Jeff Strickland

"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:42D26FDC.E81C33ED@sympatico.ca...
> When all else fails and you are 'sure' all the bushings, bearings and
> ball joint or tie rod ends and tires (rotate them to the back to be
> sure) are perfect and still have the shimmy, check the rad fan.
>
> We had the death wobble in our Cherokee so bad I thought I was going to
> lose a front wheel finally. It worked it's way worse. I checked
> everything, changes a pile of 'marginal' parts and still no joy.
>
> Then my fan started eating the fan shroud. Bingo. That sucker went
> into a harmonic wobble literally bad enough to shake us off the road. A
> weak engine mount and a spongy tranny mount let the vibration magnify
> that bad.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's



NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH THE PRICE OF BEANS IN CHINA,
But I was changing the oil in my BMW last week, and while rolling around in
the oil spilling all over the floor, I noticed that there were several
chunks of plastic laying around in the fan shroud area, and a few more back
by the firewall. Anyway, it was the fan. It had stripped all of its blades
and I never even knew. All that remained attached to the viscous coupling
(fan clutch) was the ring that the fan blades are molded onto.

Jeff Strickland

"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:42D26FDC.E81C33ED@sympatico.ca...
> When all else fails and you are 'sure' all the bushings, bearings and
> ball joint or tie rod ends and tires (rotate them to the back to be
> sure) are perfect and still have the shimmy, check the rad fan.
>
> We had the death wobble in our Cherokee so bad I thought I was going to
> lose a front wheel finally. It worked it's way worse. I checked
> everything, changes a pile of 'marginal' parts and still no joy.
>
> Then my fan started eating the fan shroud. Bingo. That sucker went
> into a harmonic wobble literally bad enough to shake us off the road. A
> weak engine mount and a spongy tranny mount let the vibration magnify
> that bad.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's



NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH THE PRICE OF BEANS IN CHINA,
But I was changing the oil in my BMW last week, and while rolling around in
the oil spilling all over the floor, I noticed that there were several
chunks of plastic laying around in the fan shroud area, and a few more back
by the firewall. Anyway, it was the fan. It had stripped all of its blades
and I never even knew. All that remained attached to the viscous coupling
(fan clutch) was the ring that the fan blades are molded onto.

Jeff Strickland

"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:42D26FDC.E81C33ED@sympatico.ca...
> When all else fails and you are 'sure' all the bushings, bearings and
> ball joint or tie rod ends and tires (rotate them to the back to be
> sure) are perfect and still have the shimmy, check the rad fan.
>
> We had the death wobble in our Cherokee so bad I thought I was going to
> lose a front wheel finally. It worked it's way worse. I checked
> everything, changes a pile of 'marginal' parts and still no joy.
>
> Then my fan started eating the fan shroud. Bingo. That sucker went
> into a harmonic wobble literally bad enough to shake us off the road. A
> weak engine mount and a spongy tranny mount let the vibration magnify
> that bad.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's



NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH THE PRICE OF BEANS IN CHINA,
But I was changing the oil in my BMW last week, and while rolling around in
the oil spilling all over the floor, I noticed that there were several
chunks of plastic laying around in the fan shroud area, and a few more back
by the firewall. Anyway, it was the fan. It had stripped all of its blades
and I never even knew. All that remained attached to the viscous coupling
(fan clutch) was the ring that the fan blades are molded onto.

L.W.(=?iso-8859-1?Q?=DFill?=) Hughes III

Jeff,
My '62, '72. '78 all came stock with dampeners, anything with a
straight axle did. And I've never had a death wobble, I've always used
better tires than that. If you would have wanted to replace yours, you
could have at: http://www.----------.com/temp/jeffsTruck.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> We once owned a '65 Ford pick up truck, it did not have a steering
> stabalizer. I suspect the steering stabalizer has very little to do with
> death wobble.

L.W.(=?iso-8859-1?Q?=DFill?=) Hughes III

Jeff,
My '62, '72. '78 all came stock with dampeners, anything with a
straight axle did. And I've never had a death wobble, I've always used
better tires than that. If you would have wanted to replace yours, you
could have at: http://www.----------.com/temp/jeffsTruck.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> We once owned a '65 Ford pick up truck, it did not have a steering
> stabalizer. I suspect the steering stabalizer has very little to do with
> death wobble.

L.W.(=?iso-8859-1?Q?=DFill?=) Hughes III

Jeff,
My '62, '72. '78 all came stock with dampeners, anything with a
straight axle did. And I've never had a death wobble, I've always used
better tires than that. If you would have wanted to replace yours, you
could have at: http://www.----------.com/temp/jeffsTruck.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> We once owned a '65 Ford pick up truck, it did not have a steering
> stabalizer. I suspect the steering stabalizer has very little to do with
> death wobble.

L.W.(=?iso-8859-1?Q?=DFill?=) Hughes III

Jeff,
My '62, '72. '78 all came stock with dampeners, anything with a
straight axle did. And I've never had a death wobble, I've always used
better tires than that. If you would have wanted to replace yours, you
could have at: http://www.----------.com/temp/jeffsTruck.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> We once owned a '65 Ford pick up truck, it did not have a steering
> stabalizer. I suspect the steering stabalizer has very little to do with
> death wobble.

Jeff Strickland

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:42D2DD5F.9FF45A1A@***.net...
> Jeff,
> My '62, '72. '78 all came stock with dampeners, anything with a
> straight axle did. And I've never had a death wobble, I've always used
> better tires than that. If you would have wanted to replace yours, you
> could have at: http://www.----------.com/temp/jeffsTruck.jpg


Why would I want to do that? I didn't have one, why would I replace it? I
should rephrase that, I don't remember that it had one. I remember lots of
stuff it did have, but the steering stabalizer isn't any of them.

Jeff Strickland

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:42D2DD5F.9FF45A1A@***.net...
> Jeff,
> My '62, '72. '78 all came stock with dampeners, anything with a
> straight axle did. And I've never had a death wobble, I've always used
> better tires than that. If you would have wanted to replace yours, you
> could have at: http://www.----------.com/temp/jeffsTruck.jpg


Why would I want to do that? I didn't have one, why would I replace it? I
should rephrase that, I don't remember that it had one. I remember lots of
stuff it did have, but the steering stabalizer isn't any of them.

Jeff Strickland

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:42D2DD5F.9FF45A1A@***.net...
> Jeff,
> My '62, '72. '78 all came stock with dampeners, anything with a
> straight axle did. And I've never had a death wobble, I've always used
> better tires than that. If you would have wanted to replace yours, you
> could have at: http://www.----------.com/temp/jeffsTruck.jpg


Why would I want to do that? I didn't have one, why would I replace it? I
should rephrase that, I don't remember that it had one. I remember lots of
stuff it did have, but the steering stabalizer isn't any of them.