I’m thinking of selling out fear.

I had some front end work done to mine about two months ago. There is one section of road that I go over about 3 times a week, that sets of a death wobble every time (now). It's been getting worse and worse. With the colder temps, I let me PSI get as low as 33. I just pumped 'em up to 37 PSI, in hopes it will help reduce the death wobble. I've got 37" recon grapplers. Never used to get death wobble, ever. Not until the dealership worked on the front end after a fender bender.
I'm left wondering if they didn't put it back together right.
I would say it's pretty common to quickly wear out stock steering components on 37s, especially if you do a lot of off-roading. Mine lasted about 4,000 miles before I upgraded
 
After doing some research, it could be your ball joints (or track bar /drag link angle / alignment).

I don't have any issues on mine...yet, but I will be upgrading to American Iron ball joint deletes. You'll never have to replace them again.

Good video on what to check. My Jeep shop did the alignment the way he does.

Apologies to the OP, didn't intend to highjack your post.
this was super helpful video. Crowbar on order.
 
Live axles can produce some wacky feedback through the chasis, expecially at speed, but you would know if you had death wobble. Just don't expect it to drive like a "normal" car. A faulty steering stabilizer can also be the source of DW.
 
I would say it's pretty common to quickly wear out stock steering components on 37s, especially if you do a lot of off-roading. Mine lasted about 4,000 miles before I upgraded
I've not done any off-roading (sadly). only 15k miles on a '21. I'm guessing they didn't tight down something.
Live axles can produce some wacky feedback through the chasis, expecially at speed, but you would know if you had death wobble. Just don't expect it to drive like a "normal" car. A faulty steering stabilizer can also be the source of DW.
in my case, it's defo a death wobble... no amount of man-handling the wheel stops it, and it oscillates progressively worse and worse unless I can get the speed down. The one corner and 'joint' in the road that sets it off consistently has me going about 45mph when it kicks in after crossing over that joint in the road. My 10 year old daughter gets a kick out of daddy's arms bouncing around when it happens, but daddy himself is not impressed. Hit that same section of road a hundred times on my commute and never even a hint of this until after I got the jeep back from dealer work on the front end.
 
Check wheel bearings and all steering components. Steering stabilizer does not cause or fix death wobble. Most 37” tires are E load rated and are much heavier than stock K02’s. Something is worn out of spec.
 

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