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Movement in tie rod and track bar

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Old Jan 13, 2011 | 07:18 PM
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I've been having some clunking noise coming from front suspension when going over speed bumps and any other large bump. I crawled under to see what the noise could be. Noticed that the tie rod and track bar could be rotated a little back and forth with my hand. Is this normal? Any other possibilities for clunking noise?
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Old Jan 13, 2011 | 07:25 PM
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Anyone.....anyone.....
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Old Jan 13, 2011 | 07:29 PM
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Umm, if your talking about your draglink and tierod, yeah its normal for them to rock bak and forth. Trackbar- no
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Old Jan 13, 2011 | 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by toad
Get under there and grab it and try to move it.
Haha, I like this quote.
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Old Jan 13, 2011 | 07:35 PM
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The jam nut on the control arms were a little loose. Tightened those but am still getting the noise. It almost sounds like springs shifting.
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Old Jan 13, 2011 | 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by mkjeep
Umm, if your talking about your draglink and tierod, yeah its normal for them to rock bak and forth. Trackbar- no
Oops...draglink. Looked at the picture wrong.
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Old Jan 13, 2011 | 08:09 PM
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Figured it out. Just a loose bolt on one of my sway bar disconnects.
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Old Jan 13, 2011 | 08:49 PM
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Better a loose bolt than a missing one!
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Old Jan 14, 2011 | 06:37 PM
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Better a loose bolt than a missing one!
I'll second that!
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Old Jan 15, 2011 | 05:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Mrwhite1072
Figured it out. Just a loose bolt on one of my sway bar disconnects.
Put some locktite on the top disconnect thread to keep that from happening. I had issues with my top bolt on my JKS disco's loosening up and making a noise over speed bumps in my neighborhood.
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