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here a weird one. "Death Wobble"

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I have a 98 1 ton dually 4x4 ext cab 6.5l diesel. been running truck for most of the summer now. every once and awhile i would get a death wobble, i go left and then back right and it would stop... or vice versa depending on traffic. today drivin home. its starting to wobble more and more now. 1 first time i went thou front end.... nothing. had truck inspected, nothing. checked today with friend and still can't find nothing. ball joints...tie rods... pitman arm everything. could a simple damper shock cause all this. i limped my truck home thinkin the front end was coming apart. i would have bet my paycheck something was loosed or broken. but everything is tight. Any idea's ??????????????

Jeff
 
I was going to say Damper before I read it.

Mine had a horrible wobble and a new damper fixed it. It was the worst while braking and turning.
 
YES, a bad / damaged dampener can give you a wobble. I just about put my 83 in the ditch once it wobbled so bad.

Recheck the idler and pitman, but if the dampener looks pretty old or shows signs of leakage, its relatively cheap.
 
I would recheck the lower ball joints.
Bad ball joint was exactly the problem with a friends Chevy 3500 after it developped a death wobble
 
Put two new tires on the front,the wobble will go away. Loose parts makes it worse,but the tires start the wobble,seen this many times. Some times you can fix it by just balancing the tires.
 
i also have simulators on the rims. one front doesn't have the round hard "ring" the lug nuts hold on. one on the drivers side does. my question is..... without the ring, the taper on the nuts with help center the tire. but... when using the "ring" (taper is now in ring) what keeps the rim centered now ? follow what i'm sayin ? i think sometimes if it shifts when i hit a bump ?

There a diff way to check ball joints on a 1 ton?

Lil off here.... can somebody explain to me... bar boost campared to psi boost. i bought a bar and its like reading chinese i have wastegate tied up and it only goes to 0.05

Thanks alot!
 
If i have my stuff right , .05 bar is just less than 1psi! Sounds like your wastegate is coming open way to soon for watener reason!
 
The rims on these NEED the ring. They are hub centric meaning the center of the rim is what holds it true. This could be your death wobble cause. If not its prolly the shock seen many of these do just what your is doing. But first get a ring on there.
 
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