Delta VS Radius Arms (6 Viewers)

[Broski]

I though that was referring to the control arm bolt.

Here’s a weird thing that happened today. Was driving down 25-30min on a very gentle curve. Suddenly, my steering wheel started to oscillate, felt like what I’d imagine a gentle death wobble would feel like. Never had something like this happen before so I’ve immediately pulled over. Inspected all the control arm bolts and nuts, nothing moved. Drove off and it didnt happen again. Any ideas?

Lot of things can cause that !
Tire balance will set it off but there has to be an underlying issue to let it happen.
Check you pan hard bushing and check for cracks at the frame where it mounts.

 

[ChargedSHOTaco]

I though that was referring to the control arm bolt.

Here’s a weird thing that happened today. Was driving down 25-30min on a very gentle curve. Suddenly, my steering wheel started to oscillate, felt like what I’d imagine a gentle death wobble would feel like. Never had something like this happen before so I’ve immediately pulled over. Inspected all the control arm bolts and nuts, nothing moved. Drove off and it didnt happen again. Any ideas?

Don’t just do a visual check on the bolts (panhard, radius arms, steering), double check the torque on them. This happened to me and would have never found it just doing a visual check or even checking by hand.

 

[PeterTheBeater]

Lot of things can cause that !
Tire balance will set it off but there has to be an underlying issue to let it happen.
Check you pan hard bushing and check for cracks at the frame where it mounts.

I think I found one of the culprits. I’ve had this spot cracked when I’ve got the truck 7 or so years ago. Looks like it’s got a new crack on it…not sure how deep it goes yet.

Don’t just do a visual check on the bolts (panhard, radius arms, steering), double check the torque on them. This happened to me and would have never found it just doing a visual check or even checking by hand.

I’ve marked the bolts on the control arms and they didn’t move.

 

[Broski]

I think I found one of the culprits. I’ve had this spot cracked when I’ve got the truck 7 or so years ago. Looks like it’s got a new crack on it…not sure how deep it goes yet.





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I’ve marked the bolts on the control arms and they didn’t move.

Lose control arm bolts won't cause the issue you're having. That crack will.
I would get that taken care of right away.

 

[PeterTheBeater]

Lose control arm bolts won't cause the issue you're having. That crack will.
I would get that taken care of right away.

Don’t meant to high jack the thread…but any recommendations?

Grind everything away and weld new & triangulate some more steel on it?

 

[Broski]

Don’t meant to high jack the thread…but any recommendations?

Grind everything away and weld new & triangulate some more steel on it?

Yes and there's some brace kits out there. Can't remember off the top of my head who make them..

 

[PeterTheBeater]

Yes and there's some brace kits out there. Can't remember off the top of my head who make them..

Yeah they make the steering box reinforcement. Maybe I can built off of that.

 

[Kabanstva]

Yes and there's some brace kits out there. Can't remember off the top of my head who make them..

DeltaVS makes these steering box reinforcement plates. Also a company in Australia RAMPT Customs seems to have a reinforcement or beefier bracket for pretty much every part of an 80 chassis.

 

[Broski]

Rampt customs are the ones I have seen before.

 

[Kabanstva]

Rampt customs are the ones I have seen before.

Yeah it’s a good company. I have their rear sway bar links.

 

[OGBeno]

Some Delta arms rolled in for a client.

Love these damn arms. Makes life so easy.