Lifted Jeep Death Wobble. Any solid front axle vehicle runs the risk of experiencing. Jeep says it now has a fix for the Jeep Wrangler and its "Death Wobble," a violent shaking of the steering wheel caused by hitting bumps at higher speeds.
Jeep Death Wobble explanation, repair, and prevention! Accounts of the Jeep Wrangler's infamous "Death Wobble" aren't new with complaints dating back over half a decade at least. And while the explanation is simple, the cause of death wobble can be a bit harder.
Norm Layton wrote that the "Jeep death wobble" is basically a shimmy, and can affect any suspension with a continuous tie rod (which nearly all solid axles have) to connect the front wheels.
Jeep, in all of their wisdom, used a metric bolt which allows a little bit of wiggle room.
Never experienced the Jeep Death Wobble with ours. Death wobble is never fixed with a single simple answer. He noted, "Shimmy is normally cause by aftermarket application of larger tires, lifts that change the front axle.