Creaking front end; ball joints?
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JK Super Freak
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Creaking front end; ball joints?
Was in an area recently with those big speed hump type raised platforms on the roads and noticed the front end of my JK creaking when I went over them at like 25MPH; I've driven on this road before & never noticed the sound previously.
On other vehicles I've driven in the past creaking ball joints were always a sign that they were on the way out, however as I understand the JK's balljoints are sealed, non-greasable units with plastic inserts. Do these new design ones also creak when they're going bad, or am I hearing something else (pretty sure I wasn't hitting the speed humps hard enough to hit the bump stops)?
On other vehicles I've driven in the past creaking ball joints were always a sign that they were on the way out, however as I understand the JK's balljoints are sealed, non-greasable units with plastic inserts. Do these new design ones also creak when they're going bad, or am I hearing something else (pretty sure I wasn't hitting the speed humps hard enough to hit the bump stops)?
Last edited by JKlad; Apr 10, 2011 at 05:21 PM.
JK Enthusiast
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It's the bushings that hold your front sway bar to the frame, take it off and put some good grease on the bushings and the noise is gone, mine did the same thing and it drove me crazy !!! Found and fixes it though, just get a 300 lb friend to jump on the bumper lol that's what I did lol
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Originally Posted by jeep_creep
It's the bushings that hold your front sway bar to the frame, take it off and put some good grease on the bushings and the noise is gone, mine did the same thing and it drove me crazy !!! Found and fixes it though, just get a 300 lb friend to jump on the bumper lol that's what I did lol
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JK Super Freak
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From: Sydney, Australia
It's the bushings that hold your front sway bar to the frame, take it off and put some good grease on the bushings and the noise is gone, mine did the same thing and it drove me crazy !!! Found and fixes it though, just get a 300 lb friend to jump on the bumper lol that's what I did lol