I had a a Rubicon express lift installed by 4wheelparts and now I'm getting a grinding/ rubbing noise when I make a right turn and only in the morning when I first get on the road. After I drive for a little bit it goes away. I looked at my exhaust to see if its hitting anywhere but it isn't and all the bolts are tight. I took it back to 4wheelparts and they said the track bar bolt was kind of loose but as soon as I left the parking lot the noise was still there and I didn't feel like going back and arguing with the guy cause it didn't look like they wanted to help. Any ideas of what it could be? Thanks in advance

 

Check U-Joints and ball joints.

 

Without being there to hear it/see it for myself (and not that I'm some jeep god/mechanic), I'm strictly just throwing this out there.... check the brake shield/plate - sometimes that gets bent a little, or pushed towards the rotor and makes a similar noise. If you're comfortable with it, take off your wheel, brake caliper, and rotor. Check around the wheel hub, ensure no debris, etc. Again, little steps here and there to pinpoint the issue.

Ball joints won't really make a "grinding" noise, more of a pop/bang. U-Joints - possible grinding, but if they were that bad, it wouldn't last long and boom - they'd blow up on ya.

Whatever you do, if you decide to check things out yourself - do one thing at a time and check again. This way, it'll help you pinpoint the source. You start doing 804767346 things, yea - you might fix it, but you could have saved time and/or added frustration. Plus, we all know damn well that sometimes after checking/adjusting something, it opens a can of worms! lol

 

Put your front axle on jack stands.

Turn the steering to a full lock right turn.

Spin your tires/wheels by hand.

Look and listen for the source of the grinding.


If the grinding is coming from the rear axle, put it on jack stands, put the tranny in neutral, spin the tires/wheels by hand, look and listen.

Grinding usually will leave some evidence--paint or finish rubbed off, gouged tires/wheels, etc.

 

Almost has to be lift related...I had the same noise on mine after I installed a lift recently and it was the upper track bar bolt and it was loose (I always leave some thing loose it seems) pulled it into my shop and hammered it home with the impact gun and good to go but the previous post was right just get her up in the air and start spinning the tires and visually inspect everything really good.i will even run my hand over everything to see if I feel anything out of place and check all the fasteners myself...BTW I have never had a problem with 4Wheelparts they have always been accommodating so you might wanna talk to the manager and I am sure they will remedy the situation!

 

Thanks again for the good advice, I'm going to put it on jack stands this evening check the front end throughly cause the noise sounds like its coming from the front right and hopefully its something that I have been overlooking

 

I'm not bashing on 4wheel parts they have been very helpful but when I took it in it seemed like they just wanted to push me out the door and maybe I just went on a bad day but I'm going to check every bolt again. Just don't really want to put an impact on it cause they mark every bolt with paint and just in case I have to take it back to them I dont want them to say I was messing with the suspension

 

Just got done checkin out the jeep and with it up on jack stands I couldn't duplicate the problem but all the ball joints look good and there is no visible rubbing spots or loose bolts. I spun the wheel till my arms gave out lol and I couldn't get it to do the noise. The dust shield for the brakes is in its place and doesn't look bent. I even put all four corners on jack stands and and put it on 4 hi and turned the wheels and it won't do it

 

The only thing I saw out of the ordinary was this joint, its sitting crooked compared to the other 7 arms. Would this affect anything? Sorry for the newb questions

 

Isn't there a bushing missing from there?