steering wheel shakes violently
January 25th, 2009, 10:03 PM
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steering wheel shakes violently
when i am going over about 50mph in my 99 3500 and hit a bump or pothole my steering wheel starts shaking left and right violently. i have to slow down a lot to get it to stop. what could the problem be? i was thinking balljoints? what do you guys think?
January 26th, 2009, 6:05 AM
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idler arm , either the shaft portion is shot or the crosslink arm is shot , try grabing it and if it wiggles back and forth or up and down you have to replace it alot of people don't know theres 2 grease fittings on them
January 26th, 2009, 8:07 PM
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my dad has a 87 3500 and his has the same problem.. we all refer to it as the death wobble cuz it really feels like u could lose control it gets so bad. He has replaced just about everything in the front end and it hasn't done it for a long time now but everynow and again it will still do it. Something he recently put on is a dual steering stabilizer kit, this for some reason helped alot.
January 26th, 2009, 8:40 PM
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i took it to the dealer today.. they alined it and replaced the ball joints and it hasnt started shaking on the highway.. so hopefully its fixed
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