K&TBaetz wrote:
The clunk happens when ever I accelerate for about the first 20 feet or so and again when I'm offroad. I'd say it's a heavy clunk. I'm new at this, so bare with me, when I lifted my jeep should I have bought control arms?
Thanks so much!
Does it clunk once or clunks repetitively as you drive? Does it happen as soon as you let off the brake or mor as you accelerate? Does it happen in 2WD and/or 4WD?
Maybe if your lift is 4" or so, aftermarket control arms would be better, but not a necessity. It helps in the geometry. So are you using the stock control arms then? It sounds like something loose. Try laying under your Jeep and grabbing a hold of things and giving them a shake down. You can put it in 4H and while your Jeep is on level ground and in park/gear if its stick, shut off, emergency brake off, use a foot on the tire and rock it back and forth so things bind and then rock back, and see if you can make it clunk. I've used that method before and found some noises my Jeep was making. You could also have someone rock it back and forth. The tranny in park/gear if its a stick, will hold the driveline still for the most part and put pressure on the driveshaft and control arms...making the control arms and driveshaft move when it reaches its binding/stopping limit. It is there you may find it to clunk. Worth a try anyway.
Do you have the stock track bar up front? How many miles on the Jeep?