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    Something is loose in the steering/suspension, whoever inspected it missed something. Did they unload the ball joints when they checked? You may not be able to detect a bad ball joint under load. The death wobble Pops refers to on beam axles is usually loose king pins which allow the harmonics of the rotating wheel/tire to do the wobble. Very likely that at least one of the components that holds the wheel straight is loose or broken. Strut rods like Pops mentioned would show up on braking too, so another symptom to check.
    Last edited by Bob Parmenter; 06-05-2010 at 01:19 PM.
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