Yes, it is possible to have a wobble on a street car. I found out. Kathleen has been complaining that here car is all over the road and has a bad wobble when braking. I thought it was just warped rotors, so I've kind of been blowing it off for later. When she said it wobbles sometimes when she accelerates, I got a little more concerned.
Well today I took it for a drive and was finally able to reproduce the problem. It felt just like a baby death wobble, kind of like the wheel was gonna exit the vehicle. I tore into and found that the tie rod bushings were shot at the steering rack. In fact the passenger side was completely gone.
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Funny thing is that about 2 years ago, she went to pull away from a stop sign and both tie rod bolts at the steering rack sheared and she had no steering. We had the Stone Mountain Chrysler fix it because I didn't want to mess with it. Well, $900 later it was good, at least that's what I thought.
The dealer has a steering gear repair kit that only costs $25 and comes with new bolts and new bushings. That's $25 at my cost. I find it hard to believe that the bushings would go bad after only two years. I suspect that they didn't even replace them and just put new bolts in.
Anyway, just another reason to do it yourself. That's how I spent my day today and still get to put it back together tomorrow. {boohoo}
Topic: Dodge Intrepid with Death Wobble (Read 221 times)
