From: Bobby Joe Pendleton (bjpendleton@charter.net)
Date: Sat May 07 2005 - 17:32:08 PDT
a steering stabilizer may help, but it also may be just hiding a real
problem. The first thing I would do is check all movable joints in the front
suspension and steering.
BjP
Southern by the grace of God
"I...Shall Remain Confederate"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Brunner" <cjbrunner@optonline.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, 07 May, 2005 20:22
Subject: Re: [MV] CUCV swollen glow plug removal - rear brakes locked up
> In the Jeep world I used to belong to before I got into military surplus
> we experienced that same Phenomenon and called it Death Wobble. In a
> Jeep it was caused by looseness in the front end, the axle would move a
> little bit left to right and the steering would stay static causing the
> wheels to turn a little left to right. This natural motion would build
> up a harmonic and set the whole thing off into a giant wiggle that had a
> really high pucker factor in the front seat. Although I know our trucks
> are a lot different, I would check out all the hardware around the front
> end to see if the diff is moving at all side to side that would
> contribute to this problem.
>
> Chris
>
> Jeff Gatton wrote:
>
> >As for my shaking....I went for a test drive this
> >morning and paid a little closer attention to the
> >symptoms. The front end actually started shaking. I
> >was able to hit the brakes and stop it before it got
> >too bad. I came home and inspected and realized that
> >my front steering stabilizer was completely missing.
> >I bet adding one of them will stop the front end from
> >shaking uncontrollably.
> >
> >Jeff
> >
> >
> >
> >--- Jeff Gatton <jdgatton@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I finally got all the swollen glow plugs out. I
> >>only
> >>had to pull 3 of them out of the injector holes.
> >>The
> >>pulling tool and air ratchet only worked on 1. Good
> >>ol' vise grips and some wiggling/pulling/cussing
> >>worked on the rest.
> >>
> >>I bought the "super-duper" glow plugs from Kennedy
> >>Diesel. They are actually Wellman 6A843G050. The
> >>tab
> >>broke off one of them (cheap-ass spot weld) when I
> >>was
> >>grinding it down to fit my connector.
> >>
> >>The swollen ones I removed were Wellman 6A843G070.
> >>
> >>After new glow plugs and a new glow plug relay, I'm
> >>back on the road.
> >>
> >>Another funny thing happened....I was doing about
> >>35mph and hit a dip in the road, all of the sudden,
> >>the whole truck was shaking and jumping. I think
> >>the
> >>rear brakes/axle locked up on me. I stopped and got
> >>out to see if my axle had fallen off or something,
> >>and
> >>everything looked good....it drove fine after that.
> >>I
> >>did smell some hot brakes/tires. I didn't try
> >>hitting
> >>any dips in the road at that speed yet though. Has
> >>anyone had a similar experience? I was thinking
> >>that
> >>the rear proportion valve might have kicked in when
> >>I
> >>hit that dip and locked up the breaks...
> >>
> >>I just started driving this truck, so I'm still
> >>learning his quirks.
> >>
> >>Jeff Gatton
> >>Saucier, MS
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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