Thread: The Death wobble vists me. Need HELP Urgently.

G'day All, Just going through all the answers here, if you have had any fluid leaks from power steering, just as Vern said the panhard bushes let go with spectactular results, wheel wobble/shimmy makes driving at anything over 10-15k's road speed impossible, I always carry a set of bushes with me, anyway good luck with it cheers Dennis
ps easy way to check panhard bushes, start engine and have someone move steering wheel back n forth, while you check for movement at both ends of panhard rod, no movement no problem there, look elsewhere, time spent on job approx 40 seconds

THanks again guys will keep you updated.

I had this VERY thing happen to me this morning coming back from my gunsmiths. I hit this bad patch of uneven road and the entire truck started to shake violently from left to right like it was out of control ... felt like all wheels were about to fly off! Freaked me out for a moment and I was heard to let fly with a WTF!

I slowed right down to about 40k's after I passed the bad patch of road and it went away never to return. I noticed a very minor version of this in exactly the same spot last week and then it went away as soon as I passed that bad patch of road! So is it the road at fault or is there something on the truck that requires adjustment, because it only happens at that exact spot?

P.S I have a County 110 with 2" lift.

Simon.

You have a vehicle fault. As mentioned: swivels, panhard rod bushes, steering damper or a combination of all three.

Thanks Jon ... let the checking begin. The previous owner told me that he had recently replaced one of the ball swivels/bearing housing .... hmmmm ... I wonder if something got lost in translation during that job?

Simon.

Just waiting for my new damper and sumo bars and then will do the full steering job and keep you guys updated.

There had been a little bit of a leak from the power steering recently but it was from the nut and didn't look like anything major. I have since cleaned the area and there are no signs of a leak now. Wondering if this has been a problem for the pan hard bushes?

Simon.

The people who say the steering damper is at fault are wrong,if the steering system is correct the vehicle will drive perfectly without it.The damper is there to do just that,dampan the shock from rough tracks,not to correct steering faults. Pat