MMarty

Hey all, I just installed a 2 inch leveling kit on my 05 4x4 and now I have a loud popping noise coming from the frontend when I turn. also have a creaking noise when I hit a bump. I have checked everything and all my bolts are tight. The truck only has 22000 miles and was noise free before the kit. Any help?

dslpwr81

This is the exact same problem I had with mine. Tighten down the 3 nuts on the top of the shocks, and make them TIGHT! This is the same thing I went through. I really had to crank them down, but don't break them.

rjm022

did you disconnect the trac bar during install?? if so- double check the trac bar bolts- they need to be tight!

chipmonk

x2........

MMarty

Well, I took my truck to a friend that works for caterpillar and we used a big torque wrench on the track bar bolts and torqued them to 170 ft-lbs. Guess what? the popping noise is still there. I know it's the track bar because I loosened the bolts so the track bar was moving freely in the brackets and the noise went away. So now what? I will probably go back to stock rubber bushings and a drop bracket for the track bar to keep the geometry stock. I would go with polyurethane but they will probably sqeak too. Any thoughts?

rjm022

adjustable trac bar from don thuren. it will also recenter your front axle.

chipmonk

i think you have to do the pitman arm, if you do the track bar bracket. can never go wrong with don's adjustable track bar.

stroker101

i thought if the vehicle was raised 3" or more, then a aftermarket/longer track bar was needed?
just recently installed a 2.5" front leveling kit with no issues on my 06

Rpainter

did you reinstall the rubber spacer with the leveling kit??

D45

Did you mess with the lower mounting bolts for the front shocks at all?