bkac
Caught the Bug
Well I pulled the fuse and no luck making it better without power steering. Check out this link.
https://youtu.be/caWtPflaXq0
https://youtu.be/caWtPflaXq0
Steering wheel wobble sometimes full on death wobble 19 JLUR
- Thread starter bkac
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Ddays
Hooked
Wow. So is this is now shaping up to be the steering box? But Mel has the XD box on his right? WTH. Frame?
bkac
Caught the Bug
Mel has stock steering on his rig with ud60s with the wobble if I’m not mistaken.
Ddays
Hooked
I was thinking his flag JL. Is that the black one now? I've lost track.
I'm also losing track of what everyone has tried to do in order to get rid of the DW. Almost need a new thread and a checklist of things tried vs what's possibly left to keep track of.
So in your case you're down to the steering box, right?
Bummer. Thanks for posting this up. Now I won't need to try this.
Correct. Mel is running a factory steering box and electric pump with his UD60 and no steering stabilizer.
Ddays
Hooked
Is anyone running a PSC box experiencing this that you know of?
WJCO
Meme King
Yep. That's death wobble. Fucking sucks. Sounds like it's still a mechanical issue like it's been on the past model Jeeps. Hope they fix this shit soon for all of you.
bkac
Caught the Bug
I have replaced everything but the pump In the last 2 weeks including the gear box. The pump is the last thing I have to try.
bkac
Caught the Bug
No, that’s my next step if the factory box doesn’t work. I’m going to go big bore and belt PSC pump.
TrailHunter
Hooked
Isn’t PSC running a new box on his... He was on the JLX.
TrailHunter
Hooked
Anyone checked the bolt hole size vs the bolt at the track bar brackets?
bkac
Caught the Bug
Everyone with a PSC box, both hydro assist and just big bore didn’t have the issue on the JLX
I’m down to doing a draglink flip, steering brace, new pump, or just going full PSC. Or lastly returning it to stock and trading it in.
doubletapdaddy
Caught the Bug
That sucks. Thanks for doing this. I've got the same death wobble that usually occurs when my driver front dips into a pothole and / or sunken manhole.
TLife
Member
Not that I know or heard of or at least, not as of yet.
bkac
Caught the Bug
I think “yet” is key. My Jeep was solid for almost a year and sad to say but all highway miles when it started. Well a few trips in the snow. I’m truly wondering how this is going to unfold over time.
WiscoHR
Member
The 2020 JL/JT have the newest steering stabilizer which seems to mask the issue very well. I’ve had one on mine for the last 5k miles without issue. And I had spent the prior 12k miles extremely frustrated with the shake.
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doubletapdaddy
Caught the Bug
While searching for unusual movement, loose/worn components and over the summer, I noticed that the aluminum steering box appears to either flex on itself and/or on the frame. I checked the steering box bolts and they were properly torqued.
While checking out a friend's JT at the local dealership, I climbed under a brand new stock JTR (not my friend's) and a stock JLUR while a salesman turned to the wheels side to side. I saw the exact same flexing, so I figured it was just normal. However, in light of this thread I thought that I'd brave the 7° weather and go shoot some video.
In both videos the tires are on the ground (hence the squeaking in the first video) therefore there is some movement of the frame. However, I would assume that the steering box should move in concert with the frame.
Steering box. The arrow indicates the portion that was filmed from below.
This is the view from underneath, with an arrow to indicate the same part of the steering box that you will see in the videos.
EDIT: the videos came out weird in this post, so here are two links direct to the videos.
https://youtu.be/I4Fis5Mk1jg
https://youtu.be/4F16xoGckEw
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