"Clunk!" in Front End During Slow Turns
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Re: "Clunk!" in Front End During Slow Turns
L.W. ("ßill") ------ III did pass the time by typing:
> Hi Doug,
> Look again, that's metal to metal, where the lube guy put a bunch
> of grease in trying to dampen the squeaks:
> http://www.mwjtc.com/jeep/sway-mount2.jpg
It's close, but not much closer than the one in my ZJ.
My suggestion to the OP is to replace those bushings. The ones
on the end look shot (or terribly loose)
> Hi Doug,
> Look again, that's metal to metal, where the lube guy put a bunch
> of grease in trying to dampen the squeaks:
> http://www.mwjtc.com/jeep/sway-mount2.jpg
It's close, but not much closer than the one in my ZJ.
My suggestion to the OP is to replace those bushings. The ones
on the end look shot (or terribly loose)
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Re: "Clunk!" in Front End During Slow Turns
L.W. ("ßill") ------ III did pass the time by typing:
> Hi Doug,
> Look again, that's metal to metal, where the lube guy put a bunch
> of grease in trying to dampen the squeaks:
> http://www.mwjtc.com/jeep/sway-mount2.jpg
It's close, but not much closer than the one in my ZJ.
My suggestion to the OP is to replace those bushings. The ones
on the end look shot (or terribly loose)
> Hi Doug,
> Look again, that's metal to metal, where the lube guy put a bunch
> of grease in trying to dampen the squeaks:
> http://www.mwjtc.com/jeep/sway-mount2.jpg
It's close, but not much closer than the one in my ZJ.
My suggestion to the OP is to replace those bushings. The ones
on the end look shot (or terribly loose)
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Re: "Clunk!" in Front End During Slow Turns
On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 16:07:44 GMT, RoyJ <spamless@microsoft.net> wrote:
>Heh, heh, I've never seen a 2wd Cherokee!
>
My wife had one for 3 years. Great vehicle, but it sucked in the snow
and ice. Front suspension was the same as a 4x4 Cherokee, with a
non-driving axle.
--
Old Crow
'82 Shovelhead FLTC 92" 'Pearl'
'95 Jeep Wrangler YJ
TOMKAT, BS#133, SENS, MAMBM, DOF#51, SPONGER#2
>Heh, heh, I've never seen a 2wd Cherokee!
>
My wife had one for 3 years. Great vehicle, but it sucked in the snow
and ice. Front suspension was the same as a 4x4 Cherokee, with a
non-driving axle.
--
Old Crow
'82 Shovelhead FLTC 92" 'Pearl'
'95 Jeep Wrangler YJ
TOMKAT, BS#133, SENS, MAMBM, DOF#51, SPONGER#2
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Re: "Clunk!" in Front End During Slow Turns
On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 16:07:44 GMT, RoyJ <spamless@microsoft.net> wrote:
>Heh, heh, I've never seen a 2wd Cherokee!
>
My wife had one for 3 years. Great vehicle, but it sucked in the snow
and ice. Front suspension was the same as a 4x4 Cherokee, with a
non-driving axle.
--
Old Crow
'82 Shovelhead FLTC 92" 'Pearl'
'95 Jeep Wrangler YJ
TOMKAT, BS#133, SENS, MAMBM, DOF#51, SPONGER#2
>Heh, heh, I've never seen a 2wd Cherokee!
>
My wife had one for 3 years. Great vehicle, but it sucked in the snow
and ice. Front suspension was the same as a 4x4 Cherokee, with a
non-driving axle.
--
Old Crow
'82 Shovelhead FLTC 92" 'Pearl'
'95 Jeep Wrangler YJ
TOMKAT, BS#133, SENS, MAMBM, DOF#51, SPONGER#2
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Re: "Clunk!" in Front End During Slow Turns
On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 16:07:44 GMT, RoyJ <spamless@microsoft.net> wrote:
>Heh, heh, I've never seen a 2wd Cherokee!
>
My wife had one for 3 years. Great vehicle, but it sucked in the snow
and ice. Front suspension was the same as a 4x4 Cherokee, with a
non-driving axle.
--
Old Crow
'82 Shovelhead FLTC 92" 'Pearl'
'95 Jeep Wrangler YJ
TOMKAT, BS#133, SENS, MAMBM, DOF#51, SPONGER#2
>Heh, heh, I've never seen a 2wd Cherokee!
>
My wife had one for 3 years. Great vehicle, but it sucked in the snow
and ice. Front suspension was the same as a 4x4 Cherokee, with a
non-driving axle.
--
Old Crow
'82 Shovelhead FLTC 92" 'Pearl'
'95 Jeep Wrangler YJ
TOMKAT, BS#133, SENS, MAMBM, DOF#51, SPONGER#2
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Re: "Clunk!" in Front End During Slow Turns
On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 21:18:40 -0600, DougW wrote:
>> But the inside seemed really smashed. It's hard to see in this pic because
>> I had a hard time maneuvering the camera in there.
