[Hybrid]

Regardless, how would caster cause death wobbles without an underlying issue anyway? I thought caster only aided in the vehicle tracking straight and dynamic camber for cornering.

[royce]

I got the wobbles after fitting power steer, back then there wasnt a real lot on it so nobody really had any idea and assumed I was talking about a wheel out of balance wobble.

I had a full workshop at my disposal so did everything, balanced wheels, machined discs, replaced bushes, stiffer-softer springs, different spring heights, a million different wheel alignment combos (I literally had the damn thing on the alignment rack 20 times) this is how I came to learn you cant adjust castor by altering the arch of a spring, I took the things out and rebent em while it was still hooked up to teh aligner!

Only thing that fixed it was a calmini damper, all the gurus reckon a damper is a band aid, tell me where I went wrong and what I should of done or bash your opinion up your jacksie.

[Fatzook]

Hybrid wrote:

Regardless, how would caster cause death wobbles without an underlying issue anyway? I thought caster only aided in the vehicle tracking straight and dynamic camber for cornering.

Thats my understanding too. Extended shackles or repositioning diff on leaves so as to alter static castor would probably on exacerbate a pre-existing issue. I doubt that alone would cause the wobbles.

[SuziBlu]

[JrZook]

Fatzook wrote:

royce wrote:

JrZook wrote:

royce wrote:

stock isnt 45 degrees is it, otherwise rather than carby threads every 3 days we would have a omg my shackle jsut fell over and it jammed under the bumper threads

Well give me a number to work with then

Fateveryoneremembercamothefallenzook says 30 from horizontal

Sorry I meant verticle. Didn't read what I Typed. And cammo doesn't have leaves

Lol u guys are confusing! 30 deg from vertical so 60 deg from horizontal yea?
With 70mm shackle:

Effective shackle height: 60mm
Change in castor from vertical shackle: 1.2Deg

Stock - castor change: 1.3Deg overall castor

[royce]

so by fitting very poorly made lifted springs you could lose 1.3 degrees in castor, glad we cleared that up

[JrZook]

royce wrote:

so by fitting very poorly made lifted springs you could lose 1.3 degrees in castor, glad we cleared that up

Correction you loose 1.2Deg castor giving you overall 1.3Deg

Now what was the problem again?

[Fatzook]

JrZook wrote:

royce wrote:

so by fitting very poorly made lifted springs you could lose 1.3 degrees in castor, glad we cleared that up

Correction you loose 1.2Deg castor giving you overall 1.3Deg

Now what was the problem again?

We're not doing enough to annoy Royce

[SuziBlu]

JrZook wrote:

royce wrote:

so by fitting very poorly made lifted springs you could lose 1.3 degrees in castor, glad we cleared that up

Correction you loose 1.2Deg castor giving you overall 1.3Deg

Now what was the problem again?

Another way of looking at it is, you lose nearly 50% of your castor.

[lump_a_charcoal]

Whatever he did, we lost 100% of our BOOBS THREAD!

[skyman]

Quote:

making sure the bearings are set by the manual, not just a bit of a feel and a she'll be right

This right there solves a lot of death wobble on our samurai's because they are nearly 20 yrs old and worn.

Resetting the king pin preload can stop a ton of wobbles, as can snugging up the wheel bearings. IMHO resetting king pin preload should be a regular maintenance item. as the king pins bed in and wear, they sink a little in their races, or the races, this causes a loose knuckle, and contributes to death wobble.

front wheel bearings need the same adjustment.

[MART]

I call BS and bring back the BooBies , Cheers Paul.