Re: death wobble - '04 TJ
 

In article <134jqqb4c2b5r15@corp.supernews.com>,
Crushed Red Pepper <bdickerson@chartwellhospitality.com> wrote:
#I drove a CJ as my daily driver until this past December when I traded for a
#2004 TJ with the 4.0L and small 225 x 70 R15 tires (I will fix that later).
#It had only 13k miles when i got it, but it is past the 36 month warranty
#period. It has driven beautifully until last night. At 47-48 mph, it
#started a shimmy up front. If I maintained throttle pressue, the shimmy
#progressed to a full bore death wobble...you could see the front end shake
#violently and the steering wheel was hard to hold. When I slowed down below
#40mph, it would go away. I stopped and walked around, but could not see
#anything wrong. I dropped my son off at his baseball practiced and went
#back out....same thing. I stopped to turn around after a couple of miles,
#on a hill, and as i sat there with the clutch in, i noticed that the jeep
#was not rolling back even with out the brake on....like the e-brake was
#partially engaged (it wasn't, I checked). When i got back to the ballpark,
#I did another turn around the jeep and noticed a significant amount of heat
#coming off of the front passenger wheel. You could smell it and see a small
#amount of smoke coming off of the brake pad.....so i am assuming that the
#caliper stuck for some reason. Practice lasted another hour, and when I
#drove home.....it drove perfectly. Again this morning it drove great on the
#way to work. Any ideas? What would cause the caliper to stick just that
#one time?
#

Did you upgrade your 7/70 Powertrain warranty to Maximum Care within
48 months and 48000 miles?

If so, your covered. Go take it in and pay your deductable.

I snuck in with 47850 on my wife's (new to us) '04 WJ. Considering
the issues we had with the bleeding-edge year '99 WJ, I'm glad we got
it. I'll do the same with the '04 Rubi when it hits the 3/36 mark as
well.

/herb

Re: death wobble - '04 TJ
 

"Herb Leong" <herb@urusei.net> wrote in message
news:9-6dnS_AQ58dvtHbnZ2dnUVZ_jCdnZ2d@speakeasy.net...
> In article <134jqqb4c2b5r15@corp.supernews.com>,
> Crushed Red Pepper <bdickerson@chartwellhospitality.com> wrote:
> #I drove a CJ as my daily driver until this past December when I traded
> for a
> #2004 TJ with the 4.0L and small 225 x 70 R15 tires (I will fix that
> later).
> #It had only 13k miles when i got it, but it is past the 36 month warranty
> #period. It has driven beautifully until last night. At 47-48 mph, it
> #started a shimmy up front. If I maintained throttle pressue, the shimmy
> #progressed to a full bore death wobble...you could see the front end
> shake
> #violently and the steering wheel was hard to hold. When I slowed down
> below
> #40mph, it would go away. I stopped and walked around, but could not see
> #anything wrong. I dropped my son off at his baseball practiced and went
> #back out....same thing. I stopped to turn around after a couple of
> miles,
> #on a hill, and as i sat there with the clutch in, i noticed that the jeep
> #was not rolling back even with out the brake on....like the e-brake was
> #partially engaged (it wasn't, I checked). When i got back to the
> ballpark,
> #I did another turn around the jeep and noticed a significant amount of
> heat
> #coming off of the front passenger wheel. You could smell it and see a
> small
> #amount of smoke coming off of the brake pad.....so i am assuming that the
> #caliper stuck for some reason. Practice lasted another hour, and when I
> #drove home.....it drove perfectly. Again this morning it drove great on
> the
> #way to work. Any ideas? What would cause the caliper to stick just that
> #one time?
> #
>
> Did you upgrade your 7/70 Powertrain warranty to Maximum Care within
> 48 months and 48000 miles?
>
> If so, your covered. Go take it in and pay your deductable.
>
> I snuck in with 47850 on my wife's (new to us) '04 WJ. Considering
> the issues we had with the bleeding-edge year '99 WJ, I'm glad we got
> it. I'll do the same with the '04 Rubi when it hits the 3/36 mark as
> well.
>
> /herb

Great idea.......I think I will do that. Thanks Herb.

Re: death wobble - '04 TJ
 

"Herb Leong" <herb@urusei.net> wrote in message
news:9-6dnS_AQ58dvtHbnZ2dnUVZ_jCdnZ2d@speakeasy.net...
> In article <134jqqb4c2b5r15@corp.supernews.com>,
> Crushed Red Pepper <bdickerson@chartwellhospitality.com> wrote:
> #I drove a CJ as my daily driver until this past December when I traded
> for a
> #2004 TJ with the 4.0L and small 225 x 70 R15 tires (I will fix that
> later).
> #It had only 13k miles when i got it, but it is past the 36 month warranty
> #period. It has driven beautifully until last night. At 47-48 mph, it
> #started a shimmy up front. If I maintained throttle pressue, the shimmy
> #progressed to a full bore death wobble...you could see the front end
> shake
> #violently and the steering wheel was hard to hold. When I slowed down
> below
> #40mph, it would go away. I stopped and walked around, but could not see
> #anything wrong. I dropped my son off at his baseball practiced and went
> #back out....same thing. I stopped to turn around after a couple of
> miles,
> #on a hill, and as i sat there with the clutch in, i noticed that the jeep
> #was not rolling back even with out the brake on....like the e-brake was
> #partially engaged (it wasn't, I checked). When i got back to the
> ballpark,
> #I did another turn around the jeep and noticed a significant amount of
> heat
> #coming off of the front passenger wheel. You could smell it and see a
> small
> #amount of smoke coming off of the brake pad.....so i am assuming that the
> #caliper stuck for some reason. Practice lasted another hour, and when I
> #drove home.....it drove perfectly. Again this morning it drove great on
> the
> #way to work. Any ideas? What would cause the caliper to stick just that
> #one time?
> #
>
> Did you upgrade your 7/70 Powertrain warranty to Maximum Care within
> 48 months and 48000 miles?
>
> If so, your covered. Go take it in and pay your deductable.
>
> I snuck in with 47850 on my wife's (new to us) '04 WJ. Considering
> the issues we had with the bleeding-edge year '99 WJ, I'm glad we got
> it. I'll do the same with the '04 Rubi when it hits the 3/36 mark as
> well.
>
> /herb

