[Rubicon 04]

Hello all....my 04 Rubicon shakes at speeds above 50mph. It's the steering wheel and what feels like the front end. I had a wheel balance done and it was 90% better for a day, the next day it was back to shaking. I took it in tyo a mechanic and the said it was the upper and lower bearings and a trac bar, they said it's common for a track bar to go bad. It would cost $1000 to fix. Does this sound about right? I want to get a few opinions from a couple different mechanic's

 

[Water Dog]

There is no such thing as upper and lower bearings. There are upper and lower ball joints. Track bar bushings are a common wear item that can give you front end shakes. If the $1000 is parts and labor for both ball joints and track bar, that's reasonable, but if it's for the track bar alone, it's way out of line.

 

[Rubicon 04]

That's for everything and yes it should have read ball joints, not bearings. Thanks a lot!

 

[Shark_13]

If you are handy, you can rent the tools, ball joints are less than $170 for both sides. Labor is a few hours though, not bad to do yourself, track bar is easy.