I have been living with a 'pop' in my front suspension for a while now. It is definitely getting worse. I rarely ever start a thread on Mud, even though I have been an active member since 2006. So, I am saying that I have searched but can't seem to find the exact noise/sound/circumstances on other strange noise threads.
My 'pop' sound only happens when I come to a complete stop abruptly. And, if I get the 'pop' upon coming to a complete stop abruptly, then I know I am going to get the 'pop' again when I accelerate again. Since this is the only time I get the 'pop', I can drive 'guarded' and keep it from popping most times. I just have to brake carefully and try not to come to a complete stop too abruptly.
I put new upper and lower ball joints in thinking it was that. Didn't fix my problem. After that, I took it to a friends shop and he put it on a lift and said that he was finally able to replicate the sound by putting a large pry bar between the driver side LCA and where it attaches to the frame(?) (or center diff). He said the movement was towards the rear of the LCA. I wasn't there when he replicated the noise so I didn't get to see and he knows I like to do my own work. He did not tear into it.He just told me that is where he feels like the noise is coming from.
I am guessing there are bushings where the LCA attaches to the frame since it would need to pivot at that attachment point. Are the bushings part of the LCA or part of the frame? Is there any threads or diagrams posted any where that show what to expect when I get in there. I would like to have the parts on hand whenever I start this procedure so that my truck doesn't have to sit while I wait on parts.
The closest thread I found to my symptom was https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/alignment-questions-and-binding-noise-help.561560/. Mxndrnks mentions it in several different posts throughout that thread but I don't read where the 'pop' was ever definitively solved.
Thanks in advance for recommendations.
My 'pop' sound only happens when I come to a complete stop abruptly. And, if I get the 'pop' upon coming to a complete stop abruptly, then I know I am going to get the 'pop' again when I accelerate again. Since this is the only time I get the 'pop', I can drive 'guarded' and keep it from popping most times. I just have to brake carefully and try not to come to a complete stop too abruptly.
I put new upper and lower ball joints in thinking it was that. Didn't fix my problem. After that, I took it to a friends shop and he put it on a lift and said that he was finally able to replicate the sound by putting a large pry bar between the driver side LCA and where it attaches to the frame(?) (or center diff). He said the movement was towards the rear of the LCA. I wasn't there when he replicated the noise so I didn't get to see and he knows I like to do my own work. He did not tear into it.He just told me that is where he feels like the noise is coming from.
I am guessing there are bushings where the LCA attaches to the frame since it would need to pivot at that attachment point. Are the bushings part of the LCA or part of the frame? Is there any threads or diagrams posted any where that show what to expect when I get in there. I would like to have the parts on hand whenever I start this procedure so that my truck doesn't have to sit while I wait on parts.
The closest thread I found to my symptom was https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/alignment-questions-and-binding-noise-help.561560/. Mxndrnks mentions it in several different posts throughout that thread but I don't read where the 'pop' was ever definitively solved.
Thanks in advance for recommendations.
as they were fine (220k+ miles on the rig when I swapped them out). Its not really a bad job if you just go straight to the sawzal approach from the get-go.