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Old 04-12-2003
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Default [b]Got the Jitters, real bad![/b]

G'day all,
I need help / advise, when driving between 60 and 80 km (on roads full of potholes) my front end just goes crazy, the shudder / jitters in the front end are so bad that it feels like its about to fall off, about 4 - 6" of movement side to side.

Its only just started to happen but is getting worse, so much so that its undrivable and damn scary (being an ex-paratrooper I'm used to thrills and a rush but this crap).

Today I've had all 4 tyres balanced and a wheel alignment done, everything is tight, the bearings and power steering are all fine (checked by a mech), the only thing I can think to do is to try a new steering dampner.

Its a 2000 model, with a TW HD3 Lift, Roncho RX 9000 and a RX5000 dampner, currently on 31"s moving to 33's next week. I've only done 25 thou on the clock (it was parked for 3 years).
Its got me stumped and my mechanic is almost out of ideas also.

Any ideas or help would be appreciated.