swpierson

This weekend I was in a situation where I had to make a sharp left turn into a steep incline. At full turn there was a very loud metal to metal continuous popping sound coming from the front end until I was able to steer back towards center some for the climb. It did not sound like any rubbing I have heard before from the tire hitting the plastic guard on the front.

Sway bars were disconnected. I have a simple setup. Tereflex 1.5 leveling kit with 275/70 18 (33's). Anyone experience this before? Did it do any damage I cannot see? What can I do to prevent in the future?

Any assistacne would be greatly appreciated.

Mark Doiron

Are you sure it wasn't tire rub? Inspect closely for rubbed off dirt or paint. What is your wheel backspacing?

swpierson

Wheel spacing is stock. It really sounded like metal popping. Could it have been the tire hitting the swaybar or hardware to stow the swaybar? It does look like a small amount of rash on the inside nubs of the tire.

DTJK

I'm assuming you were in 4WD at the time and you had your wheels cranked. If so, my guess would be your ujoints clicking. They tend to do that at full lock or bind. With RCVs, I don't have to listen to that horrible noise anymore.