Front end rattle.
 

before anyone freaks (which i hope does not happen) I tried using search....lol

Last week I brought my jeep into a garage that installed my Currie leveling kit, as I heard a rattle when I would drive over bumps / washboard.

I figured it was the adjustable swaybar links. Nope. they said everything int he suspension is tight.

So I went on an offroad trip up a pole line, here in Ontario....and now that I am back, my shocks are pooched (this is another issue, should they die after 2 months, and only one hard offroad trip?), and i hear that rattle on every bump, even the small ones.

i dont know if that would be the shocks, because when I bouce the front end of the jeep to show people the pooched shocks nothing happens, no noise nothing.

when i hit the bumps it rattles 2 to 4 times, and then stops....unless i hit another bump of course.

it seems to be coming from the drivers side.

Any tips would be great!!

Describe" pooched "shock please

well,

I can push on the front bumper, and the whole jeep wants to lift off ground.

in other words, SUPER soft shocks....which according to Rancho who i called to tell them about they say "those shocks are bad and we cant warranty them because you're in canada"

Anyway, thats the best I can tell yah without taking them off.

When you push up they're stuck?? If you push down and let go, do the pop back up or do the bounce more than once?

When I push down and let go, they bouce about 3 or 4 times.


I dont know if this is what's causing the rattle as this is another issue. The rattle was there before I noticed the shocks were blown. (unless it was a sign that they were going?)

Might be your heat shield rattling

I am also a n00b when it comes to this stuff

Is the heatsheild located more on the drivers side?

should I remove or see if I can tighten? (I have read this in a few other threads on here, but no one seemed to give an answer)

Thanks,

If they bounce 3or 4 times, they're blown. That much bouncing is probably causing something to rattle that normally wouldn't.

only when you hit bumps? I had a rattle when i accelerated. It took my some time to find it. But it was the stupid heat shield that is factory welded on the exhaust pipes. it had a small crack on the edge and it was sooo annoying. I place a clamp on it and no more rattle!