DrJ
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Just experienced the death wobble for the first time.
About 2 weeks ago I installed my 2” Mopar lift, 1.5” leveling kit on the front and 3/4” spacer kit on the rear. It was running great, highway speeds, twisty/bumpy roads without issue.
I installed a rubicon adjustable front track bar to center the axle and fox 2.0 TS steering stabilizer yesterday. It was running fine up to about 60 mph and on some twisty roads, again, no issues.
Today I had it aligned at Firestone (got the lifetime unlimited package). They said numbers weren’t too far out, and the tech apparently owns lots of Jeeps. Within 10 miles at highway speed and around a long corner with a bump I experienced the death wobble. It happened a couple more times at lower speeds as I limped it back to Firestone where they told me my front driver spring was installed incorrectly.
Just seems weird that it drove fine and as soon as I got the alignment this issue popped up?
It does appear however, that the top of the spring isn’t seated properly, although the upper isolator and leveling spacers are installed correctly. Also, I noticed the lower isolator that came with the Mopar kit is an exact copy of the right lower isolator (parts 68427380AA & 68342250AC respectively). Also noticed that the the driver side spring sits very close to the upper sway bar link (see pictures attached). In the install manual the isolators are supposed to be mirrored parts for the different sides, not the exact same part as it looks like I received. I did verify on the actual parts that the numbers were correct prior to install.
Did the Mopar kit somehow not have the correct isolators or did the part get mislabeled prior to being packaged?
If so, just want confirmation before I get it on jack stand without the part in hand.
Thanks in advance for any help,
Jason
About 2 weeks ago I installed my 2” Mopar lift, 1.5” leveling kit on the front and 3/4” spacer kit on the rear. It was running great, highway speeds, twisty/bumpy roads without issue.
I installed a rubicon adjustable front track bar to center the axle and fox 2.0 TS steering stabilizer yesterday. It was running fine up to about 60 mph and on some twisty roads, again, no issues.
Today I had it aligned at Firestone (got the lifetime unlimited package). They said numbers weren’t too far out, and the tech apparently owns lots of Jeeps. Within 10 miles at highway speed and around a long corner with a bump I experienced the death wobble. It happened a couple more times at lower speeds as I limped it back to Firestone where they told me my front driver spring was installed incorrectly.
Just seems weird that it drove fine and as soon as I got the alignment this issue popped up?
It does appear however, that the top of the spring isn’t seated properly, although the upper isolator and leveling spacers are installed correctly. Also, I noticed the lower isolator that came with the Mopar kit is an exact copy of the right lower isolator (parts 68427380AA & 68342250AC respectively). Also noticed that the the driver side spring sits very close to the upper sway bar link (see pictures attached). In the install manual the isolators are supposed to be mirrored parts for the different sides, not the exact same part as it looks like I received. I did verify on the actual parts that the numbers were correct prior to install.
Did the Mopar kit somehow not have the correct isolators or did the part get mislabeled prior to being packaged?
If so, just want confirmation before I get it on jack stand without the part in hand.
Thanks in advance for any help,
Jason
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