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Knocking in front axle

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Old Aug 13, 2013 | 05:45 PM
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I had some serious issues with my axle studs holding the wheels and lost both passenger tires simultaneously while traveling down the freeway at 80mph. Fixed everything and hear no more clicking. I think my issue was very uncommon...
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Old Aug 13, 2013 | 06:32 PM
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lost ..... like fell off the jeep?
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Old Aug 13, 2013 | 07:15 PM
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The whole wheel and my spacer came off the jeep. sheared the axle studs right from the rotor. Passenger front and rear at the same time. Not something you want to go through haha
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Old Aug 13, 2013 | 11:26 PM
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holy crap... Glad your alright
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Old Aug 13, 2013 | 11:47 PM
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That story makes me just a little leery of getting spacers for my wheels.
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Old Aug 14, 2013 | 01:24 AM
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May I commend you good sir, for not shitting yourself, or using an obnoxious amount of exclamation marks or Capitol letters.
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Old Aug 14, 2013 | 03:18 AM
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Just curious how big of spacers did you get and did you put lock tight on your spacers?
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Old Sep 1, 2013 | 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by RedRockJeeper
That story makes me just a little leery of getting spacers for my wheels.
Just dont let the dealership over tighten them while also breaking your lock-tite seal and you should be fine. And check them regularly

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May I commend you good sir, for not shitting yourself, or using an obnoxious amount of exclamation marks or Capitol letters.
Yeah.. it was an interesting ride to say the least.

Originally Posted by mrornge
Just curious how big of spacers did you get and did you put lock tight on your spacers?
1.5" and yes there was lock-tite but the lugs on the spacers were way over tightened and the seal on the lock-tite was broken so.. The studs just sheared off on the passenger rear and the spacer lugs came unscrewed in passenger front. So just make sure you know who's working on your wheels and what they're doing..
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Old Oct 27, 2016 | 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted by echoshotz
This response might be a little late but that sounds like a loose caliper. A u-joint has a little more clicking tone to it.
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