Need opinion on my Death Wobble

This is the first thing I saw moving before anything else... right @ 7 seconds, it starts just a split second before the rest.

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Stop throwing the tomatoes.... I have video.

I have seen quite a few different takes on videos about Death Wobble, and this one is the best.

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According to this video, does it look like the DW starts in the Drag Link? I know it technically starts from the tire, but could the Drag Link be the first point of least resistance?

The video certainly makes it seem to appear that it starts in the drag link. There is nothing about the drag link itself that could cause the DW - it would be the TRE's on the drag link where it connects to the pitman arm and tie rod. It is not easy to tell for sure by looking at the video, but I think the TRE's on the drag link look fine.

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I know it technically starts from the tire...

Actually, it rarely does start from the tires. It is almost always suspension components or steering components.

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Thanks for the correction. I heard otherwise. I guess it was meant that the tire bouncing causes the loose part to start jumping or whatever the real term is lol.

Oh, I see what you meant. Yes, the tire bouncing upon hitting a bump is usually the trigger.

I had to search way back in the archives for this. I wrote it a few years ago:

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My preferred method - and I've had the need to do this often - requires two people. Have a helper get behind the wheel and start the vehicle. Climb under and carefully inspect each potential culprit for looseness by watching them while your helper turns the steering wheel back-and-forth. The tires on solid ground will provide plenty of resistance so that any loose components will reveal themselves. If the brackets or mounts are ovalled or enlarged, you will discover that as well.

For DW, I check components in order of likeliness: trackbar - both ends; control arms - both ends; TREs on both the tie-rods and draglink; ball joints; and steering box. You should see no play in any of these.

This method will not help diagnose bad hub bearings. For this, make sure the vehicle is in Park and the steering is locked, and jack the wheel off the ground. Grab the tire with one hand at 12:00 and the other at 6:00. Alternately push and pull. Any play means bad hub bearings or ball joints - but you've already checked the ball joints using the method above, which means it's the hub bearings.

Of course, these procedures will not help determine if the trouble is the tires - whether it be uneven wear or out-of-balance. The same goes for alignment. My experience has been that tires and/or alignment are rarely the cause of DW, but they could be, so should be checked as well.

There are some other possibilities, but the above will likely find the cause.

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I would like to see it from some other views , especially a good shot of the steering box and mounts.

how many miles on the jeep? Have control arm bushings been changed?

Never mind saw your sig, jack it up have a friend shake jeep look at every bushing

Most death wobble I have encountered has been 1.tracbar or 2.axle bushings , where in Sussex are you

I'm right in Lincoln if you need an opinion, I don't mind looking at it.

I would look at the control arm bushings real good, last XJ I worked on upper axle side bushings were shot.