>>
>> http://www.mwjtc.com/jeep/sway-mount2.jpg
>
> That's "normal" wear due to the bars curvature at that point.
>
> Little bit of rust there. Might want to rework the bar
> (sand and paint) And make sure that's raggedy looking line
> isn't a crack (unlikely, but...)
The crack is just in the paint. It's coated in some really thick paint
that comes off in sheets when you so much as touch it. Any special paint
to use? Just some black rustoleum spray paint?
Thanks
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>> But the inside seemed really smashed. It's hard to see in this pic because
>> I had a hard time maneuvering the camera in there.
>>
>> http://www.mwjtc.com/jeep/sway-mount2.jpg
>
> That's "normal" wear due to the bars curvature at that point.
>
> Little bit of rust there. Might want to rework the bar
> (sand and paint) And make sure that's raggedy looking line
> isn't a crack (unlikely, but...)
The crack is just in the paint. It's coated in some really thick paint
that comes off in sheets when you so much as touch it. Any special paint
to use? Just some black rustoleum spray paint?
Thanks
--
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Re: "Clunk!" in Front End During Slow Turns
On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 21:18:40 -0600, DougW wrote:
>> But the inside seemed really smashed. It's hard to see in this pic because
>> I had a hard time maneuvering the camera in there.
>>
>> http://www.mwjtc.com/jeep/sway-mount2.jpg
>
> That's "normal" wear due to the bars curvature at that point.
>
> Little bit of rust there. Might want to rework the bar
> (sand and paint) And make sure that's raggedy looking line
> isn't a crack (unlikely, but...)
The crack is just in the paint. It's coated in some really thick paint
that comes off in sheets when you so much as touch it. Any special paint
to use? Just some black rustoleum spray paint?
Thanks
--
becker;
email = remove the fruit;
>> But the inside seemed really smashed. It's hard to see in this pic because
>> I had a hard time maneuvering the camera in there.
>>
>> http://www.mwjtc.com/jeep/sway-mount2.jpg
>
> That's "normal" wear due to the bars curvature at that point.
>
> Little bit of rust there. Might want to rework the bar
> (sand and paint) And make sure that's raggedy looking line
> isn't a crack (unlikely, but...)
The crack is just in the paint. It's coated in some really thick paint
that comes off in sheets when you so much as touch it. Any special paint
to use? Just some black rustoleum spray paint?
Thanks
--
becker;
email = remove the fruit;
#88
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Re: "Clunk!" in Front End During Slow Turns
On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 21:18:40 -0600, DougW wrote:
>> But the inside seemed really smashed. It's hard to see in this pic because
>> I had a hard time maneuvering the camera in there.
>>
>> http://www.mwjtc.com/jeep/sway-mount2.jpg
>
> That's "normal" wear due to the bars curvature at that point.
>
> Little bit of rust there. Might want to rework the bar
> (sand and paint) And make sure that's raggedy looking line
> isn't a crack (unlikely, but...)
The crack is just in the paint. It's coated in some really thick paint
that comes off in sheets when you so much as touch it. Any special paint
to use? Just some black rustoleum spray paint?
Thanks
--
becker;
email = remove the fruit;
>> But the inside seemed really smashed. It's hard to see in this pic because
>> I had a hard time maneuvering the camera in there.
>>
>> http://www.mwjtc.com/jeep/sway-mount2.jpg
>
> That's "normal" wear due to the bars curvature at that point.
>
> Little bit of rust there. Might want to rework the bar
> (sand and paint) And make sure that's raggedy looking line
> isn't a crack (unlikely, but...)
The crack is just in the paint. It's coated in some really thick paint
that comes off in sheets when you so much as touch it. Any special paint
to use? Just some black rustoleum spray paint?
Thanks
--
becker;
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#89
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Re: "Clunk!" in Front End During Slow Turns
On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 22:39:42 -0600, DougW wrote:
>> Look again, that's metal to metal, where the lube guy put a bunch
>> of grease in trying to dampen the squeaks:
>> http://www.mwjtc.com/jeep/sway-mount2.jpg
>
> It's close, but not much closer than the one in my ZJ.
> My suggestion to the OP is to replace those bushings. The ones
> on the end look shot (or terribly loose)
I tried tightening the ones on the end and they wouldn't budge. Sounds
like I'll be ordering a new set of sway bar bushings regardless :)
I tried jumping all over the front of the vehicle to really hit the
suspension and try to get it swaying, but couldn't get anything to clunk.
I then jacked both wheels off the ground and tried turning it from lock to
lock several times without any sort of noise.
I followed it up and down the driveway a few times holding on to various
components. It was clunking like crazy but I didn't feel or see anything
in the suspension. I then just held onto either wheel, and I could
distinctly feel it when it clunked. It was a sharp metal to metal clunk
(more towards a "clink" when you're outside the vehicle) that sounds like
something is getting bound and unbound.
