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Noscapegoat · **Joined:** Thu Jan 05, 2006 11:45 am **Posts:** 104

Finally I am FRANKENLIFTED!

Yay the local Offroad shop just finished installing it.

Although i have a weird sqeaky noise coming from the front end that is affected by speed and breaking. Im gonna talk to them aobut that tomarrow.

EDIT: Just tried some white lithum grease on the spacers and drove around. Still sqeaking.

nolakj · **Posted:** Wed Jun 28, 2006 5:50 pm

Oooooooh yeah!! Lookin good. What are you thinking for tires? I am freshly lifted too on my 235s. Still debating on the tires tho.

Noscapegoat · **Joined:** Thu Jan 05, 2006 11:45 am **Posts:** 104

My tires are still pretty new 245/70's but I think for my next set I wanna get some 245/75 MTRs.

Mutt · **Posted:** Wed Jun 28, 2006 6:00 pm

Lookin' good! :lol:

I've never had a squeakin' noise, now if you had clanks and clunks....I could tell you where to look.

raceinfan · **Posted:** Wed Jun 28, 2006 7:06 pm

cv angles look a little extreme :shock:

but it should settle nicely awesome pic's

desertkj · **Joined:** Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:24 pm **Posts:** 677

Looks nice. The ARB completely changes the shape of the liberty, doesn't it?

Eddo · **Joined:** Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:01 pm **Posts:** 1214

Looks good. Squeaking sounds is due to the polyurthane spacers used in the front and is normal. A little silcon or white grease will fix the problem

KJ04 · **Posted:** Wed Jun 28, 2006 7:46 pm

Looks good, now let's see some off-road pinstriping on the next pic's.

speleorelic · **Posted:** Wed Jun 28, 2006 8:39 pm

Lookin good Noscapegoat

Here's what Cooper Discoverer S/T 265/70R16 look like.

They do well in mud too

Noscapegoat · **Joined:** Thu Jan 05, 2006 11:45 am **Posts:** 104

Eddo wrote:

Looks good. Squeaking sounds is due to the polyurthane spacers used in the front and is normal. A little silcon or white grease will fix the problem

Ok I'm not doubting you but the sqeaking is affected by speed and breaking is that still the spacers?

EDIT: Just tried some white lithum grease on the spacers and drove around. Still sqeaking.

2006KJSPORT4x4 · **Posted:** Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:47 pm

Could the squeking be your brakes???

Noscapegoat · **Joined:** Thu Jan 05, 2006 11:45 am **Posts:** 104

It could be do they do anything with the breaks to install the lift? But that is what I was thinking.

My dad said it could be the CV Joints making the noise due to the angle. If that is it I hear the frankenlift settles down a little in the front. So would it just be a matter of time if that was the problem?

2006KJSPORT4x4 · **Posted:** Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:17 am

My guess would be that with the lift, under breaking there is more noticeable weight transferring to the front end, thus your brakes will start to wear quicker perhaps...i notice that when I have to make a sudden or harder then normal stop the front end drops down pretty good where as i remember when I had my stoch KJ it didn't seem to flex down that much if at all as bad...i hope that makes sense

Noscapegoat · **Joined:** Thu Jan 05, 2006 11:45 am **Posts:** 104

If it is the breaks something in them would have had to change because they didnt do this before.

The sqeaking noise is audible from 20-55 beyond or below that it isnt audible enough or is drown out by other noise.

Whatever is making this noise its making it all the time. If its the breaks the most have affected them some way while doing the lift.

Renstock · **Posted:** Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:30 am

My guess is the squeaking is caused by the bushings that hold the sway bar. With the lift the sway bar sits in a different position. Give it a week or two and the squeaking will go away on its own when the bushings break in to the new sway bar position.

SD-KJ · **Posted:** Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:25 am

Eddo wrote:

Looks good. Squeaking sounds is due to the polyurthane spacers used in the front and is normal. A little silcon or white grease will fix the problem

I would agree with this, ive had a spacer lift on now for just less than a month and my sqeaking has pretty much gone away now. Only when flexing a lot do i get it. Give those spacers some time to wear in and get broken in they will stop.

-Nick

white04kj · **Posted:** Thu Jun 29, 2006 4:44 am

Renstock wrote:

My guess is the squeaking is caused by the bushings that hold the sway bar. With the lift the sway bar sits in a different position. Give it a week or two and the squeaking will go away on its own when the bushings break in to the new sway bar position.

What he said. I had my bushings replaced a while ago because they were squeaking pretty bad, but the conditions that caused the squeaking were a little different. I think I heard somewhere on lost that you can apply some grease to the bushings to eliminate the noise, but I'm not positive.

FL RENNY · **Joined:** Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:30 pm **Posts:** 458

Yo NOSCAPEGOAT, LOOKS TIGHT. I saw that you live in Tallahassee. I used to live up there when I was at FSU. I lived in a town house over off Appleyard drive, right next to TCC. I come up there pretty frequently during football, and basketball seasons. My buddy has skyboxes. Are there any good places to wheel out there?

Noscapegoat · **Joined:** Thu Jan 05, 2006 11:45 am **Posts:** 104

Theres a few spots out in the ANF.

But Anyone have any more thoughts on my sqeaking car? its like from 15-60 mph you can hear it sqeaking more as you go faster and it and less when slower also when you break hard it stops.

I sprayed grease on the 2 bushings on the front of the swaybar also on the spacers themselves.

Any other ideas? Do I need to take it back to the shop? Is this gonna stop after a week?

Sorry just being parinoid plus its really annoying since I normally drive windows down.

warblade666 · **Posted:** Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:42 pm

cv boots rubbing on themselves?

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