Hi folks,
I went and did a little wheeling this past weekend, and while going over some ruts downhill (slowly, but fairly deep), I slid down the hill a bit into a rut, and the truck came down a little hard (dirt, not rocks). I heard a popping noise like metal on metal when it happened. Got off the hill fine, drove home, but noticed that when turning left or right, slowly, like into a driveway, with a slight incline, I hear a similar pop. I'm about 80% sure it's coming from the front of the truck, not sure about driver/passenger side.
So I spent some time crawling around under it, making sure things were tight, etc. as one does. I noticed that the front sway bar bushings (see pic) have two fasteners (duh). However, one is going what I think is the wrong way, and there is no nut. To me, this seems like it could be the source of my problem, however, these sway bar bushings were replaced by a shop about a year ago (normally I do the work myself, but I wanted these done before a trip and they were doing my t-belt anyway), and I have not heard this noise before the event after my wheeling adventure.
Question: I assume these fasteners are installed wrong. It's the same on the left and right. Looking at the partsouq diagram, I don't see any nuts, so I assume the shop put them in the wrong direction, threading them thru a captive nut on the backside or something, leaving the clamp for the sway bar bolted effectively on just one side. Can anyone confirm, or send me a picture of theirs?
I went and did a little wheeling this past weekend, and while going over some ruts downhill (slowly, but fairly deep), I slid down the hill a bit into a rut, and the truck came down a little hard (dirt, not rocks). I heard a popping noise like metal on metal when it happened. Got off the hill fine, drove home, but noticed that when turning left or right, slowly, like into a driveway, with a slight incline, I hear a similar pop. I'm about 80% sure it's coming from the front of the truck, not sure about driver/passenger side.
So I spent some time crawling around under it, making sure things were tight, etc. as one does. I noticed that the front sway bar bushings (see pic) have two fasteners (duh). However, one is going what I think is the wrong way, and there is no nut. To me, this seems like it could be the source of my problem, however, these sway bar bushings were replaced by a shop about a year ago (normally I do the work myself, but I wanted these done before a trip and they were doing my t-belt anyway), and I have not heard this noise before the event after my wheeling adventure.
Question: I assume these fasteners are installed wrong. It's the same on the left and right. Looking at the partsouq diagram, I don't see any nuts, so I assume the shop put them in the wrong direction, threading them thru a captive nut on the backside or something, leaving the clamp for the sway bar bolted effectively on just one side. Can anyone confirm, or send me a picture of theirs?
