Clunking suspension ZJ

[mbalbritton]

'98 Grand Cherokee. Just a stock daily driver driver.

I swapped out the shocks and that has helped with some of the clunking. But there's still some popping sounds I'd like to get rid of. I'm thinking I'll just replace all the control arm, sway bar and track bar bushings, but they do seem like they're in good condition and everything is tight.

Any notorious points to check first?

One pop that hear the most is from a dead stop on acceleration when the body rocks back, there's a "pop". I'm thinking track bar.

 

[Jody Treadway]

Tighten the track bar bracket bolts on the frame rail.

 

[C.Berry]

X2 on trac bar all three of my 93-98 zjs needed trac bar bushings and clunk fixed!!

 

[mbalbritton]

That's what I was thinking and hoping to hear. Any idea what size torx that is?

 

[Jody Treadway]

All 18mm on the bracket to frame hardware. It's a bit snug getting to the ones behind the coil. Just grab a wrench and get with it!

 

[mbalbritton]

All 18mm on the bracket to frame hardware. It's a bit snug getting to the ones behind the coil. Just grab a wrench and get with it!

Thank you sir!

 

[mbalbritton]

Swapped the trac bar out and the popping is still there. Could I have missed something or is there another culprit?

As a note, there's a good deal of noise from the front end that I need to sort out. I was thinking about going through and replacing all the control arm bushings. Already put new shocks in. Just hoping that what I hear isn't ball joints. I hate doing those.