Hi all! New to the community but not new to TJs!
I recently bought a 2000 TJ Sport 4.0 that already had a good amount of work done to it.
•4" suspension lift
•35" MT Baja Boss tires with KMC XD 17" bead lock wheels
•Steinjager adjustable track bar.
•1.5" Transfer case drop kit but no SYE
•Aftermarket fixed lower CAs on front and back (don't know the brand)
•Also has a drop pitman arm which I am going to replace with a stock one
Other than that the rest of it appears to be stock.
The PO had told me about a wobble between 35-40 mph, I test drove it and it was more around 30-35 mph but whatever. I got it home and did the steer test and saw that the front track bar was loose at the axle and at the jam nut. I also noticed that the rear track bar was bolted but not tight at all. I tightened everything up and there was no more wobble.
However, the Jeep was wandering pretty bad and being difficult to keep straight in addition to throwing me all over whenever I hit the slightest bump. I checked and the tires were sitting at around 40 PSI. I saw that there were no sticky weights in the rim so I assumed there were beads in it. I took it in to get tires checked out and balanced and turns out there weren't even beads in them. I took it in and the tires balanced at 26 PSI, driving home was so much smoother even at 75 mph however I'm still getting wobble. It's happening intermittently around 30ish mph when I'm slowly getting up to speed but If I'm accelerating quickly up to 40 or 50 it doesn't happen and also happens at times when I'm braking but not always.
I checked my alignment last week per the instructions found here on the forum which were extremely useful and saw that it had no toe at all. I adjusted it so it's at 1/8"
Caster angle appears to be 6º on the driver side and 7º on the passenger side.
I am planning on upgrading the steering linkage later to something more heavy duty as it is still stock the tie rods aren't busted but the boots have a couple holes in them. Other than that, there doesn't seem to be anything concerning with the current drag link and tie rod.
The lower CAs on the front and rear have some play.
I can't say for sure if this the dreaded death wobble, but either way I'm trying to isolate the issue and get to the root cause of it without throwing money and parts at it.
I'm attaching some photos and videos of the set up and what's going on. I've done a lot of perusing through the forum and threads to try and get this figured out and decided it was time to reach out and see if any of you fine folks can offer some insight! Thanks y'all!
I recently bought a 2000 TJ Sport 4.0 that already had a good amount of work done to it.
•4" suspension lift
•35" MT Baja Boss tires with KMC XD 17" bead lock wheels
•Steinjager adjustable track bar.
•1.5" Transfer case drop kit but no SYE
•Aftermarket fixed lower CAs on front and back (don't know the brand)
•Also has a drop pitman arm which I am going to replace with a stock one
Other than that the rest of it appears to be stock.
The PO had told me about a wobble between 35-40 mph, I test drove it and it was more around 30-35 mph but whatever. I got it home and did the steer test and saw that the front track bar was loose at the axle and at the jam nut. I also noticed that the rear track bar was bolted but not tight at all. I tightened everything up and there was no more wobble.
However, the Jeep was wandering pretty bad and being difficult to keep straight in addition to throwing me all over whenever I hit the slightest bump. I checked and the tires were sitting at around 40 PSI. I saw that there were no sticky weights in the rim so I assumed there were beads in it. I took it in to get tires checked out and balanced and turns out there weren't even beads in them. I took it in and the tires balanced at 26 PSI, driving home was so much smoother even at 75 mph however I'm still getting wobble. It's happening intermittently around 30ish mph when I'm slowly getting up to speed but If I'm accelerating quickly up to 40 or 50 it doesn't happen and also happens at times when I'm braking but not always.
I checked my alignment last week per the instructions found here on the forum which were extremely useful and saw that it had no toe at all. I adjusted it so it's at 1/8"
Caster angle appears to be 6º on the driver side and 7º on the passenger side.
I am planning on upgrading the steering linkage later to something more heavy duty as it is still stock the tie rods aren't busted but the boots have a couple holes in them. Other than that, there doesn't seem to be anything concerning with the current drag link and tie rod.
The lower CAs on the front and rear have some play.
I can't say for sure if this the dreaded death wobble, but either way I'm trying to isolate the issue and get to the root cause of it without throwing money and parts at it.
I'm attaching some photos and videos of the set up and what's going on. I've done a lot of perusing through the forum and threads to try and get this figured out and decided it was time to reach out and see if any of you fine folks can offer some insight! Thanks y'all!
