When I'm on gravel/sand roads I hear a ratteling from the front end. I used to put it off to gas sloshing in the tank. I'm just ideling along at 5mph or so. I'm concerned it's in relation to that ball joint issue. I've had about 4 oil changes at 12000 miles and the dealer always says the joints get lubed. My tires and suspension are all stock. Are my wheels gonna fall off? What should I be checking and torquing down?

Thanks!

 

Not sure but one thought would be to jack your frontend up and off the ground and see if you can shake your tires around to see if anything rattles that way. That would at least allow you to check your King Pins to see if they are loose or not.

 

i almost wish we had kingpins... but we have balljoints..

 

I thought the ball joints was sealed. I only have about 2200 miles on mine and have not looked but did not see any zerks on them.

 

nor will you find any on them

 

You have to look hard. They're right behind the king pins and in front of the muffler bearings.

 

Well first you need to get the "gas" out of the tank. I have been under mine about a dozen times looking for the noise/rattle that I can feel and hear. I have jacked it up, pushed and pulled and looked at every bolt and bushing and anything else that might be loose. I cant find it. Sometimes I think it is gone and it was just my imagination, but then its back. If you ever find out what it is please let me know.

 

If your dealer says the balljoints have been lubed at each oil change he is full of poo poo..


Try the same road while you have some pressure on the brake pedal to rule out calipers or pads flopping around.

Lower shock mounts can sometimes give you that problem.

What i find works good for locating noises is to go out with a friend to a bumpy road and do coast tests, get some speed up flip it in neutral and shut off the engine and make sure there is no one else around..lol

Do this from the driver seat and passenger seat noting which is lounder and you can also stick your head out the window if need be just don't start barking or your buddy may never travel with you again. Also try it from the back seat as some noises do travel and can be very deceiving.


Good Luck


Jason

 

I have had my Brother in the back bed while I drive slowly so he can listen.

 

Check ALL your u-joints. That was my noise maker.

 

I had a similar noise and it turned out to be the links on the front stabilizer----had 'em replaced and that tokk care of it.

 

had that same noise for about 40,000 miles now and cant find the cause either - I've given up - let me know if you find anything out