WK Front End Noises and Rough Idol

I own a 2006 WK 3.7. I recently had the upper and lower ball joints replaced by a shop that does almost all of my work. Now I hear some nasty noises when I pull into a parking lot or the front end shifts. I had the shop check it out and they said everything is fine. It's hard for me to beleive that the parts with 90k miles didn't make noises, but the new parts do make noises. I'm thinking about replacing the sway bar bushings. Any ideas?

Also, anyone else experience an occasional rough idol when stopped?

(saw this after responding in the other thread)

For the noise, sway bar bushings are common... but if it happened right after the work was done, that is strange. On rare occasions I have seen issues arise on higher mileage vehicles when they're put on a hydraulic lift for the first time in a while. Basically it maxes out the suspension and all of the bushings, so something that was on the verge of being "bad" gets pushed over the edge (but im talking about very rare occasions)

As for the rough idol when stopped, thats the IAC 99% of the time (Idle Air Control valve). Dan just did a write up i think on how to clean it... let me see if i can find it.

I will just replace the sway bar bushings and swat bar links. Maybe that will help. If not, I'm taking it back to the shop. I'll look for the Idle Air Control Valve write up. Thanks for the help.

also if the idle problem is more of it bouncing from 200-1000 rhythmically it could be the throttle Position sensor (TPS) too. Mine was doing this, and I changed the TPS for 15 bucks and about 20 minutes. All good

Well, I'm an idiot. I recently added two 3/4" d-rings and mounts to the front of my jeep. Just so happens I was having the front ball joints replaced at the same time. All the noise has been coming from my d-rings.

Lol that's awesome.

I used some rubber washers on my d-ring bolts to keep them quiet as they slide back and forth.

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Originally Posted by cprokopf

Well, I'm an idiot. I recently added two 3/4" d-rings and mounts to the front of my jeep. Just so happens I was having the front ball joints replaced at the same time. All the noise has been coming from my d-rings.

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LMAO
Thats classic, We all have done things like it tho, glad you were able to figure it out.

I will say this, I was having a grinding sound coming from underneath near the CATS & the shop I had it at said that they feel it & hear it but have no idea what it was for the longest. I had it in a different shop & asked them to look in to it & came to find out that it was my belly skid tapping against the CATs & it was a head smacker lol

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Well, I'm an idiot. I recently added two 3/4" d-rings and mounts to the front of my jeep. Just so happens I was having the front ball joints replaced at the same time. All the noise has been coming from my d-rings.

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LMAO well, admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery bro! J\K We all have done stuff like this in the past. :)

Glad we can all find humor in our mistakes. I was just relieved I didn't have to spend anymore money in the front end. I'll be adding some picks of my tow points on here very soon. I saw pics of WK in Europe with cut outs in the bumper and I stole the idea. I think it looks very good and sleek. Too bad it's noisy as hell!

http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f67/3...e-out-1312442/

Idle air control write up!

Dan.... dan dan dan....

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http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f67/3...e-out-1312442/

Idle air control write up!

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Um I think all links to any forums I'm banned from should not be allowed:p

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Um I think all links to any forums I'm banned from should not be allowed:p

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LMAO... i was thinking more along the lines of:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01hdWXyDH98

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LMAO... i was thinking more along the lines of:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01hdWXyDH98

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ya right! they all got me banned then went back LMAO traders

This is the most usefull Jeep forum I have ever been a part of. I've owned a CJ5 and YJ, but it takes a WK to find good advise online! Thanks guys.

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This is the most usefull Jeep forum I have ever been a part of.

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This is the most usefull Jeep forum I have ever been a part of. I've owned a CJ5 and YJ, but it takes a WK to find good advise online! Thanks guys.

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Thanks man beyond the joking around and stuff we put a lot of work into the forum and actually care about the forum and its content. If you can't find something just post a question on it I'm sure one of us can find the answer and post it for you.

Not funny Matt. I'm still around. I texted you last weekend and you never answered me..sadz..

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Not funny Matt. I'm still around. I texted you last weekend and you never answered me..sadz..

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Just sayin. .... we have a nice "how to" section here, no wonder I couldn't find your IAC thread, didn't realize it was on JF. It didn't even cross my mind to look there after all the previous drama- lol so I was a bit confused. :p

.....I have been slacking with text messages lately....

Damnit Matt! I got the shocks on

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I got the shocks on

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It wasn't a pix message... so it never happened! :eek:

We gonna play that game?

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We gonna play that game?

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Welcome back :)

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Where's my cake?

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Where's my cake?

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At Rausch Creek... i'll give it to ya next time

Über sadz face!

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At Rausch Creek... i'll give it to ya next time

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Burned!

Replacing my IAC Valve today. Thanks for the help.

My XK just started idling funny today. Think I might replace the Idle Air Control Valve and see if it helps out.