Death Wobble

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Death Wobble

Post by Edge8970 » Mon May 06, 2013 11:13 am

Sorry if this has been talked about before, but has anyone encountered "Death Wobble" after a tire rotation? My truck was tight with no issues before it went in and now it's got a bad case of the DW. I had the dealership just rotate them back and I'm going to experiment with the tire pressure, balancing as well. Any advice or experience with this? I'm running 35's...

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Re: Death Wobble

Post by flattire » Mon May 06, 2013 12:17 pm

Haven't heard of that happening before. I wonder if a tire was somewhat out of balance but not causing issues and got moved to the front to make the D.W.

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Re: Death Wobble

Post by VA_Wagon Man » Mon May 06, 2013 12:38 pm

The BFG AT's were known to be an issue with dw, what tires are you running, and do you have the Y style steering linkage or the T style?

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Re: Death Wobble

Post by TwinStick » Mon May 06, 2013 1:00 pm

http://forum.powerwagonregistry.org/vie ... ble#p11981

See post #2. Could be simple. Could be not. Start with the cheapest things first. Lots of good info in this thread.

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Re: Death Wobble

Post by Edge8970 » Mon May 06, 2013 1:32 pm

thanks for the info, good thread.

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