2000 Ram, Front end problems. Need help.

[JCox]

I have purchased my 2000 Ram back from my mother. I sold it to her a few years ago. Just before that, I installed the front leveling kit from 4x4Customs.com and did the work myself. I made sure to get all the nuts back on tight. Over the years, it's been fine. She lives down near Southern Pines and has made the trip to our house several times since she bought the truck. During one trip last year, she said the front end started bouncing up and down and it was all she could do to hold it in the road. She had a drink in the cup holder and her 357Mag on the seat. Both ended up in the floorboard. She came this past June for my sons birthday party and said it that it had done it again and she pulled over on Hwy 220 because it scared her so bad. There was a couple behind her that pulled over too and they said it looked like both front tires were about to come off the truck. After the first incident, she had her mechanic look at it and he took the wheels off and checked everything and didn't find anything.

I bought the truck back from her knowing this. I took it to my mechanic and told him what it had done. Seems to do this around 60mph as well. He checked and didn't see anything but found both wheels to be off balance by 4oz each so he balanced them and put them back on and told me to bring it back when he could put it on the alignment rack which I've not had time since. I've had it on the highway several times and it hasn't done it. The other day I was on the way to Winston-Salem and on Bus.40 just past Peters Creek Pkwy heading north, I hit a little bump in the road and it started. I was doing 60. I immediately loooked in the mirror and the car behind me slammed on breaks and got way back. After it stopped (about 5 seconds or so), I accelerated back with no problems. I have looked and looked and I see nothing. The lug nuts are tight and visually, everything seems to be tight.

Does anyone have any idea what this could be that would make both wheels look like they are going to come off. As i said, it doesn't do it all the time. I'm going to take it back to my mechanic in a week or so and let him look at it. I just have no idea what this could be.

[outalne94z71]

welcome to the world of death wobble, it's usually worn track bar, but since your mechanic says everything is tight(hope he checked all,steering/balljoints/trackbar???) then the next things that cause it are worn shocks or the alignment.

[JCox]

Okay, thanks!

[Ed ke6bnl]

TRACK BAR usually I have a Doug Thuren 3rd generation on mine. Ed

[Tango]

It is death wobble as mentioned above. Alignment as in too much toe out can cause it.