Front end clunking...

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  1. Dec 14, 2015 at 7:02 PM #11
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    How are your tie-rods? Everything got tightened to spec after the lift? with a torque wrench?
     
  2. Dec 14, 2015 at 10:11 PM #12
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    Tie rods are new, they came with the lift. Everything was torqued


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  3. Dec 15, 2015 at 12:52 AM #13
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    cvs can do what youre talking about when they go bad. they can also get a little vibration feeling to it also.
     
  4. Dec 15, 2015 at 12:29 PM #14
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    I was worried the cv's were binding with the added lift.. They're at a pretty ify angle

    How do I check if they're for sure bad? Before I spend $180 on new axles

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  5. Dec 20, 2015 at 12:41 PM #15
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    Got everything torn apart... I can't figure it out. Hubs don't have any movement. Lower ball joints don't have movement. I'm not really sure how to test is a cv axle is bad or not

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  6. Dec 20, 2015 at 9:50 PM #16
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    Sway bar links/bushings all good?

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  7. Dec 21, 2015 at 12:08 AM #17
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    Dylan said they were new Moog links/bushings.

    I'm still thinking Dylan could have checked the CVs with the tires mounted on it.

    Maybe it's more of a mystery sound and nothing is loose or breaking???

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  8. Dec 21, 2015 at 4:07 PM #18
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    Turns out the upper A arms where fairly loose where they mount to the frame. I tightened them as tight as I could. It fixed 75% of the clunking. Something Still makes noise


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  9. Dec 21, 2015 at 7:51 PM #19
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    Are your shocks tightened down? My passenger side loosened up after a couple hundred miles
     
  10. Dec 26, 2015 at 5:57 PM #20
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    I put my gopro underneath and drove around to see if there was anything abnormal looking.. Everything looks fine. The only thing i can possibly think of is like Will said. maybe the top nut on my bilsteins came loose or aren't tight enough? I might pull the spacer off tomorrow and see if they are tight or not. If i still can't find anything i'm taking it to the shop that installed my lift..this is ridiculous. It's gotten to the point where i hate driving my truck now because of all the clunking. :Grenade:
     
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