Wife's 2500 hemi can't shake the death wobble (sorry for the pun). Started off with steering stabilizer. No better. Both ball joints on both sides (lowers were a little loose). No better. Alignment with +4.25 caster, most they could get out of it. Still did it to her yesterday. Truck has 76k, new tires, and everything else in the front end is tight. I hate having to worry about her and my daughter riding in the thing. I'm ready to get rid of it. Should I cough up the money and install an aftermarket track bar even though the stocker is tight and the truck isn't lifted? I'm running out of patience.

 

if there nothing wrong with your stock track bar, that's not going to help. A regular single stabilizer won't work either, you need a dual stabilizer or a DDS.
dual shocks play against each other where a single shock has no resistance against it. I forgot the terminaolgy ( static ) I think, where the force of one work agianst the force of the other.

Anyway, I know Dodge had problems with warpped wheels for a while. The never made a recall out of it which they should have. Not sure what year truck you have but, that's a possiblity. It was on the early model trucks.

This is a DDS stabilizer. There's a lot of play in the steering gear box which cause steering wander...this will get rid of that. http://www.solidsteel.ca/DSS.htm

A steering stabilizer isn't just a shock. It has to be valved to where is has resistance. You can look into a Fox shock stabilizer which is adjustable.
http://thurenfabrication.com/ramstab.html I would also call Don and talk to him about your problem.... he'll have you fixed up in no time.

 

Do they make a DSS for the 3rd Gen? This is for a 2003 truck.

 

yeah they do. I thought you had a 2nd gen which is why I posted that link.

here ya go.... give Rip a call, he'll also be able to take care of your problem.... http://www.sourceautomotive.biz/steeringsuspension.htm

 

take it in for an alignment... have the tech change the caster so the wheel is more like a shopping cart wheel (I call it adding caster, they call it removing caster [&:]) this should fix your problem. tell them to forget the specs for caster and to increase it as much as possible while keeping the toe spec.

I had a bad steering stabilizer on for about 2 months and with the bigger tires on there, had zero DW issues (already had the alignment done)

 

Already tried that.

 

I am new to this forum...but I test rode a few trucks lately...about a month ago I tested a 2007.5 Mega cab 4x4...it had something going on at a high speed (brand new)...I mentioned it to the stealer and he blamed the road...but it was the same road I drove my 1986 Toytota turbo charged 4x4 with mud tires on and I didnt feel it...so yesterday when I tested another mega cab 4x4 I took it down the highway and didnt notice
of any DW or anything.
I would say that over wash board pavement...the dodge did jump around more then the Chevy...but mostly
due to the type of front ends...

 

just looked @ my alignment sheet... spec says 4.0-5.3* I am at 5.3 on the left & 5.1 on the right... take it back & have them do it again. with stock sized tires (I'm assuming yours are stock... didnt notice otherwise)... you can get even more than the 5.3*. and while your at it, have them check the tire balance. Dont let them just re-balance them, make them check it and tell you if it's off or not, then if they are, re-balance them. off balance tires can contribute to the problem.

I have had 2 trucks & an suv (jeep GC) with the same front end and always ad the alignment done this way and never have had a problem... stock tires or oversized tires. I've talked with guys who have lifted their trucks & put 37's on with a similar alignment setup and they have never had a problem. swapping in a different steering stabilizer will help but it is a bandaid for the problem. If you go back & get the alignment setup as I mentioned & it still doesnt fix it... contact Don @ http://www.thurenfabrication.com/ and talk to him about the tracbar, steering stabilizer &big steering kits he has. he can point you in the right direction for a fix.

 

oh yeah, another thing to point out... I live in CA... which means the roads here are amoung the worst in the continental US... if I were to have a DW issue waiting to happen, I'd know by now...

 

hey bro, slow down. when did the problem start? after the new tires. i own a frame repair and alignment shop and can tell you that a shake vibration or wobble will NEVER be fixed by an alignment. are the tires the same size or did you go bigger? have the tires rebalanced by someone with a road force balancer hunter makes it . you have something shaking in the front not an alignment issue. you could have a broken belt in one of the tires happens alot .