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Gitting a weird clunk

CBrob

CBrob

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It only happens when the left side is decompressing... Like dropping down off s curb.
It's louder in the cab then it is on camera.
Might be something non suspension related.
I thought it could be away bar at first, it only seems to happen when the passenger side decompress by it self.
Dont seem to notice it when both sides drop off a curb

Clunk is at 24 second mark
Original link: https://youtu.be/5POXYbDK0G8
 
CBrob said:
It only happens when the left side is decompressing... Like dropping down off s curb.
It's louder in the cab then it is on camera.
Might be something non suspension related.
I thought it could be away bar at first, it only seems to happen when the passenger side decompress by it self.
Dont seem to notice it when both sides drop off a curb
Original link: https://youtu.be/5POXYbDK0G8
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Do you have any d rings or winch hook on the front?
 
I do have a winch, but the clunk was happening before I put the hook on.
I secured everything winch related in the trouble shooting process.
I was hoping it was that!
 
CBrob said:
I do have a winch, but the clunk was happening before I put the hook on.
I secured everything winch related in the trouble shooting process.
I was hoping it was that!
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Okay, just checking. I had an annoying clunk and it turned out to be my winch hook lol
 
I think it might be the steering coolant lines hitting the sway bar or the unbolted coolant mount that got moved for the bumper.
@Tacomadad18
You had to relocate your lines for the war fab bumper too?
 

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Going by sound that is what it seems like. (Body mount)
It's way louder in the cab then it is on the gopro.
It sounds like something banging on the body.
I think it's just amplified by the new stiff suspension, not a noise from the suspension.
@Bird dog
 
Bird dog said:
You can see the body slap the fame mount on bumps and any double momentum shift.
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You think it needs tightened it replaced? It's only got 7500 miles on it.
Watched the video a little closer.
Yep, you can see so much movement there.
What a handy little contraption a GoPro is.
@Mr. Nobody
Didn't you just replace some body mounts?
 
was that the final consensus? i am getting a similar clunk on the drivers side, usually going into a left turn while braking, or when the front end comes back up afterwards. this seems more suspension related because sometimes i can feel it in the steering wheel. i've lived with it for a while because i thought it was my D rings flopping around, but i removed them and turned the radio down. there's definitely something going on up there.
 
ok. after more than a WEEK at the toyota dealer my "weird clunk" is fixed. since my toyota dealer apparently uses the parts cannon approach to troubleshooting it's hard for me to say exactly what fixed it. the guy at the desk circled a bunch of stuff that didn't fix it, and circled more at the bottom of the invoice that did. in the latter bunch was cab mounts and hardware, which i suspected was the problem all along. i don't have the invoice in front of me, but there were 9 or 10 items on it: they replaced the driver side strut, spring, (strut or spring) mount, tie rod end, sway bar link and mounts, UCA, and cab mounts. oh, i think LCA hardware was in there too.
overall, i'm not impressed with the service, and it is not some little po-dunk dealership.
two good things came out of it though.
1: i have brand new front suspension on the driver side.
2: the rental car they got me, 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee, reminded me why i no longer drive Jeep crap.
 
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