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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 3971412" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>I have owned 1 Jeep and that was for only 3 days .</p><p>It was a 1976 CJ5 Had a leaking head gasket and the owner was going to scrap it.</p><p>I told him craigslist would bring him 1600 easy on it and he told me give me 600 and it is yours.</p><p>It had some 33" tires on it</p><p></p><p>I sold it for 1600 and when I crawled under it I was amazed that the steering box actually stayed on this thing.</p><p>Super flexy mounting setup and i thought to myself if i keep this thing the first order of business will be to beef up that frame and steering box area.</p><p></p><p>You could have someone turn the wheel back and forth and watch all of that junk flex.</p><p></p><p>I would imagine if they have not beefed up that stuff in all those years you will see flex.</p><p></p><p>Heck the later GM cars and trucks rip the frame where the steering box is mounted.</p><p>Gussets become your friend.</p><p></p><p>Sounds like you need to have someone get under it and look for stuff that is flexing and beef it up.</p><p></p><p>I chased a death wobble on My V65 Magna and a buddies Yamaha V-Max.</p><p>Finally wore out my back tire and got a new one and computer balanced it and NO more death wobble.</p><p>He took his back tire/rim to Ajax and had his computer balanced.</p><p>No more death wobble.</p><p>We were concentrating all our effort in the front of the bike when the rear is where it was originating.</p><p></p><p>Go figure.</p><p>Could be spring rates shock rate and shock angle playing some rolls here.</p><p></p><p>One thing we noticed was when we had a passenger on the bike the wobble would happen way higher in the MPH range.</p><p>You could usually go 140 before it happened.</p><p></p><p>I wonder if you put say 300-400 lbs in the back of the jeep if the wobble would happen at a higher MPH.</p><p></p><p>If so i would look at spring and shock.</p><p></p><p>Sounds like something fun to figure out really.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 3971412, member: 15054"] I have owned 1 Jeep and that was for only 3 days . It was a 1976 CJ5 Had a leaking head gasket and the owner was going to scrap it. I told him craigslist would bring him 1600 easy on it and he told me give me 600 and it is yours. It had some 33" tires on it I sold it for 1600 and when I crawled under it I was amazed that the steering box actually stayed on this thing. Super flexy mounting setup and i thought to myself if i keep this thing the first order of business will be to beef up that frame and steering box area. You could have someone turn the wheel back and forth and watch all of that junk flex. I would imagine if they have not beefed up that stuff in all those years you will see flex. Heck the later GM cars and trucks rip the frame where the steering box is mounted. Gussets become your friend. Sounds like you need to have someone get under it and look for stuff that is flexing and beef it up. I chased a death wobble on My V65 Magna and a buddies Yamaha V-Max. Finally wore out my back tire and got a new one and computer balanced it and NO more death wobble. He took his back tire/rim to Ajax and had his computer balanced. No more death wobble. We were concentrating all our effort in the front of the bike when the rear is where it was originating. Go figure. Could be spring rates shock rate and shock angle playing some rolls here. One thing we noticed was when we had a passenger on the bike the wobble would happen way higher in the MPH range. You could usually go 140 before it happened. I wonder if you put say 300-400 lbs in the back of the jeep if the wobble would happen at a higher MPH. If so i would look at spring and shock. Sounds like something fun to figure out really. [/QUOTE]
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