the REAL Ford Death Wobble Fix on a BRAND NEW F350

Hope this video was helpful! Let me know if you have any questions and I'll do my best to help! Here are the LINKS: NAPA Bushing (for 2023 Ford): www.napaonline.com/en/p/NCP2643953 AMAZON Bushing: amzn.to/44e93TG

I did thousands of these at the shop I worked at. They claimed I was the only one who could fix death wobble and not eat up the tires. I was one of the few that could tell the body shop how much and where to pull the frame so normal alignments could be accomplished. I made cars that dealers and several other shops could not go straight and not wear tires. Best one was a lexus that was in litigation because it could not be aligned by 15 alignment shops including 3 dealers. The lawyer was mad that I fixed it. Problem isn't they couldn't fix them, being on flat rate pay prevented them from putting in the time necessary to doing the job right. It's why parts they get paid to replace sometimes never get installed despite the customer still paying for it, and why good techs are leaving the field.

THANK YOU for this video series! I have a 2006 F250 that I've had for 10 years. In Jan 2023 I put a set of like new, good used, goodyear tires on it. I don't drive it much as I have a company vehicle. 2 months later while coming down I-75 in N Florida, I hit a POT HOLE and that started my death wobble experiences. I figured I had knocked a wheel weight off the truck. It happened one more time on that trip. I had the balance checked and the tires are still perfectly balanced. A few more trips to N Florida and back from Tampa and I just avoided as many potholes as possible and have not had the DEATH Wobble again, until last month, June of 2024. I going about 70MPH, in the center lane, It was SO BAD that from the center lane that the truck was going for the center jersey wall/wire and I couldn't steer it away from it going there, I HAD to hit the brake HARD to at least slow the impact, and FORTUNATELY, as soon as the truck slowed under 55MPH, the DEATH WOBBLE stopped and I merely missed the wall/wire by about 1 foot. Since then, I stepped up my research on the DEATH WOOBLE. LOTS of videos on the band-aid fix of adding steering dampeners. That didn't seem to be the fix in my eyes AT ALL, so I kept researching and have FINALLY stumbled on your videos and this REALLY REALLY MAKES SENSE! I am ordering the bushings from Amazon and will be replacing them next week. I will try to come back here with an update. Again, THANKS for your videos on this and nice job on the shameless plugs in your videos. Good luck on your internet ventures.

As a former Belle Tire mechanic and alignment tech this video is great. I always installed them on the rack. This will not solve worn parts, but Fords were notorious for poor OEM alignment specs. I remember 6 degrees of positive camber on the vans, terrible suspentuon design and no adjustability. Bravo

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Your most positive while keeping the camber green and and cross caster split not more then 1.0 degrees about .5 or so to keep it driving straight on most roads road crown requires .5 degree lower caster on the left side if your split is to high it will pull to the lowest side ford had a bad batch of steering stablizers a few years back caused excessive death wobble in most of the big trucks reason for the recall to replace them, you video is good you have the right idea but i would recommend letting a professional handle the fine tunning put them in. fine save some labor providing there's enough ajustabilty to keep it .5 degrees split to the left and keeping the camber green and about the same on both sides then a toe adjustment and center the steering wheel adjustment and your golden 🏆💪🔧🚗🇺🇸

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Hey please help. How did you get the truck aligned

I have a 24 and when I added 2.5 of caster I had a problem with vibrations in the passenger side axel. It turns out that the 24s have a “dummy hub” on the passenger side and not a standard manual locking hub like the 23s and older. Have you had any issues with vibrations or noises on the passenger side hub from adding caster?

How can find out how much caster to give my 2010 f250 ?

Nick, Did you label your before and after photos wrong? I thought you wanted more rake back after the bushing install. I am not seeing that in the photos as labeled.

What are you asking for the van

Ford death wobble has been a thing for -- well since blue oval designed a front end.

6000 miles and your CP4 went out. Did the dealer cover everything and did they give you any hassle? Asking because I just bought a new 2023 f350 with standard 6.7 and have 1600 miles on it.

Yeah no, it seems you do not know what death wobble is. It is a rapid oscillation of the front end from side to side. Only occurs in linked coil spring suspensions, which the +05 SD have. The usual cause is the pan hard bar ends are worn/loose, however on my SD the tie rod ends wore out and mimicked death wobbble, the wheels could oscillate in certain situations. What you have done is slightly increase positive caster which increases the steering effort requried. The best thing you can do is keep the alighnment in Ford's specs and replace worn parts soon. The OEM joints do not have grease zerks, it is best to upgrade to aftermarket parts that are greasable.

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