Chasing that "frt end clunk"

[Chzhead]

OMG!!!! The sweet sound of silence. Finally got around to swapping out my UCA's this weekend and the noise if GONE!!! Been chasing this since August. Thanks guys!!!

 

[allinon72]

So what is failing on the UCA? The ball joint or the bushings?

 

[Chzhead]

So what is failing on the UCA? The ball joint or the bushings?

My guess is the ball joint, it was very loose compared to the replacement. The bushings looked fine.

 

[allinon72]

My guess is the ball joint, it was very loose compared to the replacement. The bushings looked fine.

Interesting - I might put a set of MOOGs on my radar.

 

[Chzhead]

That's what I installed (RK622933 and RK622934) from Rock Auto, $55 each.

 

[trayack]

OMG!!!! The sweet sound of silence. Finally got around to swapping out my UCA's this weekend and the noise if GONE!!! Been chasing this since August. Thanks guys!!!

Trying to remember, you have to pull the shock completely out to make the change correct....due to the bolt direction being inward?

 

[Chzhead]

Correct. The driver side bolt (front-side) was tighter, was up against something (not sure if it's related to the brakes) so I had an open ended wrench on the outside and my socket/torque wrench on the inside to get that off/on.

 

[The Car Stereo Company]

well this has bugged me long enough. i crawled under my truck and i can shake the sway bar and replicate the noise i hear, just on a lower sound level. looks like my bushings are shot since the bar moves about 3/8 of an inch. looks like im on the hunt for new sway bar bushings. i read somewhere someone tried the moog bushings but they didnt fit. wondering if i should just go back to the oem bushings. they have been on there for 7 years so its not like they didnt have a good life

 

[Oldfart]

well this has bugged me long enough. i crawled under my truck and i can shake the sway bar and replicate the noise i hear, just on a lower sound level. looks like my bushings are shot since the bar moves about 3/8 of an inch. looks like im on the hunt for new sway bar bushings. i read somewhere someone tried the moog bushings but they didnt fit. wondering if i should just go back to the oem bushings. they have been on there for 7 years so its not like they didnt have a good life

Especially with the way you said you get to use it, that sounds like great durability.

 

[mchurch0211]

well this has bugged me long enough. i crawled under my truck and i can shake the sway bar and replicate the noise i hear, just on a lower sound level. looks like my bushings are shot since the bar moves about 3/8 of an inch. looks like im on the hunt for new sway bar bushings. i read somewhere someone tried the moog bushings but they didnt fit. wondering if i should just go back to the oem bushings. they have been on there for 7 years so its not like they didnt have a good life

Moog do not fit just tried that had to go oem