death wobble but steering wheel doesnt shake, what the hell?

[86rokee]

Originally Posted by muddeprived

You have a stock pitman arm on there right?


I read your original post and you said the wobble started right after you put on those 33's. Do you have another set of tires you can use to drive around and test? If the wobble started right after the tires were put on then I would think the tires are bad.

im tryn to get my buddy to get me the drop pitman, he has access to one from the guy he got his zj from . we put my tires on his jeep and i put my old 30s back on. he had no issues and my jeep wanted to wobble/shake with tires that never used to cause it. im pretty sure its in the steering or driveline

[muddeprived]

Originally Posted by 86rokee

im tryn to get my buddy to get me the drop pitman, he has access to one from the guy he got his zj from . we put my tires on his jeep and i put my old 30s back on. he had no issues and my jeep wanted to wobble/shake with tires that never used to cause it. im pretty sure its in the steering or driveline

Don't get the pitman arm. I was asking because you shouldn't have one on there unless you are running an aftermarket dropped trackbar as well. I was just checking because sometimes people throw on drop pitman arms without thinking about the trackbar.

[86rokee]

as far as the caster angle just set it as good as possible to reduce pinion angle?
the front drive line uj doesnt seem to be bad but i might just put in a new one just for the hell of it. once the old one is out i should be able to tell if it was bad. i might have a bent axle too, this car did hit a curb or something and push the entire axle over from the passenger side towards the drivers. so its possible my housing is slightly bent

[muddeprived]

Originally Posted by 86rokee

as far as the caster angle just set it as good as possible to reduce pinion angle?
the front drive line uj doesnt seem to be bad but i might just put in a new one just for the hell of it. once the old one is out i should be able to tell if it was bad. i might have a bent axle too, this car did hit a curb or something and push the entire axle over from the passenger side towards the drivers. so its possible my housing is slightly bent

You want to get the pinion angle set "good enough" to where you aren't getting any front vibes.

[86rokee]

Originally Posted by muddeprived

You want to get the pinion angle set "good enough" to where you aren't getting any front vibes.

point the pinion towards the tc spreading out the angle between it and the double cardin joint?

[86rokee]

when looking at the marks on the caster about where should it be?

[86rokee]

caster done and set right. drove around for a while. its not quite like dw but close. ive narrowed it down to a bad wheel bearing/axle or maybe the front driveline. theres a noise similar to a bad bad bearing but its slightly intermittent and it can get louder making turns or speeding up. so tomorrow i will remove the front driveline and install my new front uj while i have it out, take it for a drive and see if its the driveline. for now im jusr going to drive it around as is till i solve it.
well i just removed the front drive line and drove it, same deal, so its not the driveline. Im starting to wonder if i have a bent axle on the side that was hit that had a messed up lca bracket. if it hard enough to make the lca braket look like a "s" it was hard enough to screw up alot more stuff. i dont see how its a wheel bearing, it would have to be toast, all sloppy worn out and they didnt look even slightly funny 2 months ago on either side when i did the axle UJs