Yup, I'm pretty sure I need to get my steering box rebuilt, and I should really rebuild the front suspension while I'm at it. Won't be cheap, and I have lots of other projects. I took registration and insurance off of it though, so no rush.
Acceleration doesn't help, only slowing to a stop. Maybe on other trucks, not this one. You saw how much play there is in the steering right? My steering wheel is all over the place, just to go straight down the road. That's not tires. Tires won't fix this. I've owned this '75 Bronco since 1999. I know this truck, I've driven it on good tires and bad tires, never had death wobble before. Right now I'm on good tires, BF Goodrich All Terrains. Like I said in the video, I need to go through the steering and the front suspension, because this is a new problem that only recently sprung up on an old truck that's been neglected by me for too long. Old suspension, an old steering box, and an old steering linkage, and that steering play was trying to tell me that it's time to rebuild. I ignored it. So now Death Wobble is telling me time to rebuild.....so I took registration and insurance off it, and I'm saving up for parts. I have other projects though, so it's been on the back burner. I've just been using this Bronco for yard work around the house. www.motortrend.com/features/what-is-death-wobble/
@@owenrobertson My 83 K5 did the same thing with 38's. Only solution is to either stop and go again, or better yet, fabricate a steering box stabilizer. I run one on my 3500 Ram with a heavy Cummins on 35's. Check out BD Diesel steering stabilizer. They don't sell one for your Bronco but you'll get the idea of what it takes to engineer one. I paid $350 for a fab shop to make one for my K5 and haven't had the death wobble since I put it on 6 years ago.
@@twinnevans971, I've only got 32 x 11.50s on my Bronco, but you're right, I need to upgrade my steering stabilizer. I've had this Bronco since '99, put around 60,000 miles on it. The steering wheel play only recently got bad and then got worse and worse fast. I ignored it, and now death wobble. I haven't torn into it yet, but I think my steering box needs to be rebuilt. I need to figure out what it is for sure, then fix the play in the steering wheel first, because that's not right. My Bronco has a steering stabilizer on it, but it's nothing fancy, and it was on the Bronco when i bought it, so for sure the single shock might be shot by now. They make stabilizer kits for early Bronco, as heavy duty as you want to get, but like you said, I could fabricate one as well. This guy has two on his Bronco (scroll down to the photo of his front suspension), one down low like mine is, and one up above it: www.motortrend.com/events/1909-paul-perrys-1977-bronco-inspired-broncos-lot-overlanding/
@@twinnevans971, Oh, this kit: us.bddiesel.com/products/dodge-steering-box-stabilizer-bar?variant=30073634390080 Yeah, I've never seen one of those. I was thinking of the steering stabilizer shocks. Yeah, that's a good idea. But first, I still have to find out why my steering wheel is all over the place, just to go straight down the road.
Was this filmed on a flip phone?
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Fords are expensive to repair just like dodges
Yup, I'm pretty sure I need to get my steering box rebuilt, and I should really rebuild the front suspension while I'm at it. Won't be cheap, and I have lots of other projects. I took registration and insurance off of it though, so no rush.
Speed up it will stop and buy better tires
Acceleration doesn't help, only slowing to a stop. Maybe on other trucks, not this one. You saw how much play there is in the steering right? My steering wheel is all over the place, just to go straight down the road. That's not tires. Tires won't fix this. I've owned this '75 Bronco since 1999. I know this truck, I've driven it on good tires and bad tires, never had death wobble before. Right now I'm on good tires, BF Goodrich All Terrains. Like I said in the video, I need to go through the steering and the front suspension, because this is a new problem that only recently sprung up on an old truck that's been neglected by me for too long. Old suspension, an old steering box, and an old steering linkage, and that steering play was trying to tell me that it's time to rebuild. I ignored it. So now Death Wobble is telling me time to rebuild.....so I took registration and insurance off it, and I'm saving up for parts. I have other projects though, so it's been on the back burner. I've just been using this Bronco for yard work around the house.
www.motortrend.com/features/what-is-death-wobble/
@@owenrobertson My 83 K5 did the same thing with 38's. Only solution is to either stop and go again, or better yet, fabricate a steering box stabilizer. I run one on my 3500 Ram with a heavy Cummins on 35's. Check out BD Diesel steering stabilizer. They don't sell one for your Bronco but you'll get the idea of what it takes to engineer one. I paid $350 for a fab shop to make one for my K5 and haven't had the death wobble since I put it on 6 years ago.
@@twinnevans971, I've only got 32 x 11.50s on my Bronco, but you're right, I need to upgrade my steering stabilizer. I've had this Bronco since '99, put around 60,000 miles on it. The steering wheel play only recently got bad and then got worse and worse fast. I ignored it, and now death wobble. I haven't torn into it yet, but I think my steering box needs to be rebuilt. I need to figure out what it is for sure, then fix the play in the steering wheel first, because that's not right. My Bronco has a steering stabilizer on it, but it's nothing fancy, and it was on the Bronco when i bought it, so for sure the single shock might be shot by now. They make stabilizer kits for early Bronco, as heavy duty as you want to get, but like you said, I could fabricate one as well. This guy has two on his Bronco (scroll down to the photo of his front suspension), one down low like mine is, and one up above it:
www.motortrend.com/events/1909-paul-perrys-1977-bronco-inspired-broncos-lot-overlanding/
@@twinnevans971, Oh, this kit:
us.bddiesel.com/products/dodge-steering-box-stabilizer-bar?variant=30073634390080
Yeah, I've never seen one of those. I was thinking of the steering stabilizer shocks. Yeah, that's a good idea. But first, I still have to find out why my steering wheel is all over the place, just to go straight down the road.
@@twinnevans971, good video for that that box stabilizer as well:
ruclips.net/video/3wfrW3a5MQI/видео.html