Suspension noise ***Update***

chetos · **Posted:** Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:23 am

I posted this earlier and thought maybe this was just because it was colder. But it really sounds like it's bottoming out when it hit even a little road bump (normal street driving) straight on. Never when turning (like going up in my drive way but if I take a big turn and hit my drive way straight on there is a scraping noise). It can't be bottoming out because I've hit bigger bumps off road and hit moving up and down more than this. It's under warranty and am calling my dealer today but I just want some opinions before I walk in. Thanks.

2006KJSPORT4x4 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:40 am

Are you still on stock tires? Perhaps if your turning sharp and hitting bumps the tire is rubbing the wheel well? Just a thought...

chetos · **Posted:** Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:41 am

no noise while turning with my stock 235 Laredo's.

2006KJSPORT4x4 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:48 am

It could still be the tire hitting the top of the wheel well perhaps. If you hit your driveway at a good enough speed straight on perhaps the wheels are hitting the top of the wheel well or backside of the fender in the wheel well...just another thought...but maybe it is doing that because the struts aren't quite what they used to be?? You don't wheel that often do you, or at all, I suspect so I would think your stock setup should be spared the extra stress that those wheeling give to it, unless you just have horrible city streets like here in Memphis...

Gordo · **Posted:** Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:48 am

Can you describe the noise a little better? I just posted a thread in the 4x4 section because I was having some suspension noises too. Take a look:

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Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Mon Dec 18, 2006 12:02 pm

sway bar bushings?

Gordo · **Posted:** Mon Dec 18, 2006 12:04 pm

Jeepjeepster wrote:

sway bar bushings?

Was this directed to me or to chetos?

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Mon Dec 18, 2006 12:39 pm

Gordo wrote:

Jeepjeepster wrote:

sway bar bushings?

Was this directed to me or to chetos?

Chetos.. You had a loose sway bar end link. :wink:

Thats what a dirty/dry sway bar bushing sounds like.. A grinding metal on metal, I can feel it through the entire jeep when it does it.

chetos · **Posted:** Mon Dec 18, 2006 2:07 pm

I'll know tomorrow when the dealer looks at it. Hopefully it's covered under warranty. The noise is scrapping/scrounching noise. Not a pop. I haven't been on anything too hardcore for trails but I can't say what the previous owner did.

USPLibby · **Joined:** Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:29 am **Posts:** 377

It really sounds like the front swaybar bushing. I hear it when it gets cold. Adding some grease inside makes it go away for a while.

chetos · **Posted:** Tue Dec 19, 2006 8:22 pm

I was told by my dealer today that they couldn't really find anything wrong. They could here something but it was pretty minor. He said it's probably a bushing on the swing arm. He told me not to worry about and to keep an eye on it and if it gets worse to stop in and he'll go with me to hear the noise and that anything that's wrong the warranty should cover it. So on my way home, I hear nothing. They might have went through and tightened or lubed stuff up...

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