Clicking?

[AlexD333]

So when I shake my truck left to right outside i can hear a clicking noise as she shakes. I'm working tomorrow and I'm gonna take her in i we can have a look, anything obvious to check? :thumb2

 

[exosteve]

check your shoulders

 

[AlexD333]

check your shoulders

I love this forum :lol :jesterbg

 

[Sweety]

Might be a shot ARB link on the front or rear or some thing that has been kicked up when off road that has got trapped the the front or rear suspension oh hold on you fitted spacers didn't you i'd check these haven't moved

 

[AlexD333]

Might be a shot ARB link on the front or rear or some thing that has been kicked up when off road that has got trapped the the front or rear suspension oh hold on you fitted spacers didn't you i'd check these haven't moved

Cool I'll have a nose tomorrow (today)

Prob get to use the ramp :clap

 

[Sweety]

Prob get to use the ramp :clap

Ramp lay on your back & just slide under the truck ok I can:augie

 

[AlexD333]

I might as well use the ramp if its free. I'll snap some pics tomorrow if i remember :thumb2

Thanks dude

 

[Fez_uk]

sounds like the arb

 

[rustic]

As I have said before, if on level ground, shake with the hand brake off, as there are all sorts of clicks from the rear brake hubs.

My MOT is due next month, so I shook mine yesterday and there was a clunk from the nearside front.

I checked the ARB drop links, they were fine, so I jacked up the near side wheel, with the trolley jack under the lower wish bone, block of wood in between, grabbed the wheel, it moved a few mm up and down

The problem was the upper ball joint, so I ordered a new one.
Should be here Monday, Tuesday.

I replaced the other side just over a year ago, so they were the originals, so did well. 19 years, and close to 100k miles.

What I think helped this one on it's way was a great big pot hole I dropped down last month.
There was no clunking before that, as I regularly rock the vehicle every month or so, just to check. It's a hobby of mine... it's called preventative maintenence.:thumb2

Rustic

 

[AlexD333]

Drivera side arb is shagged. Rubber now sits at the top:lol

On order 9 quid. Should be done before 12 I hope. Not difficult to remove?

 

[AlexD333]

here we go :lol

 

[rustic]

here we go :lol

Probably originally assembled wrong.

There should be a cup washer above the rubber:nenau

 

[AlexD333]

Probably originally assembled wrong.

There should be a cup washer above the rubber:nenau

Yeah we noticed it had gone :doh

Here's the offender off

 

[AlexD333]

And here's the new baby on, before we tightened her up might I add!

 

[R1cho]

could do with a washer at bottom of that rubber bush or its going to get pulled through the hole

 

[Sweety]

could do with a washer at bottom of that rubber bush or its going to get pulled through the hole

I always add a washer between the rubber & arm on the top & often do the same underneath so the rubbers can't get pulled through the wishbone as they all wear:doh at 55K mine has just started to oval hence the washers to try & slow things down a bit:augie

 

[AlexD333]

I'll have to do it next time, too late now

 

[Sweety]

I'll have to do it next time, too late now

It's only a 10 min job & you can do it with the wheels on the ground

 

[AlexD333]

It's only a 10 min job & you can do it with the wheels on the ground

nah might fook it up. I'll leave it until next time, I might make a mess of it. :lol

 

[Peasgood1]

It really is easy.
Just get a couple of penny washers for each side and put one each side of the hole.
Do it now and the nuts are still easy to remove. (you only have to take off the bottom ones) Leave it two months and the droplinks will have ripped themselves out of the wishbone. Not only will the rubbers be knackered and you need new droplinks again but the hole will be even more worn.
If you don't do it now, next time will be in a couple of months anyway.

Up to you mate but it is about as easy as it gets.