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Old May 13, 2011 | 04:00 PM
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Hey guys I had installed a 2.5 lift kit about 2weeks ago and recently I started hearing some rattling on the inside that I cant pinpoint and also in the rear. It seems to be coming from the inside when hit a bump. Any thoughts or suggestions?
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Old May 13, 2011 | 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Logan1982
Hey guys I had installed a 2.5 lift kit about 2weeks ago and recently I started hearing some rattling on the inside that I cant pinpoint and also in the rear. It seems to be coming from the inside when hit a bump. Any thoughts or suggestions?
Check the factory jack in the rear, believe it or not that is the cause quite often. Might have nothing to do with the lift.
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Old May 13, 2011 | 08:04 PM
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Grease the heck out of the tailgate latches. I spent 2 hours at my dealer trying to locate MY rattle and it turns out that it was simply the latches clinking against each other.
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Old May 14, 2011 | 02:27 AM
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Also if you can't find it, take a look at how close the driver side front coil spring is to the sway bar, look at the coil to see if ya see any paint chipped/rubbed or if it had touched the sway bar (look close at it) at all, if it did, perhaps thats your ratttle
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Old May 14, 2011 | 04:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Logan1982
Hey guys I had installed a 2.5 lift kit about 2weeks ago and recently I started hearing some rattling on the inside that I cant pinpoint and also in the rear. It seems to be coming from the inside when hit a bump. Any thoughts or suggestions?
I started getting a rattle recently too. It's a deep sounding rattle and not a high pitched tinny one that is coming from inside the back. I only hear it when I'm sitting at a red light or moving slowly like through a parking lot. Bugs the hell out of me but I can't find the source!
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Old May 14, 2011 | 07:05 AM
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Lol!!!!!! Sure enough I do believe its the jack that rattles when I hit a bump! Does bug the hell out of me but knowing that its nothing technical makes me happy!!! Thank you guys for all the replies!!!
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Old May 14, 2011 | 02:31 PM
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You can crank the jack up once its in the storage position to get rid of the rattles. My rig is too tall to use it, so mine is in the corner of the barn. Fixed my rattle!
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Old May 14, 2011 | 02:54 PM
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You gotta be kidding. The jack! You mean all this time the damn rattle I have never been able ti find is the jack. Feeling kind of dumb right about now.
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Old May 14, 2011 | 08:53 PM
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re-tighten your shocks and sway bar when i put my leveling kit on i had rattles and thats what mine were
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Old May 14, 2011 | 10:23 PM
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Also it could be a brake pad clip missing. I know I had a rattle and that was the cause. I could only hear it while moving tho.
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