I have a low speed wobble in the steering wheel in my 2001 Durango. Does anyone know what this could be?

 

Generally a low speed wobble is a shifted belt in a tire. That's where I would look first: the front tires. Other things it could be: a bent wheel, warped brake rotors. I've even seen a condition where there was rust built up on the brake rotor and the wheel wasn't seated squarely against the hub.

Hope this helps1

Jeff

 

You may want to post this in the first genratio Durango section as this is in "no mans land" section,
FF

 

I just ran into this. For me after 3 sets of rotors, replacing lines, master cyl, bleeding, re-bleeding, swapping calipers, pads … seems that (for me) when I place the rotor on it can be done in a way that allows it to not be flush with the hub. I now rotate the rotor by placing my R/T in neutral. From there I could see my rotor was “wobbling” as I rotated. I used a rubber mallet to try and get it more in alignment. I repeated this process until it was rotating without moving wildly like it was.

I don’t know why its allowed to do this. This is the first car I’ve seen do it, and at least for the 01, the calipers might be the worst I’ve ever seen from a design.

The real shocking thing is it lets you mate up the tire fine when the rotor is wobbling. I only noticed more of a problem after 20+ mi of driving and it definitely ate into my MPG’s as I went from 13/16MPG down to like 10MPG. I was not looking forward to spending another $230+ on brake parts. And I already have a load of junk to take to scrap now until I could sort out what was causing this.

In Short - spin the rotor after install. Make sure in rotates smoothly (no wobble/friction). This doesn’t discount a warped rotor but I fell victim to this thinking too.

 

13 year old thread. Got to make sure there is no rust buildup on the hub before you put the rotor on. A good strong wire brush and a bit of heavy grease applied with a toothbrush usually keeps things assembled flush. Worn wheel bearings can also cause these issues.