Front upper control arm bushings
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Front upper control arm bushings
2008 with 104K on it......wondering if the the bushings should be replaced.......are they supposed to be more to one side or centered like the rest of the bushings. I'd love to attach a picture of what I mean, but can't get it to work.
I installed a Rough Country 3.5" lift in Jan and a month later I got this clunk when I turn the wheel or go over any kind of bump. The klunk is intermittent tho, sometimes not happening for a week and lmthis time for a month.
I have already replaced the ball joints, u-joints, drag link, and the track bar bushings, and still the klunk happens. Some have mentioned the steering box, but trying to avoid that expense, and I assumed if it was them it would happen all the time. So as I was looking for another possible option, and I noticed the bushings weren't centered, and didn't know if that was an issue.
Please let me know, and if anyone has any ideas, I'm all ears
I installed a Rough Country 3.5" lift in Jan and a month later I got this clunk when I turn the wheel or go over any kind of bump. The klunk is intermittent tho, sometimes not happening for a week and lmthis time for a month.
I have already replaced the ball joints, u-joints, drag link, and the track bar bushings, and still the klunk happens. Some have mentioned the steering box, but trying to avoid that expense, and I assumed if it was them it would happen all the time. So as I was looking for another possible option, and I noticed the bushings weren't centered, and didn't know if that was an issue.
Please let me know, and if anyone has any ideas, I'm all ears
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The bushings appear to be offset out of the factory but they're just fully seated in the housing. Did you check all suspension torque before going bushing? Is it in the steering shaft or body? The lower steering shaft can also develop a clunk and it'll be random.
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When I installed my lift I put on adj. trackbars. After a few months one of the front trackbar bolts loosened up and caused a clanking sound sometimes. I put on some loctite and torqued it down again and my problem went away.
Double check nothing has come loose.
Double check nothing has come loose.