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firehawk
04-10-2010, 10:38 PM
I've started getting a banging/bottoming out from the drivers side of the front end. I can't see anything that is hitting anything. For instance it will do it if there is a sharp dip in a parking lot, or if there is a sharp incline entering a drive, etc. I don't even have to be going very fast for it to do it, and it is only on the drivers side.

I don't see where the rubber bumpstop has hit the hockey pucks I have inside the coils. I have Rustys UCA's and LCA's with an RE extreme duty TB and TB brace. Could the diff end of the UCA be hitting the top of the diff? I also have a set of pin bushing thingy's on the axle end of the front shocks. Could it be the shock is bottoming out? If so, why only one side? I took the shock loose from the "body" and the shock dosen't show any signs of damage. I have been able to hear the fluid moving in the front shocks when I hit bumps, etc... for about 6 months now. Never used to hear it, kind of a squishing sound. Could that be a sign the shock is bad?

Everything else is tight on the front end. I'm lost.:(

4.3LXJ
04-10-2010, 11:02 PM
Probably just a shock wearing out and bottoming out.

W.O.R.P.Offroad
04-11-2010, 01:20 PM
Probably just a shock wearing out and bottoming out.


x2 sounds like a bad shock.