Article: DEATH WOBBLE : What it is, What it isn't and What You Can Do to Fix it

Great write up! I am a mechanical moron. I don't know the difference between a track bar and a sand bar, but this write up made a lot of things much clearer for me. This article will be saved for future reference.Thanks Eddie.
 
I had the issue of the shimmy slowly/progressively getting worse until it was bad enough to start a death wobble on my 2007 Wrangler Unlimited a few years after I bought it. My wobble would only occur if I was going around 55 mph and there was the right kind of bump or dip in the road to start the oscillation. The front end components were fine and it turned out to be a balancing issue.

Turned out that the service stations I was taking it to for convenience (Goodyear and Sears) were not good enough to balance the Jeep correctly. I ended up going to a 4x4 specialist and they did a Road Force Balance which corrected the issue. When it's this kind of issue, besides taking it to a good mechanic, rotating the tires with EVERY oil change as well as replacing the tires when due will help keep the issue away.
 
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