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Old Sep 26, 2013 | 06:41 PM
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I'm having a slight clicking at stop or slow while turning the wheel left. sometimes when I go back right, there's a deeper (but still slight) clunk. any ideas?
installed a TF 2.5 cool lift recently but definitely tightened everything back down. if I remember correctly, I didn't even loosen the front control arm bolts.
track bar? drag link? squirrel?
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Old Sep 27, 2013 | 02:38 AM
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Clicking can be a lot of things. U-joints ?
How many miles on the axle joints ?
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Old Sep 27, 2013 | 03:39 AM
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+1 on ujoints, also check your shock bolts and sway bar links... pretty much anything that was replaced or messed with when the lift was put on.
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Old Sep 27, 2013 | 05:39 AM
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Originally Posted by kjeeper10
Clicking can be a lot of things. U-joints ?
How many miles on the axle joints ?
14,000 miles. I checked the end links. I'll try the shock mounts. how can I check the u-joints?

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Old Sep 27, 2013 | 05:43 AM
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If you replaced your track bar look at that the bolts are smaller then the holes an they loosen up after a few
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Old Sep 27, 2013 | 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by mook8651
If you replaced your track bar look at that the bolts are smaller then the holes an they loosen up after a few
x2 on the track bar. I have a friend that is experiencing the same thing you are, and after inspection his track bar is loose on the driver side.
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Old Sep 27, 2013 | 09:50 AM
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CHK U-Joints, ball joints, drag link (sometimes the bolts will hit after you adj steering for a new lift) - if I were to guess its prob your ball joints
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Old Sep 27, 2013 | 01:04 PM
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Can you feel the click through the steering wheel? I had a very slight click after installing a lift/bigger tires on my 2012 when I was first pulling out of the driveway(Didn't happen right after I put on those parts, but a month or so later.) After I installed a steering box brace I no longer had the issue...
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Old Nov 29, 2013 | 06:05 AM
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as an update, this went away completely once my metalcloak GameChanger lift was installed. could have been the trackbar?
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