Harsh ride? Check this... (1 Viewer)

[LostAfrican]

Just a reminder to check that your sliders, bumpers, or other accessorizing has not resulted in connecting your rigid frame to your body and thus cancelling the shock absorbing effect of your body mount bushings.

My LX felt like it was transmitting every seam, crack, and stone right into the cabin and when I checked, sure enough the bolt on sliders had shifted up again and were pushed hard against the underside of the body, at the front, resulting in that hard ride. If your sliders are bolt on, check the clearance between the top edge of the slider clamping surface and the foot well pan. I can only fit a finger tip in between. I am using Metal Tech OPOR sliders on an LX (AHC) ... with only two mounting points.

This time I placed a little stack of flat bar between the lower U-clamp bar and the frame rail to hopefully prevent it happening again. I suppose the right way to do it is to weld those sliders right onto the frame...but...you know...commitment issues.

Once I dropped the sliders down again and increased the clearance to the body the ride was smooth and pleasant again.

Happened to me once before and took a while for me to figure it out, so passing it on to hopefully save you the frustration.
Its a lot cheaper than upgrading your shocks and other suspension components, so check this first!

 

[MongooseGA]

I also use thin rubber bathtub liner on the feet of my sliders. Helps cut down on metal-on-metal chatter.

 

[ClassyJalopy]

I also use thin rubber bathtub liner on the feet of my sliders. Helps cut down on metal-on-metal chatter.

what about the skid plates, are you using any thing to help reduce vibration there too?

 

[hoser]

The issue have come up a few times over the years...

Body mount Sqeeks? Creeks?

I have recently noticed a little bit of sqeeking right under my driver side floor board while driving. Usually from when I take off from a stand still. There is a body mount there so I assume it has gone bad after almost 200k miles and the occasional wheeling trip every couple months where I...

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[MongooseGA]

what about the skid plates, are you using any thing to help reduce vibration there too?

I haven't, but I should.


There you go making more work for me again..

 

[YezusLX]

I haven't, but I should.


There you go making more work for me again..

Pretty sure that's @ClassyJalopy life's mission. Classy: "Hey, I know you're about to resolve this issue... butt, while you're there... you might as well do this other 1,952,165,479,894,651,534,694 other things and stuff, cause ya know, you're gonna need to do it anyway." You're welcome in advance.

 

[ClassyJalopy]

Aw! You guys are making me blush

 

[YezusLX]

#loveyoumeanit

 

[Eyedaho]

Just a reminder to check that your sliders, bumpers, or other accessorizing has not resulted in connecting your rigid frame to your body and thus cancelling the shock absorbing effect of your body mount bushings.

My LX felt like it was transmitting every seam, crack, and stone right into the cabin and when I checked, sure enough the bolt on sliders had shifted up again and were pushed hard against the underside of the body, at the front, resulting in that hard ride. If your sliders are bolt on, check the clearance between the top edge of the slider clamping surface and the foot well pan. I can only fit a finger tip in between. I am using Metal Tech OPOR sliders on an LX (AHC) ... with only two mounting points.

This time I placed a little stack of flat bar between the lower U-clamp bar and the frame rail to hopefully prevent it happening again. I suppose the right way to do it is to weld those sliders right onto the frame...but...you know...commitment issues.

Once I dropped the sliders down again and increased the clearance to the body the ride was smooth and pleasant again.

Happened to me once before and took a while for me to figure it out, so passing it on to hopefully save you the frustration.
Its a lot cheaper than upgrading your shocks and other suspension components, so check this first!

Thank you so much for posting this! I have been chasing a weird vibration/rattle issue for a couple of weeks. It would only manifest when the temperatures were below freezing, and didn't correlate to larger suspension impacts, but happened with small bumps. I thought about your post and took a look today. It turns out that my DS slider had been pushed up by an impact on the rear, but just shy of causing interference. But when there was enough snow/melt with the cold temps, the ice was bridging that gap. We happened to have the perfect conditions today for that ice bridge to be present, and I thought to check for it on my way out of work. I saw what was happening, started driving and heard the noise, stopped at the car wash and blasted out the ice, and drove away with no noise. Five minutes with a wrench when I got home and it's fixed. Anyway, thanks so much for taking the time to post, because it was driving me crazy for two weeks, and I don't know how long it would have taken me to figure it out!