Looking forward to seeing what everyone comes up with this year!! :cool:
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Looking forward to seeing what everyone comes up with this year!! :cool:
Too many bowl games on - I gave 'er the day off. ;)
Looks like my front end noise is coming from the steering rack. So i'm going to try tightening the rack adjustment which has helped other members, and if that doesnt work then possibly a driver side inner tie rod.
Hopefully you don't have the same problem I had. I thought the noise was coming from the drivers side inner tie rod but once I replaced it, it still made the noise. Turned out to be the rack itself where the inner tie rod screws in.
Yesterday I spent about 45 min messing with the secure console I installed the day before. I'll start a thread today showing what I did so other members with the secure console can do the same if they want
Adam did you ever try adjusting the rack yoke to take up slack to see if that helped the noise? Im going to give that a try Saturday when I put my new bushings on
Havent done anything yet, listed is started though.. Got my new TPMS modules those will be going in soon, transmission lines replaced, sliders-SA UCA's from JBA and front and rear spacers going in-March and of course headers-SOON!!!!
Will do. It's an external torx, size E20 (so order a socket if you don't already have one). Its on the driver side of the rack pointing up/forward; you can see it if you look above the sway bar.... though I think 3.7L and 4.7L vehicles you need to remove the oil filter drain guard because that sits over it. I think that, primarily for us lifted guys, we wear our pinion gear down more due to the upward force from the angles associated with our lift kits. It seems like 1/8-1/4 turn of the pinion adjustment alleviates a lot of front end noises people complain about. I'll throw up a how-to thread after I do it and let you know if it solved my problem.
EDIT: Figured the rack yoke adjustment deserves its own thread in the proper forum so its searchable and easier to find:
http://www.theultimatejeep.com/showt...0807#post40807
I'm replacing my sway bar bushings. I put Moog in this past summer but my passenger side wore out already. I did find out that my trans lines were leaking again, but not enough to drip onto the garage.... but that bushing was soaked in trans fluid which probably helped break down the polymer.
Gotcha, I had the hardest time changing out those stupid bushings.
Thanks for the other thread man, looking forward to seeing how it goes for you - I may try to do the same.