I NEED HELP ! Front wheels jiggle randomly

[ragragtimetime]

Welcome Letmeaddem! I too am battling a random clunk at slow speed & a slight vibration at 55mph on a 1983 4wd. Slowly replacing everything (that showed wear or noise). Changed: steering box, pitman arm, idler arm, upper & lower ball joints, right wheel bearings, left outer tie rod, upper control arm bushings, sway bar. Still no change. Will continue to throw money at it & change lower control arm bushings, inner tie rods, right outer tie rod, & left wheel bearing. Changing/rotating wheels has made no difference....3 alignments....no strange wear on tires. I will win!

[BradMph]

Welcome Letmeaddem! I too am battling a random clunk at slow speed & a slight vibration at 55mph on a 1983 4wd. Slowly replacing everything (that showed wear or noise). Changed: steering box, pitman arm, idler arm, upper & lower ball joints, right wheel bearings, left outer tie rod, upper control arm bushings, sway bar. Still no change. Will continue to throw money at it & change lower control arm bushings, inner tie rods, right outer tie rod, & left wheel bearing. Changing/rotating wheels has made no difference....3 alignments....no strange wear on tires. I will win!

If your still battling with your steering issue. I went the same route you had done too by replacing everything.

I had an issue with a Toyota Celica at one time with shimmying & clunking in the front wheels and chased this issue for friggin years. I took it to a wheel shop and they found that when the wheels were lugged onto hub that they were not being centered on the hubs correctly. The lugs on older Cragar rims had small amount of play between the lug and wheel. Just enough to throw the wheel off center a bit. I eventually started chalking the tire by spinning it as it while on lifts and making sure it was centered on the hubs as best as possible. Cured the problem immediately.