Got to see the death wobble!!!
On Monday I was headed west on I-40 going into Albuquerque NM in the Peterbilt. I was passing a fairly new 4 door jeep wrangler when all of the sudden the front end started shaking like mad. The front tires were going all different directions. I thought I was fixin to see a wreck. The driver just very calmly eased over to the shoulder slowed it down until it quit and then got back on the road. As I watched him in the mirror not even a mile down the road it did it again:scare2: One of the wildest things I have ever seen. I have experienced the death wobble once in my old 97 Ram but never seen it. Oh BTW the jeep was stock.
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Its crazy lookin I seen a few vehicles do it before. Looks like the wheels are gonna shake right off
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Had a VW bug a 100 years ago and the dampener went out and it would do that if you hit a bump
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1910 VW Bug :humm:
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No it was a 1968, just seems longer back now oh and it did go away with a new dampener
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Originally Posted by DieselMinded
(Post 467161)
1910 VW Bug :humm:
Theres always one in a group:w2: The guy acted like it does this on a regular basis, one hand on the steering wheel:pca1: |
My jeep grand cherokee did that I reacted the same way just pull over and start again. It shook like hell sometimes out of the blue and sometimes just when you would hit a bump mostly from 50-55 if you could speed through that range you'd be ok. For the longest time I couldnt figure it out then I had had enough and set aside a weekend was going to tear the whole front end piece by piece started with the steering stabilizer got it off was WASTED!! went to the parts store got a new one slapped it on has been great ever since. But yea the death wobble can be some scarry shite.
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Id like to see it in slow motion. I bet we could figure out what causes it if we could see that! My truck did it so often that I did exactly what the jeep did, pull over and slow down till it stops and take off again. I used to get so mad Id swear my teeth were gonna shatter from clenching. 2007 truck (was one year old at the time) and 3 dealerships couldnt figure out what one of the dealerships did to cause my death wobble to start up. Steering stabilizer made it go away though.....hopefully forever!
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Originally Posted by Crude dude
(Post 467411)
Id like to see it in slow motion. I bet we could figure out what causes it if we could see that! My truck did it so often that I did exactly what the jeep did, pull over and slow down till it stops and take off again. I used to get so mad Id swear my teeth were gonna shatter from clenching. 2007 truck (was one year old at the time) and 3 dealerships couldnt figure out what one of the dealerships did to cause my death wobble to start up. Steering stabilizer made it go away though.....hopefully forever!
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To see it in slow motion on a big screen would be very helpful. All the other cars around him hit the skids and cleared a path.:run:
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