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Author:	bchap05 [ Mon Nov 08, 2010 1:39 pm ]
Post subject:	Daystar 2.5 installed making noise
I used the really good write up from this site to install the daystar 2.5 lift this weekend on my wife's Liberty. Thanks, it would have been near impossible with the Daystar instructions. It ended up taking most of two days as I tried to do it myself at first and got stuck getting the clevis back into place as everything was off by quite a bit once I got the shock mounted back into position. Finally with help the ratchet strap idea worked to pull everything into place. Unfortunately after getting nearly done I realized I left one of the two 1 inch or so rubber spacers that go onto the shock off on the passenger side. I'm assuming this will cause the jeep to make noise as it wont have the rubber to keep it from moving around. I'll probably go back and take it apart and re do it shortly but my question is how much noise did your jeeps make after doing a budget lift like this? Ours seems to be making quite a bit of noise especially when turning out of a driveway or something that forces the suspension to sway while turning. Is this normal and will settle or did I somehow screw something up other than the rubber piece? I don't think its just the rubber as it sounds like its doing it on both sides. Thanks

Author:	tommudd [ Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:51 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Daystar 2.5 installed making noise
If you left the bushings out that will create a lot of racket right there, also if you connected the sway bar links while still in the air that will make a racket/ squeaking sound. Doing an alignment may help as well since I am sure everything is out of whack at the moment and moving in directions it should not be Install the bushings in the one side, check all the bolts etc on the other side and then get an alignment by the way how many miles on your KJ?

Author:	bchap05 [ Mon Nov 08, 2010 8:17 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Daystar 2.5 installed making noise
Yeah I figured that may have been most of the noise. I wasn't too happy when I saw it sitting on the floor as it wasn't the most fun install and I realized id pretty much be doing that side over again. The driver side is complete it was just the passenger I forgot. The clevis was a pain we strapped it and with two guys putting full strength into it still had difficulty moving it into place. It has right around 50k on it.

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