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WJ Custom Steering Stabilizer Setup |
A note about patience, from Kevin, a man of *ultimate* patience...not. Folks, PLEASE do not make your life more difficult by scheduling your installation date until ALL of the parts and pieces show up on your doorstep. You laugh, but common sense is NOT common practice! I ask you this as a friend, as invariably, either the shipper, the vendor, or some other person involved will make an error and throw your plan into a tailspin. I get at least one e-mail a month from someone who got impatient and started doing an install, only to find out that they were missing something, or that a vendor was backordered, or the shipper lost the box, or something that throws off their schedule and their daily driver is now torn apart in the driveway, awaiting a part that's not to arrive for another few days. Don't be that guy...you don't have ANY need for that sort of stress, and there is little we can do on our end to assist you if you're in this predicament...except maybe pass along a recommendation for a good rental car company. PLEASE don't put yourself into this situation! Your loved-ones will thank me, lol. |
How to cure Death Wobble by Kevin Fell
What is Death Wobble? Read about it HERE
Have you done everything you can to get rid of Death Wobble and are even more frustrated now than you were previously? We've done a lot of DW cures here at the shop, and have found that for some reason, the WJs seem to have a higher propensity for Death Wobble than the XJs and ZJs do. We think this is because the steering stabilizer is mounted between the tie-rod and the axle on the WJ, rather than between the drag link and the axle like on the XJ/ZJ/TJ. Anyway, below is the kit to add a second stabilizer between the drag link and the track bar, which has cured at least a dozen WJ cases of "uncurable" Death Wobble in the last 6 months. IT CAN ALSO BE USED TO RELOCATE YOUR PRIMARY STEERING STABILIZER LOCATION UPWARD IF YOU ARE TIRED OF IT GETTING SMASHED ON THE ROCKS. There are two kits: the 1.00" OD kit for factory trackbars, and the 1.250" OD Heavy Duty track bar like the adjustable JKS model sold HERE. Ideally you'd upgrade the factory trackbar at the same time to the JKS model if you have not yet done so. You can use this kit with either the factory drag link or the Hard-KOR upgraded drag link we sell HERE.
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Kevin, I have a 99 WJ with a
Tera Flex 4-inch lift on it. I have had death wobble
for several months now that I could not fix. I replaced
tie rods, tires, track bar, had the caster angle
changed, replaced the steering stabilizer, and more.
Nothing was working. I had
already replaced the original stabilizer so I went ahead
and left that one on. I figured two would be better.
I purchased a
Steering Stabilizer relocation kit and dampener from
you, and the problem is fixed. I tried everything else
first when I should have just tried this.
Maybe if someone else reads what I
went through, they wont have to go through it as
well. You have a new customer for life.
Thanks a bunch.
A satisfied customer, Scott
M., Westminster, CO
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I just installed the Dual SS
and thought id let ya know that it did its job! awesome
product will be doing business again! Blake, Deland, FL
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I just wanted to let you guys know the JKS Track Bar and your WJ dual stabilizer kit worked better than I could have dreamed! Before when I hit bumps the steering would shudder and, if above 40 m.p.h., there was a high chance of severe death wobble. This is great! I have been living with the problem since I bought my WJ 2 years ago. 30k miles of agony later I saw this kit. God Bless You Kevin's! My jeep drives like it always should have. Thanks again, Tom C., Port Angeles, WA |
The kit comes with the following:
- Your choice of a new Hard-KOR or Old Man Emu steering stabilizer
- Two Heavy Duty clamps (size varies per track bar OD)
- Mounting hardware for both ends of the stabilizer
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NOTE 1: OME raised prices April 2007, Oct 2007, March 2008, and May 2008 NOTE 2: The Hard-KOR Kit intro price will only last for the first few months it's available. Currently we do not offer the hardware kit separately. |
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S/H costs: $12.97 for kit w/ stabilizer, add $2 for UPS residential surcharge or it can't be delivered to a residential address. |
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