Still having death wobble issues

[Cooper Smith]

I had a little wobble starting at 62 mph back in july 2015. Jeep was sporting a new HP30, 3" savvy lift, BBK, 1" body lift, TT and so on. Balance - no change. New tires another set of 33" MT/Rs and balance - no change. Some colorful language. Finally i decided to swap out the chinese ProComp steelies for some nice forged aluminum american made Centerlines ( I think 275 bucks apiece for 5) Balanced.

I left the tire shop headed home 10 miles on freeway. It was like she was running on rails. Hands free perfect at 70 MPH. I called the tire shop before i even made it home to report the success.

Eventually sold those crappy procomp wheels to a YJ owner I met in a restaurant for $20 each. I even told him my story and said they sucked. He Still wanted them.

I put a new set of KO2s on a couple weeks ago. Gave the jeep the 70MPH test to check balance and suspension. Ran straight down the freeway like 8 years ago.

YJ’s (I believe) don’t get death wobble like we do. Something to do with the front leafs. As for my 31’s that had a little bit of a shimmy… Don’t get straight axle tires done at Walmart. Or at all. I tried to cut corners on a 2” lift and bigger than stock tires and it bit me in the ass. Find a good tire shop. Use quality parts. Bushings, TRE, what have you. Do things right. I have spent so much time and money because I cut corners. Being cheap may work on a 20 year old Honda, but not a 20 year old Dana 30. Good tires, good shops. Discount Tire got my balance pretty damn good, and ground and sealed my oxidating beads. Walmart did a terrible job.

TLDR get good tires and make sure the dude mounting them knows what he’s doing. Don’t cheap out. See balancing weights above/below.

 

[tr21triton]

I guess I'm lucky, my Walmart guys do a good job. but I live way out in the country and they're not real busy so they take their time and get it right...

 

[AndyG]

I guess I'm lucky, my Walmart guys do a good job. but I live way out in the country and they're not real busy so they take their time and get it right...

They want you to leave and not come back is what it is

 

[tr21triton]

They want you to leave and not come back is what it is

that's fine with me, I don't want to see them again either for another 5k miles

 

[Jerry Bransford]

YJ’s (I believe) don’t get death wobble like we do. Something to do with the front leafs. As for my 31’s that had a little bit of a shimmy… Don’t get straight axle tires done at Walmart. Or at all. I tried to cut corners on a 2” lift and bigger than stock tires and it bit me in the ass. Find a good tire shop. Use quality parts. Bushings, TRE, what have you. Do things right. I have spent so much time and money because I cut corners. Being cheap may work on a 20 year old Honda, but not a 20 year old Dana 30. Good tires, good shops. Discount Tire got my balance pretty damn good, and ground and sealed my oxidating beads. Walmart did a terrible job.

TLDR get good tires and make sure the dude mounting them knows what he’s doing. Don’t cheap out. See balancing weights above/below.

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I had 8-10" of those fall off in my garage, they didn't clean the surface first before sticking them onto the wheel.

 

[JMT]

I had 8-10" of those fall off in my garage, they didn't clean the surface first before sticking them onto the wheel.

Exactly, they didn't clean off the wheels properly. Even though I trust my tire shop entirely, I still remove the wheels and scrub them clean them before I drive to the tire shop. That way I know they are pretty clean.

 

[JMT]

YJ’s (I believe) don’t get death wobble like we do. Something to do with the front leafs. As for my 31’s that had a little bit of a shimmy… Don’t get straight axle tires done at Walmart. Or at all. I tried to cut corners on a 2” lift and bigger than stock tires and it bit me in the ass. Find a good tire shop. Use quality parts. Bushings, TRE, what have you. Do things right. I have spent so much time and money because I cut corners. Being cheap may work on a 20 year old Honda, but not a 20 year old Dana 30. Good tires, good shops. Discount Tire got my balance pretty damn good, and ground and sealed my oxidating beads. Walmart did a terrible job.

TLDR get good tires and make sure the dude mounting them knows what he’s doing. Don’t cheap out. See balancing weights above/below.

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Put a little RTV on that weight and keep going.

 

[Cooper Smith]

Put a little RTV on that weight and keep going.

Got stock wheels and went down to 29’s. I have a 2.4. 31’s do not work with 4.11’s with a 4 banger