Hello everyone,
I have a highway wobble on my 2004 FX4 I’ve been chasing for a while. It’s been going on for years honestly and gradually getting more noticeable. It’s at speeds of 65+, and gets noticeably worse faster than this. It’s a wobble in the steering wheel, seats, and pedal. It’s actually similar to death wobble, just much more mild.
I’ve ruled out tires, as it did it with my previous tires and they’ve been balanced and rotated a few times since putting on new tires and the problem has remained the same.
Inner and outer tie rod ends, and sway bar links were verifiably bad and were replaced as needed. I was almost certain this was the issue, but it still persists.
After replacing the above components there is no play when rocking the tires while in the air, all my bushings seem tight as well as ball joints. My hunch right now is lower ball joints, and I know they could still be going bad and just not be showing any play yet unloaded, but I don’t like to blindly replace parts unless I’m sure they are bad.
Anyone have any tips or things I might be missing here?
Thanks in advance
I have a highway wobble on my 2004 FX4 I’ve been chasing for a while. It’s been going on for years honestly and gradually getting more noticeable. It’s at speeds of 65+, and gets noticeably worse faster than this. It’s a wobble in the steering wheel, seats, and pedal. It’s actually similar to death wobble, just much more mild.
I’ve ruled out tires, as it did it with my previous tires and they’ve been balanced and rotated a few times since putting on new tires and the problem has remained the same.
Inner and outer tie rod ends, and sway bar links were verifiably bad and were replaced as needed. I was almost certain this was the issue, but it still persists.
After replacing the above components there is no play when rocking the tires while in the air, all my bushings seem tight as well as ball joints. My hunch right now is lower ball joints, and I know they could still be going bad and just not be showing any play yet unloaded, but I don’t like to blindly replace parts unless I’m sure they are bad.
Anyone have any tips or things I might be missing here?
Thanks in advance
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