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Weird cracking sounds from front left wheel when turning :S

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Old 05-18-2010, 02:13 PM
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Default Weird cracking sounds from front left wheel when turning :S

My Jeep is only 4 months old, just installed some Daystar shock spacers recently and a little bit afterwards I started noticing a 'crackeling' sound coming from the Front-Left wheel only when I turn right.

I am not sure if something needs to be greased up or anything, doesn't do it on the other side, and it didn't do it when I first bought the jeep.

Here is a video, listen at 10 seconds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZP12lkkyLA Thanks for the help!
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Bump? I'll get under the car in the morning to see if I can find anything, any pointers would be welcomed. Thnks.
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Check lug nut torque first.
I have heard a bad tire (new) sound like that. Switch a couple of them and see if it makes a difference.
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Great, thanks man, that sounds logical enough. I'll give it a shot and will report.
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I had the same sound after I installed the leveling kit (spacers). Turns out I installed one of the swaybar links backwards and one of the bolts was loose. I reinstalled the link the correct way and re torqued and the problem was gone.
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FIXED! It was indeed the nuts, for some reason one was pretty loose and the others (except the lock) were not super tight.

Thanks for the help, didn't think it would be that easy.



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