Front Driver suspension clicking noise

[RangerArcher99]

I installed my fox 2.0 shocks about a year ago, have done some off roading but nothing crazy, after visiting Antelope island here in Utah my front driver suspension has a click when moving but only with smaller movements. Checked the tire, bushings, bolts, all the components looked solid. Will be going to a mechanic if I can’t figure it out in the next week but sounds like it’s coming from the lower control arm. No clicking or noise when turning just with minor up and down movements.

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[LawnMM]

You need another person to do that so you can look for the source as it makes the noise.

Hard to tell from that angle what's making the noise. I'd start with a torque wrench and recheck ALL the values, all the nuts involved in the swap. The lower control arm, up at the top hat, everywhere in between that you loosened to get the new stuff in there.

Grease and re torque it all. While you're doing it, clean all the linkage and look for cracks to see if anything is damaged from your 4x4 adventures. Doesn't mean you did anything wrong, just happens.

Retorque the wheel too.

 

[Dereku]

Sway bar end links are my go too check. They are not the strongest parts. Prone to failure. Im swapping mine at 100k just for preventative maintenance.

Could also be the upper balljoint due to the lift. Try greasing them all with a needle adapter on the grease gun

 

[ThtDrnGuy]

I installed my fox 2.0 shocks about a year ago, have done some off roading but nothing crazy, after visiting Antelope island here in Utah my front driver suspension has a click when moving but only with smaller movements. Checked the tire, bushings, bolts, all the components looked solid. Will be going to a mechanic if I can’t figure it out in the next week but sounds like it’s coming from the lower control arm. No clicking or noise when turning just with minor up and down movements.

What did you end up discovering?

 

[fusseli]

Check and torque the sway bar links and ball joints into the knuckle

I swapped our my dealer installed FP Fox 2.0 about 5 years / 75k miles later.... to my surprise the knuckle fell right off the upper ball joints as I loosened the ball joint nut without having to use a separator, both sides! I don't know if the dealer torqued them low or if they self loosened over time. The knuckles looked good / weren't damaged from being in that condition. It may have explained a slight thud or clunk sound I had at full travel (like dropping a wheel to full extension very fast / repeatable hitting a speed bump at speed), prior to upgrading to my Icon UCAs. The noise went away when I reassembled with my new Icon Stage 6 kit.

Your creak sound sounds a lot more like the noise my Tremor step rails make, though, so try and pin point the noise before you go to too much work

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

Check and torque the sway bar links and ball joints into the knuckle

I swapped our my dealer installed FP Fox 2.0 about 5 years / 75k miles later.... to my surprise the knuckle fell right off the upper ball joints as I loosened the ball joint nut without having to use a separator, both sides! I don't know if the dealer torqued them low or if they self loosened over time. The knuckles looked good / weren't damaged from being in that condition. It may have explained a slight thud or clunk sound I had at full travel (like dropping a wheel to full extension very fast / repeatable hitting a speed bump at speed), prior to upgrading to my Icon UCAs. The noise went away when I reassembled with my new Icon Stage 6 kit.

Your creak sound sounds a lot more like the noise my Tremor step rails make, though, so try and pin point the noise before you go to too much work

The ease with which the upper ball joint disengages from the aluminum knuckle is normal. If you have the black cast knuckle, I’m not so sure it would pop off like it does on the early aluminum version.

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