On Wed, January 11, 2006 11:35 pm, Robert Schultz wrote:
>
> Premature?
>
> I lowered the truck with a Hotchkis TVS in July, and had to replace the
> sway-bar end links on the front. (The top 1/4" broke off with the nut
> and this was too short to install the new bushings).
>
> Not too long after I had a bad clunk in the suspension, and spent a bit
> of time looking for it.
>
> In December, the dealer replaced the tie-rods and also the sway-bar end
> links.
>
> This took care of the cluck.
>
> So, were the sway bar links ok, the the noise came from the tie rods?
> There was play, but failure did not look imminent.
It depends on how you drive it. I've gone through 3 sets of front links, and
at about $30 a piece they're not cheap. I seem to break mine at the little
ball and socket joint.
If you're getting clunking you may want to check your bar bushings, I had a
bushing go bad on me and the bar was slamming around inside the brackets
causing a pretty rediculous noise.
-- - Josh www.omg-stfu.com
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