Steering wheel vibes

[xjkid99]

Heres my dilema. Jeep tracks fine and smooth on surface streets but as soon as I hit the highway and break 55mph the steering wheel starts to shimmy and I get an all over vibration that makes the whole truck feel like its going to fall apart. Also here is my setup: 99 xj 3in coils up front add-a-leaf in the rear with a block. BDS shocks and steering stabalizer...about three years old. Thanks

[Triple-XJ]

Are you using the stock track bar,stock upper and lower control arms with the factory rubber bushings?

[xjkid99]

The whole front end is stock except for the coils.

[Triple-XJ]

That may be your problem.
I assume you checked the bolts and made sure they are all tight.

98 did the same thing with the same front set-up.
Little lift and stock arms.

Let me see if I could find one of my old posts.

[Devil Man]

did you check the water in your tires :rolleyes: http://www.virtualjeepclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2012&stc=1

[Triple-XJ]

No luck finding my post on my 98 shimmy.

Here is the deal,
I had the alignment done and tires balanced,
that didnt work,

did a new trackbar,
that didnt work,

did tierod/draglink and another alignment,
that didnt work,

I replaced the steering shock,
that didnt work,

got different tires,
that didnt work,

REPLACED stock lowers with RE's,
Now I was getting somewhere :D
that cut the Shimmy an half and moved it from 52 MPH to 75MPH.

I then replaced my upper control arms with RE's and also replaced the UCA bushing at the axle end. By-By shimmy :D

My stock rubber bushings get soft and crack and end up alowing to much give. now my 98XJ with 3.5" and 31's rides smooth again. :)

[Triple-XJ]

did you check the water in your tires :rolleyes:
No, but I hot glued some new lugs on in place of the missing ones :D

[Devil Man]

No, but I hot glued some new lugs on in place of the missing ones :D
super glue holds better :rolleyes:

[xjkid99]

Im planing on upgrading to to a long arm kit by the end of the year so I dont really want to invest in new control arms right now. Do you think new bushings would be a good temporary solution?

[Triple-XJ]

That would be a good start.

I would remove one CA at a time and look closely at the bushings.
Then go from there.

[xjkid99]

Any good tricks to removing the control arms? I had to unbolt the end of one on the axle side to install my springs and it was a battle to get the holes to line up again to insert the bolt. Any helpful tips?

[Triple-XJ]

Just R&R one at a time.