Ahh Big Boss

Okay guys this is the issue, it has been driving me absolutely banana sandwich that i cant figure out what this noise is. Every time i hit a bump with my passenger side front tire you can hear a popping/grabbing noise. You can make it make the noise from turning the steering wheel all the way to the left and right like if you were doing a caster sweep. I replaced the tie rods, drag links, sway bar bushings, shock eyelet bushings, got an adjustable track bar from rough country, upper and lower ball joints on the passenger side and made sure to re torque the track bar mounting bracket, but i still get the noise.... I am starting to think the u joint is bad but at the same time it doesn't have that much free play in it and it also doesn't make any weird sound when its just driving, only when it hits a manhole cover or speed bump on the passenger side it will make the noise. Also if you really slam on the brakes you can hear it but I just replaced the front brakes with drilled and slotted rotors and ceramic pads and the calipers looked okay. but i have no idea what else it could be! I do have spacers on the jeep but other than that what do you guys think this noise could be? Has anyone else had this problem?

Fsher21

You shouldn't have any play at all in a ujoint, so if you have hardly any that is still something to look into. Another idea that is much less likely could be a lower control arm that isn't torqued properly. Mine made a loud popping noise when hitting certain sized bumps in the road, and I could feel the pop in the floor lol.

Ahh Big Boss

I am doing all the u joints regardless but I wounder if that u joint could make that popping sound, other than that I am going to re- torque my lower control arms and take it for a ride and see if it solves it!