From: kuhrick (kuhrick@comcast.net)
Date: Mon May 09 2005 - 12:30:12 PDT
i would look at the ball jounts/kingpins
what ever there called in the 4 by 4s
you mite hit a chuck hole and wheel fall off
ken
m886
At 07:22 PM 5/7/2005, Chris Brunner wrote:
>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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