Clicking...

For those that don't know, this weekend, I swapped axles on my jeep. Today on my way into work, there was a loud click or snap sound when I made a sharper turn. (I would in no way call it a sharp turn, but it's not a small curve either). It happend pulling into the driveway of our school and then again turning into my spot. I drove over to a meeting and then came back and it happened periodically but not consistently.

Seeing as I can't just go outside and start poking around while at work, does anyone have any ideas of where to start. It sounds like it is coming from the front drivers side, but I have the top up so it's hard to tell and I could be wrong. Also, the Sway bar link on the bottom was broken off and replaced with a regular bolt to hold it on, so that may be the culprit.

So any ideas before I get home and start poking around?

I've never seen a worn out U-joint but aside from the dirt, they looked pretty good. Along with the sound, I can feel something banging under the jeep. It's not a huge hit but I can feel something. I'm hoping its a control arm joint shifting. Should we have tightened them with the suspension hanging or loaded?

I have the same noise after my 2"BB. It sounds a bit like a loaded spring unloading, and it only seems to happen on hard turns with a little torque. In my case I figured it was because of the sway bar links being too long and hitting up under the fender well somewhere. I'm not too worried because my discos should arrive today. It is an odd sound, not just metal to metal, more like a "doink" but duller. I'm interested in seeing if it persistss after the new discos go on.

DrJ

just a thought - when i put the suspension on, there was a relocating bracket for my front track bar (dont know if that's excatly the name, but it's part of the steering) that would make a snapping sound when you'd turn too hard. In order to find it, I would just turn the wheel all the way to the right and then to the left, and it would cause the bracket to move a bit, giving this noise. Could potentially be that and it's very easy to test.

Sorry i don't know more about it that I could give you a better description, but hope this helps... :tie: <-- no idea what this is

Steve - that sounds a lot like the sound I am hearing. I'll play with my discos.

Jeff - I have an adjustable front track bar and no adapter so who knows. And this :tie: my friend is supposed to a tie fighter from star wars but it looks more like the millenium falcon. (looks like like my old Commodore 64 graphics)

i had a noise comming from the front of my xj after the lift and come o find out wear the track bar bolts to the new bracket it had came lose from there and that was the noise i heard be worth looking into