F53 death wobble?
Hey all: I've heard about this 'death wobble' and I hear that it can be remedied with some sort of bar in the front? Can you tell me in the pic just by looking at it if the front end I have is s...
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nehuge,
Your front end is bone stock. Yep, that top bar in the pic is the anti-sway bar. The tie rod on that modle is behind the axle and, in our '99 Bounder with the F-53 chassis, there was no steering stabilizer. It didn't need one. The front end, while seriously under loaded, was always stable and had no "death wobble" what so ever. I personnaly don't know anyone with an F-53 chassis that's ever experienced the dreaded Death wobble on their coach, or any motor home for that matter.
It doesn't mean it doesn't happen, it just means I've never experienced it, or know anyone that has. 99.9% of the time, the death wobble is normally assosiated with certain model four wheel drive vehicles. I've built 7 different Jeep wranglers and still, have never had that death wobble. And I installed every kind of lift there was/is. I've put on multiple sizes and types of tires and NO death wobble.
So, are you experiencing any form of steering wheel shake? If so, at what speed and, what kind of conditions were/are provoking it, rough road, pot holes, concrete seams, rain grooves on the freeway?
Scott
Your front end is bone stock. Yep, that top bar in the pic is the anti-sway bar. The tie rod on that modle is behind the axle and, in our '99 Bounder with the F-53 chassis, there was no steering stabilizer. It didn't need one. The front end, while seriously under loaded, was always stable and had no "death wobble" what so ever. I personnaly don't know anyone with an F-53 chassis that's ever experienced the dreaded Death wobble on their coach, or any motor home for that matter.
It doesn't mean it doesn't happen, it just means I've never experienced it, or know anyone that has. 99.9% of the time, the death wobble is normally assosiated with certain model four wheel drive vehicles. I've built 7 different Jeep wranglers and still, have never had that death wobble. And I installed every kind of lift there was/is. I've put on multiple sizes and types of tires and NO death wobble.
So, are you experiencing any form of steering wheel shake? If so, at what speed and, what kind of conditions were/are provoking it, rough road, pot holes, concrete seams, rain grooves on the freeway?
Scott
