after i did the sas on the ranger if i go over 35 down the road it gets the death wobble real bad! what will cause that? its coil spring dana 44
Bushings
http://www.kevinsoffroad.com/how-to-fix-your-own-death-wobble/ (http://www.kevinsoffroad.com/how-to-fix-your-own-death-wobble/)
check castor and camber and ball joints. Also check for loose tie rods and ball joints
bad shocks, bad tires. or out of balance, thers a stablizer shock that goes on you steering arms, ==dunno. bad tierod ends. call me mike ill try to help ya. 989-666-4808
all of the above.... but I have just to remedied this problem on my doge, It was the track bar....cost about 100 bucks for the bar. and it was on a dana 44.
Do you still have the car steering? or something else. My nissan it was a bad idler arm
The bushings are new and I never put a steering stablazer on it
Check the tie rod ends
ducktape video camera under truck and go down the road
Quote from: lilred on April 11, 2012, 05:09:40 PM
ducktape video camera under truck and go down the road
x1000 I love that idea!
Sounds like it just drives like an old ford. My 78 has some nasty death wobble... my steering gear/ steering shaft have a lotta play in them.
Like ranger dave said tires. I know mud tires like lots of weight. Ive even had some 33s that wobbled.
I will vote on trackbar
Quote from: Swampthing on April 12, 2012, 02:15:47 AM
I will vote on trackbar
track bar is tight could the angle be wrong? it olny does it on pavment to!
are sure its tight, I thought mine was tight too..... have someone shake the steering wheel back and forth and look and all the ball joints and bushings and tie rods and track bar
is your trac bar and drag link on the same angle? or very close? is there something that triggers it like a bump or is it just speed? if it was speed i would check the tires first then i assume you still have rubber bushings in the trac bar? if you do throw it in the garbage and make a track bar with heims. i have replace every steering component bushing nut an bolt in every ford ive owned and heims in the trac bar and fresh rubber or tires worn well fixes it everytime.
track bar and drag link are the same angle ill have to have someone turn it and check it out
I would run a stabilizer regardless. i only run duals.
are you sure that alignment is right? toed out causes the death wobble too?
No I'm sure its not
Quote from: TRENT on April 11, 2012, 03:13:08 PM
after everything ya have just done its really hard to say what it might be, could be something simple or could be something major
X2
Quote from: lilred on April 11, 2012, 05:09:40 PM
ducktape video camera under truck and go down the road
Agreed. But the main issue is on the front end: fordd
bad ball joints bad wheel bearings pretty much anythiung in the front end i had a 95 ranger that did the same thing
Id check the ball joints