"Death Wobble" updated, fixed
I've heard about it but never experienced it until recently. We have a 2017 F250 4wd at work with around 26,000 miles on it, gas engine. At any speed above about 45MPH the steering wheel will star...
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Me Again wrote:ScottG wrote:FishOnOne wrote:
I had a 05 Super Duty and drove it to around 180k miles and with a couple sets of BF Goodrich AT tires and a couple sets of KO tires I never had a death wobble incident. My current 12 Super Duty experienced the death wobble twice in close proximity of each other that occurred at the end of life on BF Goodrich AT second generation tires at around ~80k miles. Once I replaced those tires I never had a death wobble incident and I'm currently at ~180k miles. Still have the original steering dampener and all suspension components and alignment are still original except the shocks.
BFG's are the one of the big causes of DW in Dodge/Ram trucks as well. Much more so than any other tire.
Scott, is this the same guy that is always bashing RAM about death wobble?
Not sure who that is (I've probably blocked him..) but the tire matter is common discussion on the TDR. When someone reports DW, that's the first question that rings out; Do you have BFG AT's?. Surely part of the problem is the squishy LR D sidewalls of those tires. OTOH, there seems to be no end to the number of parts that can cause it.
