Gren71
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2020 Sport S
2in IRO spacer lift
255/75/17 Dueler ATs (balanced easily on 17in MOPAR steel rims)
--> I had 285/75/17 on for a while but went back to a smaller size recently.
Core 4x4 adjustable track bar
MPP LCAs on the front
FOX single tube stabilizer on OEM mounts.
just had an "alignment" done at my dealership not long ago and they said everything was good. I didn't get a print out...rookie mistake.
new steel steering box installed, roughly 20,000 miles ago
currently 56,000 miles
NEVER had this problem before with this JT.
Ive been chasing a little loose feeling in my steering wheel over the last couple of weeks. Time has been tight so its been intermittent probing, but I havent found anything notable yet. I had a quadratec duel steering stabilizer sitting in my pile of jeep stuff to do so i decided to throw it on. I was feeling like the fox stabilizer just wasnt doing to job anymore, despite only having maybe 40,000 miles on it.
The slack in my steering wheel disappeared and the JT felt amazing again. Which I know means the duel stabilizer is just a band-aid until I find the real problem.
While driving home last night I hit a small, insignificant, bump in the road and had violent death wobble. The kind that I had to slow down to 10mph to get to stop. I'm thankful it was midnight and no one else was on the road because it could have been bad needing to slow down so fast in traffic. While driving in this morning I hit another random bump and felt a little wiggle, making me think the wobble was going to start. It did not, but now im more concerned...and confused.
I followed all install instructions and ensured each tube was measured properly and was equal length after the test drive, with the wheels straight.
So my questions are...
Has any one else had this happen with the duel stabilizer? Im thinking that is the cause some how since it never occurred once before it was put on.
Why wouldn't the duel stabilizer actually "solve" a bit of the death wobble...doesn't make sense to me that it was so violent.
What is another option for a stabilizer? If the duels system is somehow causing, or exacerbating, my problem than maybe going back to a single tube will make it "normal" again. Im a little disappointed with the $195 fox stabilizer since it only lasted 40k-ish...but thats better to deal with than the death wobble.
At a minimum Ill be driving home from work on it tonight. And maybe leaving it on as a bit of an experiment.
2in IRO spacer lift
255/75/17 Dueler ATs (balanced easily on 17in MOPAR steel rims)
--> I had 285/75/17 on for a while but went back to a smaller size recently.
Core 4x4 adjustable track bar
MPP LCAs on the front
FOX single tube stabilizer on OEM mounts.
just had an "alignment" done at my dealership not long ago and they said everything was good. I didn't get a print out...rookie mistake.
new steel steering box installed, roughly 20,000 miles ago
currently 56,000 miles
NEVER had this problem before with this JT.
Ive been chasing a little loose feeling in my steering wheel over the last couple of weeks. Time has been tight so its been intermittent probing, but I havent found anything notable yet. I had a quadratec duel steering stabilizer sitting in my pile of jeep stuff to do so i decided to throw it on. I was feeling like the fox stabilizer just wasnt doing to job anymore, despite only having maybe 40,000 miles on it.
The slack in my steering wheel disappeared and the JT felt amazing again. Which I know means the duel stabilizer is just a band-aid until I find the real problem.
While driving home last night I hit a small, insignificant, bump in the road and had violent death wobble. The kind that I had to slow down to 10mph to get to stop. I'm thankful it was midnight and no one else was on the road because it could have been bad needing to slow down so fast in traffic. While driving in this morning I hit another random bump and felt a little wiggle, making me think the wobble was going to start. It did not, but now im more concerned...and confused.
I followed all install instructions and ensured each tube was measured properly and was equal length after the test drive, with the wheels straight.
So my questions are...
Has any one else had this happen with the duel stabilizer? Im thinking that is the cause some how since it never occurred once before it was put on.
Why wouldn't the duel stabilizer actually "solve" a bit of the death wobble...doesn't make sense to me that it was so violent.
What is another option for a stabilizer? If the duels system is somehow causing, or exacerbating, my problem than maybe going back to a single tube will make it "normal" again. Im a little disappointed with the $195 fox stabilizer since it only lasted 40k-ish...but thats better to deal with than the death wobble.
At a minimum Ill be driving home from work on it tonight. And maybe leaving it on as a bit of an experiment.
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