Swapped front tires left to right, now I got the death wobble!?!
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BlueCruiser84
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First, did you make sure the lugnuts were tight and the wheels were sitting flush in the wheel mount surface?
Second, you need to check for play up front. Wheel bearings, TREs, drank link, trunion bearings.
Second, you need to check for play up front. Wheel bearings, TREs, drank link, trunion bearings.
cc93cruiser
CRUZAHEAD
Uneven thread /inside bulging tires itself can be the cause of very bad death wobble
cc93cruiser
CRUZAHEAD
This was a bulge from the inside caused death wobble for about a couple weeks.. Thought is was a worn/loose component.. Tires are worn but this was crazy.. If everything checks out, I would suspect the tires..
Are you sure what you're getting is death wobble? Death wobble is pretty specific, and usually comes on in a specific way where the front end components are pushed to work but are not working correctly.
This sounds like something with the tire swap.
Try troubleshooting by swapping one side back tire to that same side's front. (don't cross the rears) Place the one in the rear to it's spot in the front. And see how it drives if it's the same, return the swap. And try the other side. It may help you clear up what is going on.
You can try with a spare as well, as long as the spare is in good condition.
But this sounds more like a tire has a giant tit in it.
This sounds like something with the tire swap.
Try troubleshooting by swapping one side back tire to that same side's front. (don't cross the rears) Place the one in the rear to it's spot in the front. And see how it drives if it's the same, return the swap. And try the other side. It may help you clear up what is going on.
You can try with a spare as well, as long as the spare is in good condition.
But this sounds more like a tire has a giant tit in it.
Are your tires directional? Did you dismount them and remount them in the correct direction? Or just swap wheels?
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Thanks to everyone for your input, finally got around to swapping my front tires back Left-Right and death wobble gone, just for reference it would start about 35mph and go away around 50mph and running 35x12.5x15 Goodyear MTR's.
I'm thinking you have an alignment issue that caused one tire to wear more as well as developing an irregular tread pattern. Then when you swapped tires it was like multiplying the problem.
Uhmm radial tires go front to back not side to side
