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Originally Posted by larryftmfw
How messed up is my suspension, I get death wobble above 40 mph
That picture honestly doesn't tell much. You need to get under there with someone turning the steering wheel and see if there is any slop/play in the joints. See how the control arm bushings look. When was the last time your tires were balanced? Do you have a bent wheel? Did you make any changes to cause this to happen or just start randomly? There are a lot of factors that you need to look into.
That picture honestly doesn't tell much. You need to get under there with someone turning the steering wheel and see if there is any slop/play in the joints. See how the control arm bushings look. When was the last time your tires were balanced? Do you have a bent wheel? Did you make any changes to cause this to happen or just start randomly? There are a lot of factors that you need to look into.
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Originally Posted by larryftmfw
did that today and the only play in anything is the steering box and pitman arm, the arm actually wobbles on the splines
I guess it wouldn’t hurt to get that fixed too because I’m sure the stock arm is trashed. Everything else looked okay tho nothing seemed loose
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Originally Posted by larryftmfw
I guess it wouldn’t hurt to get that fixed too because I’m sure the stock arm is trashed. Everything else looked okay tho nothing seemed loose
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Your rigs steering has been modified by transferring draglink to top of steering knuckle, will need to do the same with trackbar to keep the two parallel. There are mounts made just for this, relocating bar to on top of axle.
Pitman arm should not move/wiggle on steering output shaft. I suggest figuring out what is going on there, it is a safety issue. If that connection slips on the splines than you may not be able to control the vehicle, or the vehicle could go out of control and not respond to steering input.
It appears the drag link and trackbar (panhard bar) are not configured correctly. The two components should be parallel to each other when a line is drawn from end-point to end-point.
Your rigs steering has been modified by transferring draglink to top of steering knuckle, will need to do the same with trackbar to keep the two parallel. There are mounts made just for this, relocating bar to on top of axle.
Pitman arm should not move/wiggle on steering output shaft. I suggest figuring out what is going on there, it is a safety issue. If that connection slips on the splines than you may not be able to control the vehicle, or the vehicle could go out of control and not respond to steering input.
Your rigs steering has been modified by transferring draglink to top of steering knuckle, will need to do the same with trackbar to keep the two parallel. There are mounts made just for this, relocating bar to on top of axle.
Pitman arm should not move/wiggle on steering output shaft. I suggest figuring out what is going on there, it is a safety issue. If that connection slips on the splines than you may not be able to control the vehicle, or the vehicle could go out of control and not respond to steering input.
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Originally Posted by larryftmfw
This is a straight on picture of the suspension. Where I circled the track bar and drag link actually are parallel, it isn’t at the bottom tho as you can see.
If you draw a line from one end point to the other end point the two lines should be parallel like this
Looks like you have a couple options. Putting the drag link on the top of the pitman arm may get the steering closer to parallel or even parallel. That is how I have mine mounted, but I have a different track bar mount then you so I can't say 100%. Or you can mount the track bar over the axle by welding on a new bracket and getting a shorter track bar. Cav fab makes a kit that I'll probably go with I get around to it.
If you draw a line from one end point to the other end point the two lines should be parallel like thisAttachment 403190
If you draw a line from one end point to the other end point the two lines should be parallel like thisAttachment 403190