- Joined
- Mar 20, 2005
- Location
- Hendersonville, NC
Bumping this back up for ya after DW reared it's ugly head on my WJ last week.
My 04 WJ out of the blue began to have a severe steering wheel shimmy while driving w/o applying brakes. Especially 20-45 MPH. Bad enough that I pulled over and hit all the lugs with a 4 way. Got to work, inspected everything suspension and steering related- nothing loose/worn/etc. Had new tire balance verified, all good too. Drove it home that day without issue.
Next day, same thing. Intermittent DW. Like BAD DW. Bad enough to have to pull over to stop it. Checked everything again- can't find anything.
Except, this time the LF brake was smoking..
Long post short, the LF caliper was intermittently sticking, causing all kinds of weird vibes and steering issues. Swapped out the front calipers and after another 300 miles of driving, it's smooth as the top of your foot.
In my case the caliper was locking up badly enough to cause the wheel to attempt to lock up. I bet with the AWD aspect of the WJ, this was makingit even worse. In my 24 years of working on Jeeps, I have never seen this cause DW.
Maybe something to think about @skyhighZJ ?
My 04 WJ out of the blue began to have a severe steering wheel shimmy while driving w/o applying brakes. Especially 20-45 MPH. Bad enough that I pulled over and hit all the lugs with a 4 way. Got to work, inspected everything suspension and steering related- nothing loose/worn/etc. Had new tire balance verified, all good too. Drove it home that day without issue.
Next day, same thing. Intermittent DW. Like BAD DW. Bad enough to have to pull over to stop it. Checked everything again- can't find anything.
Except, this time the LF brake was smoking..
Long post short, the LF caliper was intermittently sticking, causing all kinds of weird vibes and steering issues. Swapped out the front calipers and after another 300 miles of driving, it's smooth as the top of your foot.
In my case the caliper was locking up badly enough to cause the wheel to attempt to lock up. I bet with the AWD aspect of the WJ, this was makingit even worse. In my 24 years of working on Jeeps, I have never seen this cause DW.
Maybe something to think about @skyhighZJ ?