Great idea.......I think I will do that. Thanks Herb.

Re: death wobble - '04 TJ
 

"Herb Leong" <herb@urusei.net> wrote in message
news:9-6dnS_AQ58dvtHbnZ2dnUVZ_jCdnZ2d@speakeasy.net...
> In article <134jqqb4c2b5r15@corp.supernews.com>,
> Crushed Red Pepper <bdickerson@chartwellhospitality.com> wrote:
> #I drove a CJ as my daily driver until this past December when I traded
> for a
> #2004 TJ with the 4.0L and small 225 x 70 R15 tires (I will fix that
> later).
> #It had only 13k miles when i got it, but it is past the 36 month warranty
> #period. It has driven beautifully until last night. At 47-48 mph, it
> #started a shimmy up front. If I maintained throttle pressue, the shimmy
> #progressed to a full bore death wobble...you could see the front end
> shake
> #violently and the steering wheel was hard to hold. When I slowed down
> below
> #40mph, it would go away. I stopped and walked around, but could not see
> #anything wrong. I dropped my son off at his baseball practiced and went
> #back out....same thing. I stopped to turn around after a couple of
> miles,
> #on a hill, and as i sat there with the clutch in, i noticed that the jeep
> #was not rolling back even with out the brake on....like the e-brake was
> #partially engaged (it wasn't, I checked). When i got back to the
> ballpark,
> #I did another turn around the jeep and noticed a significant amount of
> heat
> #coming off of the front passenger wheel. You could smell it and see a
> small
> #amount of smoke coming off of the brake pad.....so i am assuming that the
> #caliper stuck for some reason. Practice lasted another hour, and when I
> #drove home.....it drove perfectly. Again this morning it drove great on
> the
> #way to work. Any ideas? What would cause the caliper to stick just that
> #one time?
> #
>
> Did you upgrade your 7/70 Powertrain warranty to Maximum Care within
> 48 months and 48000 miles?
>
> If so, your covered. Go take it in and pay your deductable.
>
> I snuck in with 47850 on my wife's (new to us) '04 WJ. Considering
> the issues we had with the bleeding-edge year '99 WJ, I'm glad we got
> it. I'll do the same with the '04 Rubi when it hits the 3/36 mark as
> well.
>
> /herb

Great idea.......I think I will do that. Thanks Herb.

Re: death wobble - '04 TJ
 

"Herb Leong" <herb@urusei.net> wrote in message
news:9-6dnS_AQ58dvtHbnZ2dnUVZ_jCdnZ2d@speakeasy.net...
> In article <134jqqb4c2b5r15@corp.supernews.com>,
> Crushed Red Pepper <bdickerson@chartwellhospitality.com> wrote:
> #I drove a CJ as my daily driver until this past December when I traded
> for a
> #2004 TJ with the 4.0L and small 225 x 70 R15 tires (I will fix that
> later).
> #It had only 13k miles when i got it, but it is past the 36 month warranty
> #period. It has driven beautifully until last night. At 47-48 mph, it
> #started a shimmy up front. If I maintained throttle pressue, the shimmy
> #progressed to a full bore death wobble...you could see the front end
> shake
> #violently and the steering wheel was hard to hold. When I slowed down
> below
> #40mph, it would go away. I stopped and walked around, but could not see
> #anything wrong. I dropped my son off at his baseball practiced and went
> #back out....same thing. I stopped to turn around after a couple of
> miles,
> #on a hill, and as i sat there with the clutch in, i noticed that the jeep
> #was not rolling back even with out the brake on....like the e-brake was
> #partially engaged (it wasn't, I checked). When i got back to the
> ballpark,
> #I did another turn around the jeep and noticed a significant amount of
> heat
> #coming off of the front passenger wheel. You could smell it and see a
> small
> #amount of smoke coming off of the brake pad.....so i am assuming that the
> #caliper stuck for some reason. Practice lasted another hour, and when I
> #drove home.....it drove perfectly. Again this morning it drove great on
> the
> #way to work. Any ideas? What would cause the caliper to stick just that
> #one time?
> #
>
> Did you upgrade your 7/70 Powertrain warranty to Maximum Care within
> 48 months and 48000 miles?
>
> If so, your covered. Go take it in and pay your deductable.
>
> I snuck in with 47850 on my wife's (new to us) '04 WJ. Considering
> the issues we had with the bleeding-edge year '99 WJ, I'm glad we got
> it. I'll do the same with the '04 Rubi when it hits the 3/36 mark as
> well.
>
> /herb

Great idea.......I think I will do that. Thanks Herb.