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He who has Clunk, has Electronic Sway Bar Disco..?

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Old 03-27-2007, 06:08 AM
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Default He who has Clunk, has Electronic Sway Bar Disco..?

All right guys I think I may have tracked down this clunking noise that seems to translate into our steering columns. You can usually feel it on a city street traveling at lower speeds when going over light bumps. If you have it you know what it is, it's very annoying.

I think I tracked it down last weekend.......

I actually think its the Electric Disconnect on the sway bar thats doing it. All of us that have this problem need to relay to others if we have the electric sway bar disconnect....?

The reason I say this is, if you disconnect one end of your sway bar (one sway bar link), then grab onto that end of the sway bar and push it up and down, you will hear and feel that exact clunk! It's as if there's slop in the gears inside that electric disconnect! I'm betting this is the problem!

For me this started after some serious 4-wheelin', so I'm wondering if something internal to the "disco" wore or loosened up. I know there's gears in the disconnect, and to me, it feels like there's slop in them now.

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Old 03-27-2007, 06:24 AM
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dont have it...seems like my 01 Tj did it too....never did find it...
Old 03-28-2007, 10:39 AM
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Default you are right, Normally the clunking noise is come from

swing bar, this happens for all makers and models
Old 03-28-2007, 12:38 PM
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Seems like you need at least another question in this poll to get the info you want:

1) No clunk.
2) Clunk, no e-disco.
3) Clunk and e-disco.

Right?

For the record, I have a sort of clunk (it's more of a looseness in the steering column norticeable when wiggling the wheel back and forth), but no e-disco.
Old 03-29-2007, 04:36 AM
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7500 miles
no clunk (so far)
no disco
do have the occasional plastic rubbing sound at steering wheel
Old 03-29-2007, 06:03 AM
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I have a popping sound in the front end... I don't know if it is comming from the disco or not. It just started after some relatively easy wheelin.
Old 03-29-2007, 08:07 PM
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I have the "disco" but do not have the "clunk".

...but I haven't done any off-roading that required me to use it... yet.

-S
Old 03-31-2007, 09:13 AM
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3500 miles +/-
Elec. Disco
Clunk when warm, or driven for about 40 min.
Only notice when reversing the steering
don't notice over bumps unless steering is reversed
Old 10-28-2010, 09:12 PM
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have the e disco and have the clunk....but i think my is broken

anyone know what is the little pice hangging from the e disco rubber pice down to the frame rail? my is broken and have no clue as to what is it and what it does
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My '09 JK Rubicon has the clunk sound as well.

27,000 miles


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