What’s funny too is that the steer smarts yeti Xd sector shaft brace also came with a brand new 9/16” shouldered bolt. But didn’t change a thing, only showed the presence of the worn out bushing along with the 25 degree temp.
Dont have any laying around, also Chrysler would never approve that as a fix as why would it need it but another vehicle dosent
I will say, I have NEVER personally seen any JL/JTs with the steel knuckles stock have any of the shimmy/wobble concerns. Maybe someone can show an example. Parts changed is one thing, but never on stock.All this time I thought the death wobble was self induced by folks making changes to their stock Jeeps...
I was not aware that this was present in some Jeeps directly from the factory. Or, even worse, that it was just a matter of time for it to manifest even in those vehicles that did not suffered from it from the start.
I only have less than 3,000 miles on my 2022 Jeep Gladiator Mojave. Nothing so far. I can even be driving at any speed from 55-80 and this thing tracks nicely.
I look at the components and they all look so frigging beefy...
Learned something today...
Tell him to 100 % change his ball joints first and replace them with something high quality ! The Eco may have a little heavier ball joint from stock due to the added weight.
Glad yours is fixed! But this makes my fears as a tech true. Either I say new Knuckles and steering for everyone thats comes in with anything more then the small shimmy. Or I play the painful game of one part at a timeUPDATE !!! Guys I can’t thank all of y’all enough for all your help ! So I had a set of American Iron ball joint deletes on order. Replaced the factory ball joints and my death wobble is GONE !!! I can go back to enjoying my gladiator as I should once again and it’s such a relief. If anyone has the same issues with death wobble and your suspension and steering feels tight...trust me and replace your ball joints and with something high quality !!! There was absolutely no physical or visual indication that mine would be bad but they were ! And I can’t thank Josh from American Iron ??enough as he personally took all my phone calls even on his way out to King of the Hammers !! Josh is an amazing young man and has exceptional customer service ! Here’s a picture of my gladiator for y’all before all the steering upgrades chasing this ghost !
I’d play 4 ball joints at a time if everything else is checking out and nothing visually worn. The factory lowers I like to never got out of the knuckles. But when I did there was a significant difference in feel of them. The top felt like a normal ball joint but yet upper or lower seemed to feel worn out. But the lowers were filled with a sort of white liquid and the whole thing felt like it was floating in jello...no joke. You could not feel the socket like you normally can feel the ball rolling in the socket of a normal ball joint. I’d say ball joints just in my opinion would fix more than half of all death wobble cases if everything else seems good. Also....my Rubicon has the aluminum outer knuckles. And I did not change them I left them.
This kinda goes along with my stament of steel knuckles. Gas none Mojaves have alluminum. Diesel and Mojaves have steel
There is no one single fix. You can't say "ball joints will fix it" because for some it's been loose parts, for others it's been tires, and the list goes on.
There is no correlation, no pattern, no simple fix. You can't compare like that.
I guess I should say as far as the shimmy goes of alluminum vs Steel. True death wobble is a whole different story that yes like you say, is possible by many things. As far as the shimmy goes though, the given is the stock damper sucks, still, everything else is a crap shoot
I experienced my first death wobble after the dealer warrantied my aluminum box for steel one. First few hundred miles were ok, the steering felt the same as the aluminum box. I then got the death wobble and checked all my front suspension torque. Gearbox bolts were the only thing loose. after a 500 mile trip to Death Valley and some off-roading, no death wobble. It had to be the gear box bolts since everything else was pretty much at torque. As you said, the slightest amount loose caused enough deflection to give me the wobble. Also, my steering finally felt tighter and I can actually feel how better the steel box is than my old aluminum. So everyone, CHECK YOUR GEARBOX BOLTS. Don’t trust the dealer.
