Hunt down death wobble and set toe in the driveway

Symptoms

The fix, step by step

1. Start at the front track bar.
2. With the Jeep on the ground, have a helper rock the steering wheel a quarter turn each way while you watch both track-bar ends and the bracket holes; any side-to-side movement is a fault.
3. Then check the tie-rod ends, drag link, ball joints, control-arm bushings, wheel bearings and tire balance.
4. Quadratec says a steering stabilizer rarely fixes the cause.
5. Replace the worn part and re-torque the front-end hardware.
6. Set toe-in by loosening the tie-rod sleeves and turning the tie rod until the front of the tires is about 1/16 inch (no more than 1/8 inch) closer than the rear.
7. Center the wheel with the drag-link turnbuckle, then get a proper alignment.

Tools & part numbers

• 13 mm and 15 mm sockets
• tape measure
• pipe wrench or locking pliers
• a helper
• torque wrench.

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