones
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