Truck is jumpy.

[JcsMI]

I have a 2010 2500. When I go over a high bump at around 45 the front end gets jumpy. It gets a bit hard to control. Is this likely the shocks? Whe I try to do the bounce test it doesn't really tell me that they are bad. It did not bounce much. I stood on the bumper and tried to bounce it. Is the bounce test still good for these trucks or does the spring complicate it?

 

[rzr6-4]

Could be shocks starting to get weak but if it doesn't seem bad from a bounce test they may not be fully shot, just "meh". The OEM track bar is also garbage and can start to flex on impact more over time. I have a Core 4x4 in mine.

I would also jack up the front end and check for any play in the wheel bearings, ball joints, and both ends of the drag link and tie rod. Any play in these connections could make thing "slap" together when you hit a bump making it feel worse.

 

[Dean2]

Search death wobble on here. You have what sounds like the beginning of that problem. You will find a ton of usefull info.

 

[diymirage]

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[diymirage]

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[rzr6-4]

Even though its clearly AI, i thinks its pretty accurate

Not AI (even though that is a pretty nebulous term), it's just a video game called BeamNG Drive. Not sure that I would call it a "simulator" but it has by far the most advanced damage/deformation physics of any game on the market.

 

[diymirage]

Not AI (even though that is a pretty nebulous term), it's just a video game called BeamNG Drive. Not sure that I would call it a "simulator" but it has by far the most advanced damage/deformation physics of any game on the market.

My point is, its not real

 

[JcsMI]

So I had the drag links replaced, the track bar, and both tie rod ends. Also the intermidiate steering shaft. Found out too that my passenger front shock is broken.

 

[Dean2]

Did adding all those parts solve the problem.

 

[JcsMI]

Its better but I found out that the front shock is broken. So it still jumps. I won't know until I replace the shock.

 

[JcsMI]

The death wobble happened today worse than ever. I had to stop the truck to get it to stop. The talgate fell open it was so bad. So I busted a u turn and went home but when it did something snapped near the front passenger wheel. When I look I see nothing broken. I am getting it aligned now as I was instructed to do so after the repairs which are mentioned earlier in this thread. Not sure of thats gonna fix it or if the ball joints are shot. Order the damper but read in a thread thats not gonna fix it.

 

[Dean2]

Have you tightened the nut on the top of the steering box? To remove play in the steering wheel. You can google adjust steering box ram 2500. There are a ton of videos.

The death wobble is caused by too much play in the front steerimg componenets, usually more than one or two. Jack the front end up and take about 80% of the weight off both front tires without lifing the tires off the ground. Use a long bar and start checking evey joint, rod and bushing for play. When you find play over specifications, correct it. The shop.manuals are posted on here.

 

[JcsMI]

Have you tightened the nut on the top of the steering box? To remove play in the steering wheel. You can google adjust steering box ram 2500. There are a ton of videos.

The death wobble is caused by too much play in the front steerimg componenets, usually more than one or two. Jack the front end up and take about 80% of the weight off both front tires without lifing the tires off the ground. Use a long bar and start checking evey joint, rod and bushing for play. When you find play over specifications, correct it. The shop.manuals are posted on here.

I had the intermidiate steering shaft replaced. After that the steering wheel turns 3" in each direction before it engages the wheels. And the wobble got was worse after the reapair. But before I had the alignment. Something snapped in front but I cannot find anything broken.

 

[Dean2]

I had the intermidiate steering shaft replaced. After that the steering wheel turns 3" in each direction before it engages the wheels. And the wobble got was worse after the reapair. But before I had the alignment. Something snapped in front but I cannot find anything broken.

The nut on top of the steering box will get rid of the 3" of play, AS LONG AS ALL THE PARTS ARE GOOD AND HAVE NO PLAY. Fixing your problem cannot be accomplished with haphazard processes. Find someone really good and get them to go through from one end to the other and correct all the problems because what you are doing now is a waste of time and money. Case in point, you have had a buggered shock all along and haven't fixed it. How many more things havent been fixed or even found. Not much wonder it doesn't drive right.

 

[rzr6-4]

I had the intermidiate steering shaft replaced. After that the steering wheel turns 3" in each direction before it engages the wheels. And the wobble got was worse after the reapair. But before I had the alignment. Something snapped in front but I cannot find anything broken.

If you only had a little bit of play in the steering wheel before, and now you have 3 inches then they gave you a bad steering shaft with bad joints. You should have immediately turned around and gave it back to the shop to fix correctly.

If that intermediate shaft is good, that is when you then begin to mess around with the adjustment nut on top of the steering box like Dean is talking about.

After you get that figured out, then you start looking at the drag link, tie rod, ball joints, track bar, and in my case the tires themselves.