4x4 truck troubles

[barleyfarmer]

I have a 04 dodge 3 quarter ton 4x4 that does what is similar to a power hop when I hit a big crack or pot hole on the hiway!I replaced ball joints that were slightly wore and it got slightly better.Then I replaced both front shocks and it got a little better but the hop would still show up!I then replaced stabilizer bar shock with a heavier one but problem was still there!Front end feels tight with no visible damage.My mechanic says try rebalancing my tires but there is no shake until you hit a bump!Tires are wearing properly,no cupping,truck doesn't pull or drift when you let go of the wheel it just does this violent hopping every once and a while!You damn near have to stop to get it to stop hopping!I never had a truck do this before and I don't feel like paying 100 + dollars an hour for a mechanic to guess what it is when enough guys on here might have an idea where to start looking!!Any help would be great!!

 

[Luke The Drifter]

Ahh you have the famous dodge death wobble. I finally cured mine by doing the following:

-Dynatrac prosteer balljoints, the oem balljoints are junk and moogs are just as bad, carli, dynatrac and xrf are really the only good options out there
-Updated steering linkage with a fresh steering stabilizer from pro comp (not that junk one dodge gives you)
-got rid of the bf goodrich all terrains and put on a set of toyo at's
-proper alignment.

Hope this helps.

 

[Summitric]

See your other post about this....... I commented on it, as to what and why and how to cure the problem

 

[andystepper]

nuff said....there isn't a dodge around weyburn/estevan area without this. invented by a local person and IT WORKS.