Porch951
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Albuquerque, NM
And i'm about out of ideas
'93 Cherokee. When i bought it i had a "thunk" in the steering somewhere. It sounds like it's on the driver side. It was a 2wd then, so i assumed it needed ball joints or tie rod ends. Also had a bad death wobble.
Fast forward to today. I did a 4wd conversion (new front axle) a little while ago and that didn't fix anything...so not the ball joints. Today i put in the last two TRE's.
That brings the total parts replaced to:
-All TRE's
-Track bar
-Steering stabilizer
-Aligned/balanced/rotated wheels
-Adjusted steering box
-NOT ball joints (different axle, same noise..)
And i've still got this "thunk"! It happens occasionally when the wheel is turned back and forth in dirt, and also when the wheel is turned and i go over a bump.
It doesn't make the noise if i just hit a bump straight on.
I've pried on the UCA's and LCA's and there doesn't appear to be excessive wear on them. Is there another wear point i'm missing?
The Cherokee is completely stock ride height and wheel size for now!
Any thoughts?
'93 Cherokee. When i bought it i had a "thunk" in the steering somewhere. It sounds like it's on the driver side. It was a 2wd then, so i assumed it needed ball joints or tie rod ends. Also had a bad death wobble.
Fast forward to today. I did a 4wd conversion (new front axle) a little while ago and that didn't fix anything...so not the ball joints. Today i put in the last two TRE's.
That brings the total parts replaced to:
-All TRE's
-Track bar
-Steering stabilizer
-Aligned/balanced/rotated wheels
-Adjusted steering box
-NOT ball joints (different axle, same noise..)
And i've still got this "thunk"! It happens occasionally when the wheel is turned back and forth in dirt, and also when the wheel is turned and i go over a bump.
It doesn't make the noise if i just hit a bump straight on.
I've pried on the UCA's and LCA's and there doesn't appear to be excessive wear on them. Is there another wear point i'm missing?
The Cherokee is completely stock ride height and wheel size for now!
Any thoughts?