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cackler08 Fri, June 19th, 2009 01:54 PM

3" Ready Lift Leveling Kit-Strange Noise
 
I have recently installed a 3" Ready Lift leveling kit. The install was simple and the truck looks great. Since the install I now have a strange popping or clunking noise coming from somewhere within the suspension on the passengers side.The noise happens at different times with no regularity.
I cannot duplicate the noise and am baffled by it.:shrug: Has anyone experienced simiral noises with their leveling kits?

88Racing Fri, June 19th, 2009 03:50 PM

Check all the fasteners to everything.
Look at the suspension travel make sure nothings hitting.
Make sure your lugs are tight on your wheels. You could have also have a bad shock?

Lars

JWBFX4 Fri, June 19th, 2009 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cackler08 (Post 10916)
I have recently installed a 3" Ready Lift leveling kit. The install was simple and the truck looks great. Since the install I now have a strange popping or clunking noise coming from somewhere within the suspension on the passengers side.The noise happens at different times with no regularity.
I cannot duplicate the noise and am baffled by it.:shrug: Has anyone experienced simiral noises with their leveling kits?

Well I know you said it happens at different times, but could it be when your suspension flexes a little bit? Some of the taller leveling kits will have the upper control arm bolt come down and hit the spring. Now this shouldn't be the case if your just driving down good roads. But you can go look at your strut/spring and see if there has been any scarring.

Also like lars said make sure everything is tight. Specially check the bolts on top of the strut that runs into the leveling kit, and also where the kit bolts down to the top of the spring. I believe they are 17mm. But I have seen the 3 tops ones loose on one truck.

cackler08 Mon, June 29th, 2009 01:18 PM

Update
 
Thanks for the imput. I have been able to hone in on the issue a little more. It seems that the noise always happens in the front passenger side when making a turn. I believe it is always during a right turn. Now it's not every turn. The occurances are still random. I'm trying o see if its while turning and hitting a bump, but I haven't narrowed it yet.

20045.4x4 Sat, July 11th, 2009 11:49 AM

Just a heads up watch your CV axles and things like that, I've herd 3" is almost to much on a stock suspention


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