TJ Shaking

[dj_jeepin]

My girlfriend has an 05 TJ, six cylinder, six speed transmission. On two occassions in the past two weeks while she was driving along the whole jeep will start to shake when she is in fifth or sixth gear. It happend today. She said she was going about 50mph while in fifth gear and it happend, so she down shifted to fourth and it was still shaking, then she down shifted to third and it stopped.

I have yet to experience it while driving the jeep. I rotated the tires two weeks ago, and I torqued all of the lugs to 95ft lbs. I think I am going to check all of them again, I don't know what else it could be. By the way the jeep does have a BB but it has been on for months and no driveline vibrations have been noticed.

Sorry for the long post I just want to get this fixed so I can feel safe having her driving the jeep. Any ideas things that I should look for?

[64Jeeper]

Check ball joints and tie rod ends. She's got death wobble. Something is loose in the front.

[dj_jeepin]

Thanks for the quick reply, I'll check that. I just noticed I posted this in the wrong place.

[BigMudder]

Check ball joints and tie rod ends. She's got death wobble. Something is loose in the front. I thought death wobble didnt stop until the vehicle completely stops. But what do I know, ive never had it, thank god.

[Knuckelhead]

Originally posted by BigMudder:
I thought death wobble didnt stop until the vehicle completely stops.Nope, every vehicle is differnt when it comes to death wobble...

[loaf]

Originally posted by dj_jeepin:
Thanks for the quick reply, I'll check that. I just noticed I posted this in the wrong place. So, hold on while I move it....