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    Death wobble AGAIN!?

    Pretty straightforward if you have decent tools and follow the directions. Make sure you block the side you are working on well, with wood blocks or very good commercial jack stands.
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    Death wobble AGAIN!?

    A follow up to my recent case; Swapping out the front tires got rid of the shake that probably caused the wobble in the first place. Goodby to another low mile set of General Ameri-550s that came on many of my GL wins. I notice that all four on this truck had a lot of tire weights bunched up...
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    Death wobble AGAIN!?

    Just got this 1008 fixed, mostly. Goes down the road and no wobble. Now that it is tightened up, I detect an unbalanced feeling form right front tire, which is where shake originated. Maybe a ply let go or something, they are old tires. Have to deal with them soon anyway due to dry rot...
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    Death wobble AGAIN!?

    Well, please let us know what you find out. Have fixed 3 CUCVs with the wobble, and have encountered problems I listed above, no doubt there could be other factors. The 1008 I've been driving this winter just got it bad a few days ago. The back is full of ice and a pallet of frozen compost...
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    Death wobble AGAIN!?

    I don't know, the 'death wobble' is pretty hard on the stabilizer, might have wrecked it. Besides stabilizer, things I have found as contributers to death wobble, most common to least; Drag link ends (the tie rod from steering gear). Tie rod ends. King pin bushing/spring. Seized or failed...
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