OK, so I lifted the White Digger last weekend including swapping a set of control arms that already had the OME bushings in them, then immediately went riding later that day out at the WMA... Even had Mister Woooo check to see what the rattle from the front driver was... it was an odd knock that I had never really heard before (I've heard almost all and can usually tell you what it is...). But this one was a hard metal banging on a hollow metal... So I thought it was the exhaust maybe.
Meh, keep riding. Drove all week occasionally hearing this noise. Flat-towed to Morris Mountain. Set out to wheel and got a friend to look to see what the knock was... Back up, pull forward, back up pull forward...
"Oh, I see!... your control arm-to-frame bolt is missing!"
YEP! the driver side control arm was completely off the frame! LOL! The only thing holding that entire side together was the sway bar!