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Old May 1, 2013 | 10:27 AM
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Truck has a 2"leveling kit in front and new tie rod ends and sleeve upper/lower ball joints and wheel bearings.

Yesterday went to a tire shop to get 35/15/16.5 super swamper tsls mounted and balanced and wanted my truck to get Aligned well they got it aligned but wouldn't put tires on truck because try said they were too weather cracked so I had to drive home on the tires I drove they're on witch were 36/12.50/16.5 super swamper tsls truck drove decent little death wobble around 45-50 but nothing major got home swapped out tires started going down the road around 35mph truck is shimming unreal I mean I've had death wobble before but not this bad! It wouldn't come out of it would even do it at 60mph so I'm thinking of rotating the tires and if that didn't do it I was thinking of getting a New Trac bar and steering stabilizer but not sure what brand trac bar I should get and does it have to be a adjustable one since the truck has a 2" leveling kit?!
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Old May 1, 2013 | 10:27 AM
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Truck is a 98 dodge 2500 v10 220k
 
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Old May 1, 2013 | 10:32 AM
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Try a new set of tires, a tire shop refuzed to install them due to weather checking and you went home and installed them anyways? Not wize by any means.
 
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Old May 1, 2013 | 10:37 AM
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Yes they refused to instal them because they have alittle weather cracking its nothing major just tire shop said they can't let it leave with a tire that's weather cracked.. But anyways back to the point it just started death wobbling with this set of tires so I'm trying to think if it's because the tires are so big or what...
 
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Old May 1, 2013 | 10:46 AM
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Or they aren't balanced.....
 
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Old May 1, 2013 | 11:36 AM
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No they're balanced
 
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Old May 1, 2013 | 11:47 AM
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Put somebody in the drivers seat, get them to turn the steering wheel side to side while you are under the front of the truck looking at all the tre's, trac-bar ends, replace whatever you find worn out. A longer track-bar is not needed for a 2" lift
 
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Old May 1, 2013 | 11:51 AM
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It COULD even be a mixture of tires plus bad wheel bearing or U joint.
 
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Old May 1, 2013 | 10:58 PM
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I upgraded to this model adjustable track bar, which required a custom bracket - very well made parts with no heim joint to go bad:

http://www.solidsteel.biz/datb.htm (Track Bar)

http://www.solidsteel.biz/tbk.htm (Bracket)
 
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