jimm1009
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When I rescued my truck a while back it had all the axle shafts installed along with the front drive flanges installed just as Uncle Sam likes it.
I notice on the way home on the smooth interstate when I creeped up on 51 or 52 MPH the front end wobbled kind of like the old Willys CJ2A jeeps did (death wobble).
I thought that the right front time was going bad or just not balanced because it was scalloped and wobbled. If you force it faster then the whole front end starts to wobble and when you back it down to 48 or 49 and then back up to 50 and stay there then life is good.
The problem stayed the same after tire swapping. I next put the former right tire on the left front for troubleshooting and the problem actually got a little worse. The wobble came in around 48 MPH but the road was not as smooth either.
I have taken the right front hub off and replaced both outer races and the inner roller bearing due to water marking and the very early stages of metal breaking down.
The outer roller bearing was examined under a 15 power glass several times and kept in service. The right front spindle looked realy good and no wear was found in the diamter.
Everything was put back and torqued as per the TMs.
I am going to pull the left front hub / drum this weekend and inspect the brakes, the bearings, and of course repack them too.
Don't know what else to look for at this time except to check the tie rods and shake both wheels while they are both on jack stands. I will check steering box for wear as installed.
2nd thing that I noticed is what I think that you guys were calling wheel hop from drive line bind. Both rear axles still coupled together and all axles shafts still installed. Driving down a rougher paved highway today and the back end seemed to be hopping a little.
Is this driveline bind or is this possibly tire(s) out of ballance. One inner tire on forward axle is at 50% life while the others are at 75% or better with 1 at 90% life remaining.
All tires are 9:00 x 20 NDCC tread pattern on OEM wheels. All lug nuts on front are torqued and all outer lugnuts on rear are torqued. Have not removed outer wheels to torque inner nuts to date. Everything is at 350 ft lbs. per TM
Jim
>>>>>> Any input from the seasoned deuce mechanics would be most welcomed.
I notice on the way home on the smooth interstate when I creeped up on 51 or 52 MPH the front end wobbled kind of like the old Willys CJ2A jeeps did (death wobble).
I thought that the right front time was going bad or just not balanced because it was scalloped and wobbled. If you force it faster then the whole front end starts to wobble and when you back it down to 48 or 49 and then back up to 50 and stay there then life is good.
The problem stayed the same after tire swapping. I next put the former right tire on the left front for troubleshooting and the problem actually got a little worse. The wobble came in around 48 MPH but the road was not as smooth either.
I have taken the right front hub off and replaced both outer races and the inner roller bearing due to water marking and the very early stages of metal breaking down.
The outer roller bearing was examined under a 15 power glass several times and kept in service. The right front spindle looked realy good and no wear was found in the diamter.
Everything was put back and torqued as per the TMs.
I am going to pull the left front hub / drum this weekend and inspect the brakes, the bearings, and of course repack them too.
Don't know what else to look for at this time except to check the tie rods and shake both wheels while they are both on jack stands. I will check steering box for wear as installed.
2nd thing that I noticed is what I think that you guys were calling wheel hop from drive line bind. Both rear axles still coupled together and all axles shafts still installed. Driving down a rougher paved highway today and the back end seemed to be hopping a little.
Is this driveline bind or is this possibly tire(s) out of ballance. One inner tire on forward axle is at 50% life while the others are at 75% or better with 1 at 90% life remaining.
All tires are 9:00 x 20 NDCC tread pattern on OEM wheels. All lug nuts on front are torqued and all outer lugnuts on rear are torqued. Have not removed outer wheels to torque inner nuts to date. Everything is at 350 ft lbs. per TM
Jim
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>>>>>> Any input from the seasoned deuce mechanics would be most welcomed.