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| ![]() Those bolts are for the oil seal. They will not affect wheel wobble. Jack up the front end and check for play in the front wheel about the vertical and horizontal axes. Play about the horizontal axis will mean that either your wheel bearings or king pin bearings are loose. Play about the vertical axis will indicate either loose wheel bearings or steering ball joints. |
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Suresh Last edited by Samurai : 13th March 2009 at 19:58. Reason: fixed the quote | |
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Team-BHP Support ![]() | ![]() The death wobble happens only on a stretch of patchy road at around 50kmph. I don't think I have any wheel wobble problem on good roads. |
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Ofcourse, this is only one of the things to check. Alfakilo and others have already mentioned the other parts - wheel bearings, kingpin bearings and steering ball joints to name a few. ps: The picture shown is of Sreeraj tightening the bolts on my Willys at the recent OTR. | |
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Senior - BHPian | ![]() Samurai, The 340 just keeps evolving eh? Lovely looking winch. Behram Dhabhar's advice does not fall on deaf ears ![]() http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/4x4-of...tml#post861433 As for the wobble I saw something about a stabilizer (shock absorber like..) which reduces wobble. searching for that thread/post Next on cards? Shoes for Muddy waters? |
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Senior - BHPian | ![]() a little OT can someone plese point me out in the direction of what a death wobble actually is??? |
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Fiddling with screws can spoil the threads. I was talking about tightening them properly. Iam a professional engineer with more than 25 years of hand on experience and I do not suggest something in a forum like this which Iam not sure of and it was based on my practical experience I suggested that and Iam sure that ithis is one of the many reasons for a wheel wobble Sreeraj and Anand(MM440) will vouch for it. So please do not brush aside just by "feelings"unless it is backed with practical experience Suresh | |
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Team-BHP Support ![]() | ![]() I finally decided to do the body work which I had postponed so long. That is because today I was put in touch with a very good bodywork shop owned by a highly skilled mechanic. This guy can drive the vehicle once and list out all the issues. When he saw the steering move up and down, he just said the steering column bush is loose. They were able to identify lots of issues in the body work and have given me a very decent quote. I am planning to get it done pretty soon. BTW, I upgraded to Amaron Harvest 90AH battery today, got 600 bucks for the old one. |
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Team-BHP Support ![]() | ![]() Hey, I don't know how to check for the problem myself. I'll have to depend on the local mechanics. And most mechanics don't appreciate being told how to fix a problem or how to look for one. |
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The joint where we fix the felt seal is basically a Knuckle joint. I fully agree with you that faulty kin pin bearings are one of the main reasons for a wheel wobble and if it is damaged or any other joint in the steering linakge is damaged/worn out including the steering box, tightening the seal will not cure the problem. But if everything else is in order, this will normally be the culprit. Why don't you loosen the felt seal bolts in your jeep and try out the effect?. Iam in agreement with you on the fact that it is good to fix the problem rather than supressing its symptoms by adding dampers etc. Also Iam sure you will agree with me that it is practically difficult to have 25 million years of experience in a human life ![]() regards Suresh | |
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