I bought a rocky road outfitter lift, help

hislop · **Posted:** Thu Aug 12, 2010 6:43 pm

So i bought and installed a rocky road outfitter 3" lift kit which didn't come with a-arms (i did this before reading all the posts on how much they suck), first off it was a witch to install, took 2 days, second is that every time i hit a bump i here a banging noise which i believe is the upper a-arm on the spring so i ordered the INSANE control arms from them as well which then took a little more than 3 weeks to arrive at my house, so i installed those and now the banging is worse, over the littlest bump i can hear it, can anyone give any insight at all? i know i know, i should of spent the extra money on JBA.

here are 2 pics that might help? maybe the arms are upside down?

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DirtyKK · **Posted:** Thu Aug 12, 2010 7:02 pm

The a-arms appear to be on the correct side of the vehicle with the correct side facing up/down. With the jeep jacked off the ground and the wheel hanging is the a-arm touching the spring? I don't know of anybody with a KK that has installed those insane arms or their lift. If someone did it would be of much help.

Boblemoche · **Posted:** Fri Aug 13, 2010 12:35 am

could be the a arm hitting the spring or sway bar hitting lower control arm. lift your jeep with a jack and see if something get in contact with something else. there could also be somthing loose somewhere. double check that all nuts are tight. is the noise happening when the suspention compress or extend ? does it happen more when you hit one side or the other? any noise when you turn left right quickly

Neal · **Posted:** Fri Aug 13, 2010 1:44 am

With the jeep jacked off

DirtyKK wrote:

The a-arms appear to be on the correct side of the vehicle with the correct side facing up/down. :ROTFL:

With the jeep jacked off the ground and the wheel hanging is the a-arm touching the spring? I don't know of anybody with a KK that has installed those insane arms or their lift. If someone did it would be of much help.

Elt31987 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 13, 2010 6:52 am

I guess we know what the banging noise is :-)r

Scar0 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 13, 2010 6:57 am

It's hard to tell from the Pics, is the A-arm hitting the bottom of the pocket?

hislop · **Posted:** Fri Aug 13, 2010 5:19 pm

these are a few pics with the wheel off and it jacked up

the arrows are where its been hitting, i just sent these to the owner of RRO

DirtyKK · **Posted:** Fri Aug 13, 2010 5:53 pm

Well the a-arm is fefinitely contacting the spring. With too much lift on a KK this will happen and which is why the JBA lift uses a coilover setup which is narrower. The 2.5" lift doesn't require it. I know my Rock Krawler lift did it also but only did it if you were going to fast over speed bumps and what not. Yours looks pretty severe though. If I was in your shoes I would try returning everything back to them and spending money elsewhere.

Elt31987 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 13, 2010 7:40 pm

Yup problem solved, A Arm def hitting the spring

onegoodpunk · **Posted:** Fri Aug 13, 2010 10:53 pm

Rocky road doesn't sell a 3". Both lifts are 2.5" right??

hislop · **Posted:** Sat Aug 14, 2010 2:39 am

the sell a "2.5"- 3" lift" which in my case i think its a 3" lift...im going to ask the owner in my next email if i cane return this lift plus the control arms and then probably buy a JBA kit

onegoodpunk · **Posted:** Sat Aug 14, 2010 8:00 am

Is it the budget lift or the rockfather?

hislop · **Posted:** Sat Aug 14, 2010 8:32 am

budget

Rulez · **Joined:** Wed Apr 21, 2010 10:25 am **Posts:** 37

ok, so where did this end up? Fix the issue, get your $ or ????

At The Helm · **Posted:** Mon Sep 06, 2010 10:58 pm

Has anyone ever thought of putting in an extension between the connection of the uca ball joint shaft and the spindle/knuckle? It seems like this would return the a arm to a level position and eliminate that issue of contacting the spring.

redlegadkins · **Posted:** Wed Sep 22, 2010 6:29 pm

hislop wrote:

budget

shoulda bought the rockfather lift i got the 3in for my 2005 renegade and am very impressed with its performance so far I know everyone knocks rocky road and yes the service was slow and terrible but So far the lift is great no rubs or anything im runnin 265 75 r16s on it and got no issues what so ever

I bought a rocky road outfitter lift, help

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