"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.

 

"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.

 

"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,
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,
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,
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,
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. (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.

 

"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.

 

"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.