death shake cured!

[Salamander]

OK, let me clarify,

I have nothing against steering stabilizers and wouldn't mind adding one to reduce the amount of steering wheel whip that I get on super bumpy forest roads.  HOWEVER, I was not going to put one on with the intention of 'fixing' my death shake - those are two entirely different issues. 

So, to sum up, steering stabilizer not bad for its intended purpose, but not good to fix a problem with some other components. 

oh, and yes tdspence, I had play at the wheel before I rebulit my knuckle.  my felt and rubber axle seals with the metal retainers were pretty beat up and dirt and crud had gotten into the knuckle area and when i removed my king pin bearings i couldnt move them at all - so i think that was my problem.  my acutal wheel bearings seemed fine, but replaced them anyways.

[zooky]

This fixes more wobble/shake problems than people believe.


Matt

I agree 1000%

[mac]

The stabilizer is there to help with sudden shocks on the steering system such as pot holes, ruts, rocks ect. Not to take up the slack for worn out parts.

[Orionn]

Engineers put a SS on almost every "car" for a reason....don't try to out-smart the engineers.  ZUK

That has to be the funniest thing I have read in a long time. 


We 'outsmart' the engineers here at work daily    A few others and myself on here work in the OEM Automitve Industry. 

There are not many engineers here, that I have worked with, that I respect for thier engineering abilities. 

Posted on: Today at 10:30:45 AMPosted by: mac 
The stabilizer is there to help with sudden shocks on the steering system such as pot holes, ruts, rocks ect. Not to take up the slack for worn out parts.
 

Exactly 

[SanZuki]

There are not many engineers here, that I have worked with, that I respect for thier engineering abilities. 

That is soo funny and also true. Being in the same industry it is funny to hear people talk about their "engineering skills". What they mean is that they are good making a blueprint in autocad.

[GeoB]

OK....who is hypnotizing you guys?

This is not a cross-section of car owners that you would find at your local super market, this is the Suzuki Technical list.  We are here to try things the engineers didn't.  They were faced with regulations, requests from upper management, compromises with the accounting department, who knows what all?  They built a tough, great lil vehicle but their goals were not our goals.

Do you have larger-than-stock tires on your Sammi?  Join the club!  :-)

Since I know that a Sammi can operate correctly without a SD then I don't want one.  I have arthritis in my elbows, I have no power steering, I have over-size tires, I occasionally run low tire pressure, I have lockers in the front, I don't want the extra effort that the steering damper introduces.  I have Sidekick PS and an install kit, this is my project for the next bits of free time I have.

I had death wobble, I rebuilt BOTH sides the way Salamander did his passenger side.  I also replaced the axle bearing in the axle tubes.  Didn't help.  I did a SPOA, changed out some bushings, changed springs, customized the Sammi springs, added a panhard bar and a trac bar, got new tires and.... THE WOBBLE is GONE!  :-)  I am not sure exactly what fixed it.  But I sure hate it when it happens.

[1stzuki]

new tires fixed my death wobble.

[mac]

regulations, compromises with the accounting department,

The big TWO GeoB

[rangerscott]

2"/50mm sockets.   Psssst.     Its called channel locks and feal.  IT took me forever cuase crud wouldnt come out and a kingpin snapped (bet ya'll haven't seen that).  I hope that super glue is still holding.  LOL

[zuki1600]

The stabilizer is there to help with sudden shocks on the steering system such as pot holes, ruts, rocks ect. Not to take up the slack for worn out parts.

What he said!


Only problem I encountered when I rebuilt my frontend was several kingpin retaining bolts wrung off when torquing to factory spec.  I replaced with higher grade stainless bolts.  Not sure if it was a bolt issue or my torque wrench.  I need to have my wrench checked for accuracy I guess.  After the job though the sammy drove like new.

[SanZuki]

What he said!


Only problem I encountered when I rebuilt my frontend was several kingpin retaining bolts wrung off when torquing to factory spec.  I replaced with higher grade stainless bolts.  Not sure if it was a bolt issue or my torque wrench.  I need to have my wrench checked for accuracy I guess.  After the job though the sammy drove like new.

IIRC the torque was like 15-20ft pounds? I would double check your torque wrench or those bolts were just quiters!