A steering box brace ties the sector shaft coming out of the gear box to the frame rail. Had a 2003 Dodge Ram 2500. Its pretty bad when you go over a bump and anticipate the wobble. Thanks for the article and others comments. Well finally you can have the best of both worlds.
Had I not been able to move off to the side of the road as quickly as I had, I would have been in a horrendous accident this morning. Never had a any issues with install or performance. I never had any problems with my ford powerstoke. Announcing the new Dynatrac Ball Joint. This improves servicing the ball joints more easily in the field or at home.
Some have had to replace it a few times. Something is shaking to initiate the wear, then the looser it gets the worse it gets. Purchased my 2007 Dodge Ram 1500 V8 4. I averaged 7 tons 2x a day with it 5 and 6 days a week. Check the spring towers for cracks when they change the shocks. Not to mention the transmission problems vibration on slow take off.
I pull my race car 26 foot enclosed trailer, Can only go to events close by afraid something will break on the road if I go long trip. The wobble has only happened twice both times after hitting a bump and going over rr tracks at high way speed. And u-joints in front axle, wheel bearings etc. The truck shook violently and I had to slow down and pull to the side of the road. I do have some good things to say about dodge, the looks, its spacious cab, the towing capacity and the extreme power the diesel puts out. To say this issue is a health hazard is a complete understatement.
Hope this helps, nobody should be afraid of their truck. It's premium materials provide strength and durability for long-lasting performance. That is why it is called a design flaw. I thought the truck fell apart. This video is applicable to the 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck. For this, the best stabilizer shock on the market is manufactured by Carli Suspension and it utilizes a Bilstein 7100 series nitrogen charged shock. Dodge shaken syndrome on a 2007 mega cab 2500 ram On Sunday December 23rd around 12:00p.
Eye-To-Eye style mount is found on late model 08-12 steering. Well or so I thought! All components are designed to be easily serviceable and wearing items are low cost to replace. This is substantially beefier compared to the original steering, both in terms of the drag link and center link, as well as the tie rods themselves. I also called a couple of shops in my area that both told me they do not instal the adjustable ones because if you screw up the instal adjustment you will wear your tires out uneven. I repeatedly was looked at like I was crazy when trying to explain at the dealership. I have replaced the ball joints twice due to wear both replacements were moog gushers.
Obviously, the first and most obvious is to change out the steering linkage to the newer style. We left Sunday afternoon from Pennsylvania to Montana to be with my children on Christmas, unfortunately we had to spend Christmas Eve in a motel due to stress and not feeling safe driving on the snow covered roads. Wheels must not have more than 4. Smooth and stiff Ultra Polyurethane bushings are used for extended life and are replaceable. I slammed on my brakes and the semi behind me luckily could get into the other lane.
After they aligned it didn't steer straight and the service manager said with the moogs it will never steer right. In my case, I had mud dirt build-up inside two of my four rims which was throwing the wheels off balance. Sold as a complete kit with 2 upper and 2 lower. Yeh I suppose if can trust the four tires you are riding on. Not only did it not hurt anything but i no longer have the death wobble. Hi Tim, I know the Death Wobble issue is extremely frustrating, but honestly it is a good thing you chose the Dodge instead of a 2006 Ford. We would suggest to start off checking each item in the steering system for play.
Here are the parts we recommend. The other option that some will go is to retrofit the factory steering linkage from a 2008. Thank you for the inquiry. If you had gone with the 6. Its hard to go after any one person in this case but somebody should be held accountable. For instance, the ball joints. Keeping the front axle on the pavement and dampening any bounce is the best defense against any and all bad behavior.