deuce shake

[agent_008_188]

Well my deuce is having a problem. at higher speeds 40 to 50 my deuce has a intermitent shacking of the front axle. The steering wheel shakes back and forth and then stops and then a few seconds later starts up again. I thought something might be unbalanced in my tire ( like mud) but its clean. all the steering stuff is on and seems tight. I don't know.....

 

[m16ty]

Does it do it all the time or just after it's been sitting for some time? Old bias-ply tires will develop flat spots after sitting and it takes a few miles down the road for them to smooth out. I know all my trucks will shake if they've been sitting for several days but it will go away after a couple of miles.

 

[agent_008_188]

all the time. this kind of shake is enough of a back and forth to make me slow down for fear of going off the road

 

[ctmustang]

my truck has the shake also. i'm a frontend man by trade and checked everything on the frontend and it's all good. put on 2 new tires and made an 70% improvement. only does it once in a while now. I kind of feel like it is a tire balance issue.

 

[m16ty]

Sounds like the begining of the "death wobble". Can't help you there. My brother has a m1008 that has the death wobble and we've been replacing parts and haven't stoped it yet.

 

[Parker2]

Could it be the front shocks? Just a guess, since everything else seems to be fine.

 

[Jeeperjoe]

I know death wobble can be fixed by doing alot of tourqing and checking of front end bolts on jeeps and wheelers, but not really sure about dueces...

 

[YankeeDuece]

Verify equal/full tire pressure on the front. If one tire is lower then the other will driving, a harmonic wobble will start and get increasingly worse until you change speed to cancel the effect.

 

[WillWagner]

Also, check the wheel bearings, you could have a loose one, and if the steering gear has a bunch of slop in it, that can add to the problem. Try bumping the tire pressure up a bit. Do 1 thing at a time so you know what fixes it.

Oh yeah, make sure the tie rod ends and the drag link sockets and balls arent worn out.

 

[kendelrio]

Check your rear tires also. I had 2 flats on the inners (already been beat up about it in another thread), and that caused a wobble in my front end around the same speed yours is....

 

[timntrucks]

my duece had that and i found that the mechs didnt drive down the locking ring on outer nut so it worked free., i tourqued it down and no more woble

 

[chowbutt]

Check the condition or the tie rod end and torque on the king pins bearing as the others have stated but you may needed to add a steering stabilizer. Many of the early 4X4 added optional steering stabilizers to control wheel wobble.

 

[Jeeperjoe]

Check the condition or the tie rod end and torque on the king pins bearing as the others have stated but you may needed to add a steering stabilizer. Many of the early 4X4 added optional steering stabilizers to control wheel wobble.

Steering stabilizer may fix the issue but its more of a bandaid then a fix.... food for thought

 

[agent_008_188]

well figured out the problem....I hope I don't get tore up. I had aired up the tires a week ago and I figured there would still be good when I drove it this weekend...well three inners were flat. so I will ake them off and fix them. to my credit I am 21 and my dad has taught me the kick and listen to the tone for gauging tires on a radial tire (I am pretty good) but I guess that this wont work since 3 inners were flat. Sorry for asking this question without doing my homework first.

 

[tm america]

check those wheel bearings mine was doing that when my wheel bearing took a dump

 

[Jeeperjoe]

well figured out the problem....I hope I don't get tore up. I had aired up the tires a week ago and I figured there would still be good when I drove it this weekend...well three inners were flat. so I will ake them off and fix them. to my credit I am 21 and my dad has taught me the kick and listen to the tone for gauging tires on a radial tire (I am pretty good) but I guess that this wont work since 3 inners were flat. Sorry for asking this question without doing my homework first.

Glad you found the problem