The only things this could possibly be are the hubs, the calipers/rotors,
or the steering knuckle mounts. Nothing else attaches here. The
pads/rotors are relatively new but I went ahead and disassembled and
cleaned them for good measure. I rechecked the torque on everything at the
hub and it looks good. There is no play in the wheel at all when I try to
rock it back and forth, so I can't imagine anything is wrong at the
knuckle. I'm totally stumped.
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>> Look again, that's metal to metal, where the lube guy put a bunch
>> of grease in trying to dampen the squeaks:
>> http://www.mwjtc.com/jeep/sway-mount2.jpg
>
> It's close, but not much closer than the one in my ZJ.
> My suggestion to the OP is to replace those bushings. The ones
> on the end look shot (or terribly loose)
I tried tightening the ones on the end and they wouldn't budge. Sounds
like I'll be ordering a new set of sway bar bushings regardless :)
I tried jumping all over the front of the vehicle to really hit the
suspension and try to get it swaying, but couldn't get anything to clunk.
I then jacked both wheels off the ground and tried turning it from lock to
lock several times without any sort of noise.
I followed it up and down the driveway a few times holding on to various
components. It was clunking like crazy but I didn't feel or see anything
in the suspension. I then just held onto either wheel, and I could
distinctly feel it when it clunked. It was a sharp metal to metal clunk
(more towards a "clink" when you're outside the vehicle) that sounds like
something is getting bound and unbound.
The only things this could possibly be are the hubs, the calipers/rotors,
or the steering knuckle mounts. Nothing else attaches here. The
pads/rotors are relatively new but I went ahead and disassembled and
cleaned them for good measure. I rechecked the torque on everything at the
hub and it looks good. There is no play in the wheel at all when I try to
rock it back and forth, so I can't imagine anything is wrong at the
knuckle. I'm totally stumped.
--
becker;
email = remove the fruit;
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Re: "Clunk!" in Front End During Slow Turns
On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 22:39:42 -0600, DougW wrote:
>> Look again, that's metal to metal, where the lube guy put a bunch
>> of grease in trying to dampen the squeaks:
>> http://www.mwjtc.com/jeep/sway-mount2.jpg
>
> It's close, but not much closer than the one in my ZJ.
> My suggestion to the OP is to replace those bushings. The ones
> on the end look shot (or terribly loose)
I tried tightening the ones on the end and they wouldn't budge. Sounds
like I'll be ordering a new set of sway bar bushings regardless :)
I tried jumping all over the front of the vehicle to really hit the
suspension and try to get it swaying, but couldn't get anything to clunk.
I then jacked both wheels off the ground and tried turning it from lock to
lock several times without any sort of noise.
I followed it up and down the driveway a few times holding on to various
components. It was clunking like crazy but I didn't feel or see anything
in the suspension. I then just held onto either wheel, and I could
distinctly feel it when it clunked. It was a sharp metal to metal clunk
(more towards a "clink" when you're outside the vehicle) that sounds like
something is getting bound and unbound.
The only things this could possibly be are the hubs, the calipers/rotors,
or the steering knuckle mounts. Nothing else attaches here. The
pads/rotors are relatively new but I went ahead and disassembled and
cleaned them for good measure. I rechecked the torque on everything at the
hub and it looks good. There is no play in the wheel at all when I try to
rock it back and forth, so I can't imagine anything is wrong at the
knuckle. I'm totally stumped.
--
becker;
email = remove the fruit;
>> Look again, that's metal to metal, where the lube guy put a bunch
>> of grease in trying to dampen the squeaks:
>> http://www.mwjtc.com/jeep/sway-mount2.jpg
>
> It's close, but not much closer than the one in my ZJ.
> My suggestion to the OP is to replace those bushings. The ones
> on the end look shot (or terribly loose)
I tried tightening the ones on the end and they wouldn't budge. Sounds
like I'll be ordering a new set of sway bar bushings regardless :)
I tried jumping all over the front of the vehicle to really hit the
suspension and try to get it swaying, but couldn't get anything to clunk.
I then jacked both wheels off the ground and tried turning it from lock to
lock several times without any sort of noise.
I followed it up and down the driveway a few times holding on to various
components. It was clunking like crazy but I didn't feel or see anything
in the suspension. I then just held onto either wheel, and I could
distinctly feel it when it clunked. It was a sharp metal to metal clunk
(more towards a "clink" when you're outside the vehicle) that sounds like
something is getting bound and unbound.
The only things this could possibly be are the hubs, the calipers/rotors,
or the steering knuckle mounts. Nothing else attaches here. The
pads/rotors are relatively new but I went ahead and disassembled and
cleaned them for good measure. I rechecked the torque on everything at the
hub and it looks good. There is no play in the wheel at all when I try to
rock it back and forth, so I can't imagine anything is wrong at the
knuckle. I'm totally stumped.
--
becker;
email = remove the fruit;