What was the problem with the Dodge death wobble?
After looking back through the shop’s records, they found that a few death wobbles they had trouble solving on a few Dodges actually came down to replacing the pitman arm. They replaced this and it “seemed” to fix the problem.
What finally fixed our death wobble after two years?
A set of Bilstein 5100 Series shocks fixed our death wobble problem. After two years and several thousand dollars of front end suspension repairs, nothing helped the death wobble on our F250 until we tried these. It continued after all the repairs covered below until an off road shop suggested these shocks.
What should I do about my truck’s death wobble?
Took truck to shop #2 and had the ball joints (which never seemed bad) and all shocks replaced again (including stabilizer) since the truck had been taking a real beating when this would happen. Again, good for a short time, then the death wobble would happen again.
Why does my Ford F250 have death wobble?
Read our story. Our Ford F250 4×4 began to experience the ‘ death wobble ‘ at around 80,000 miles. It is a stock vehicle with no lift or big tires. After several thousand dollars in repairs and a couple of years without a fix, we finally found something that worked.
After looking back through the shop’s records, they found that a few death wobbles they had trouble solving on a few Dodges actually came down to replacing the pitman arm. They replaced this and it “seemed” to fix the problem.
A set of Bilstein 5100 Series shocks fixed our death wobble problem. After two years and several thousand dollars of front end suspension repairs, nothing helped the death wobble on our F250 until we tried these. It continued after all the repairs covered below until an off road shop suggested these shocks.
What causes a death wobble on a lifted truck?
Owners of lifted trucks, make sure your shop of choice has experience doing alignments on lifted trucks, as defaulting to OEM settings will not suffice. A commonly overlooked ingredient in death wobble is tire pressure. Under-inflation, over-inflation and drastically different pressures in tires can all contribute to a death wobble episode.
Can a worn out set of tires cause a death wobble?
A worn out set of unbalanced tires can easily spur a death wobble incident if the conditions are right. To guard against this, keep your tires rotated every 3,000 to 6,000 miles and, if you can swing it, have them re-balanced regularly too.