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Thanks for replies! Got a Service Manual as suggested and tore into my front hubs/brakes. Have now ordered parts and looking forward to putting them...

I love that shirt! Only a few survivors understand that one. A steering stabilizer will cover for slightly loose ball joints or king pin pivots on...

...and its a rush when it happens! It's like opening the throttle on a turbine aircraft and getting an unexpected BANG from a compressor stall. ...

https://www.offroad-outfitter.com/collections/featured-products/products/death-wobble-survivor-t-shirt I have this shirt.

I have experienced the wobble. When I was a kid my Dad had a 1975(?) GMC 3/4 ton full time 4wd that would do it really bad if you got mud packed into...

TJ has the name right it is "Wobble" not "Rattle" and its a rush when it happens! I am not a fan of steering stabilizers for on hi-way vehicles....

No it’s not a Bubba fix Jeff, it’s just a after market fix for the dreadful “Death Rattle”or like I’ve called it “ Death Wooble” when your front end...

Another thread reminded me of a question I have on mine. It has a steering stabilizer. I never thought anything of it before because I think every...

"That bad boy is an sleeper..." Sleepers were little old Grannies in a nondescript gray or green Plymouth that had a Hemi buried in it... That...

" "Death Rattle" can shake the vehicle right off the road." Been there, had it happen. It didn't shake me of the road, but it did make me have to...

Old School my A#@! That bad boy is an sleeper if I ever saw one. In my "Old School" we didn't have that kind of technology that's for sure! What is...

Jeff is correct on both points. A fish scale works well. Too tight and the wheel will have difficulty returning to center after a turn. Too loose and...

Fish scale works well. Take the reading when the knuckle starts moving. My guess is too tight might affect steering. Too loose could let the front...

Old School it says....

In anticipation of getting all of my goodies for the front end, I am trying to understand the test procedure for the kingpin bearing load test. ...

Theoretically there might be a way to machine something up, but basically no. I think it would be very costly and all custom. Its an oldie, you need...

Your welcome davide! It sounds like you are making good progress. I cant wait to see it on the road.

Thanks Bob. Clever, efficient and inexpensive. FYI, the front axle u-joints went together nicely last year. Thanks for your insight on that too.

VT just make sure you have free play at the pedal. About 1" at the pedal is plenty. Free play is the distance between the throw out bearing and the...

An X sized socket will work. You can make your own tool with 2 sockets and/or washers and a piece of all-thread and two nuts. You need to be sure the...

Im gonna fit fenders up to cj3b frame. Gonna have to remove a lil material from left fender where it interfears with shock mount. First pic shows...

Well, Winter is over and I'm back to working on the CJ again without my hands going numb in fifteen minutes. I have everything striped and clean on...

And..... now I broke the Upper clutch control/adjusting rod. ARGH! it completely snapped in half about 10 minuets from the house. So, now that I...

Hopefully the lesson was well learned! The flying isn't bad, the landing is usually rough.

The fix wasn't too bad. A new core support, radiator, A/C condenser with lines, a stub harness, and a bumper. The drivers side uni-body stub had a...

That was about the same set up with her. The good thing is that it was a fairly easy fix. To be perfectly honest, I believe that she was messing...

I had a niece do something similar on her way to school one morning. She swears she wasn’t on her phone. The tracks (gravel road) looked like she...

Phone? Or will the truth ever be known?

Yikes! That mailbox jumped right out there.