I've recently noticed that when going through deep dips at moderate speed (fast enough to compress the suspension pretty good) I get a strange noise coming from the DS wheel/spring, but I can't seem to isolate it. Sounds a bit like a "boing" from the spring, but with a little more clang/grind - we'll call it a "cloing". I don't get the noise when compressing the suspension at slower speeds or when crawling, nor does the noise ever occur on the PS.
A few facts to help me troubleshoot:
1. I rebuilt the knuckles about 2 months ago, birfs looked good, replaced all bearings, seals, gaskets, etc. using CDans kit.
2. About 1 week ago, I noticed this same noise on pavement when going through deep gutter crossings. Found both front wheel bearings loose. Toredown and checked them, then retightened to spec. No more hub wobble currently present. Removed the 10mm OME spacers at this time, so now I am running only FZJFillmore's 1.5" spacers up front - on J springs.
3. Found the top shock bolt loose on the PS several months ago. DS "looks" good...but could a loose shock make this noise?
4. Had an alignment and rotation done about 2 weeks ago. Truck pulls to the DS now especially under acceleration (it did this before the alignment too). I have attributed it to the "never-seen-pavement-before" spare being placed into the rotation on the front PS thereby making it pull left post-alignment.
Any ideas? I'm going nuts here.
I plan to have the alignment redone to rule that out.
Thanks in advance for your input!
A few facts to help me troubleshoot:
1. I rebuilt the knuckles about 2 months ago, birfs looked good, replaced all bearings, seals, gaskets, etc. using CDans kit.
2. About 1 week ago, I noticed this same noise on pavement when going through deep gutter crossings. Found both front wheel bearings loose. Toredown and checked them, then retightened to spec. No more hub wobble currently present. Removed the 10mm OME spacers at this time, so now I am running only FZJFillmore's 1.5" spacers up front - on J springs.
3. Found the top shock bolt loose on the PS several months ago. DS "looks" good...but could a loose shock make this noise?
4. Had an alignment and rotation done about 2 weeks ago. Truck pulls to the DS now especially under acceleration (it did this before the alignment too). I have attributed it to the "never-seen-pavement-before" spare being placed into the rotation on the front PS thereby making it pull left post-alignment.
Any ideas? I'm going nuts here.
I plan to have the alignment redone to rule that out.
Thanks in advance for your input!