Death wobble at 100+

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Just installed my 2/4 BellTec drop with performance shocks yesterday. Did some curves yesterday and some runs at 70+ Noticed a bad side to side wobble In the rear of my truck.
Today coming to work I had some nice flat highway with no one around so I hit it. Yup at 100 my truck starts rocking back and forth and it feels like it's come from the rear end.... Anything???
 

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did you torque every bolt that was removed/installed?
 
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Do you have new shocks or the stock length ones?

Edit: also ive heard that Bell tech ll makes a rear pan hard bar bracket to fix the rear end wobble.

I dont know anything about drop kits myself. But I am a lurker.

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No, I didn't torque the rear shock bolts, or the sway bar end links
 
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Belltech 2/4 Drop Kit W/ Street Performance Shocks 09-14 Ram 1500 2WD Quad/Crew Cab
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Belltech Lowering kits are designed to give your truck an aggressive stance while still offering a smooth ride and performance handling around those tight corners. Each kit comes complete with front and rear drop coils, front and rear bumpstops, new swaybar endlinks, and a track bar relocation bracket to help center your rear axle. This kit also includes Front and Rear Belltech Street Performance shocks which offer the best handling to compliment your sport.
 
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That's the kit I got.
 

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Just to ask the stupid question: Did you get an alignment after the install?
 
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Yup, life time for as long as I own the truck.
Just found a old post by blackout, he fixed his with a adjustable pan hard bar. Mine is wagging the ass end like a dog just like is was.
 
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I hope he chimes in
 

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Maybe it's trying to tell you to slow down, cuz it's skeered............:D
 
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Bahahahaha! wasn't skeerd before the drop....
 

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my truck did the same thing i got the rear adjustable panhard bar after i saw blackouts thread and it helped theres still a small amount of wag since it doesn't truly make the bar parallel to the axle

if your using the relocation bracket for me the bracket made things worse just a thought if you are using it
 
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Drivers side

Rear end is off set
 

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Off set
 

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This sucks, it's my daily driver, just ordered a adjustable pan hard bar from Spohn for 135 plus shipping, will be here in a week.
I hope this doesn't tear my truck up or kill me driving it to and from work.
 
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So the bracket made your truck worse? Really?
 

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yeah it almost started feeling like a boat even at 65-70 i started to feel it i got rid of it quick but like i said that was just my experience with it id doubt it would hurt anything mine is my daily as well and the bar will align the wheels again side to side
 
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Thanks! I think I'll keep it and hope the new bar fixes the issue!
 

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i have the the bt 964sp with the bracket and the spohn adjustable bar and i still have some rear end waggle. it sucks.
 
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