XJGrason

i have a loud pooping noise thats coming from the front when i turn left or right either going slow or whatever....ive put grease in the places it has that little slot like i guess thats the sway bar or whatever...it went away for a week or so now its back... maybe the u joints or something idk! please help

troy fritz

Check the axle u-joints.

Gee oh Dee

+1, u-joints or cv joints, whichever you've got.

XJGrason

i filled everything up with grease...

billulsund

A loud pooping noise? What is that, a lot of grunting and farting?

But seriously a loud popping noise could be several things. I would need to know a bit more about when the noise occurs to help you figure out what is causing it. Does it happen only as you are turning the wheel? I would advise you start up the Jeep and have a friend crank the wheel back and forth while you look under the front of the Jeep. Most common is probably a loose track bar bracked (check the bolts on the bottom of the bracket). It could also be coming from your steering gearbox. It could also be U-joints, get the tires off the ground and try to wiggle them back and forth and up and down to see if your U-joints are loose. You could also try searching these forums as questions about popping (not pooping) noises come up quite often. Good luck!

troy fritz

It don't matter if you fill them if they are bad they will still pop.

89Laredo

mine was doing that, changed out my steering linkages and it went away.

xjanswer

Could even be a really bad wheel bearing.

XJGrason

i hope its nothing serious

SEConnG

ya probably axle joints, funny thing I had an issue like that but it turned out to be a motor mount so every time i went in reverse and the engine torqued over my steering linkage got hung up on my throttle linkage and revved me up

JrRifleCoach

I tightened the track arm bracket on the frame.

Four bolts, no sign of being loose.
After lots of torque, no noise.

nowayitstaysjeep

i have the same problem but im pretty sure mine is my gearbox, ive looked and listened quite a bit while dad was turning the wheel...

XJGrason

ok

Cherokee1

Have someone turn the wheel back and forth for you while you crawl under and feel around. It most likly is the track bar bracket. So feel that and feel the track bar where it attaches to the bracket.

The bracket bolts can fill totally tight. Torque them anyway.

I had the same problem. Couldn't turn the bolts with a 1/2" ratchet. Put torque wrench on them. Turned them. Problem I lived with for 5 months GONE. Grease everything also. That makes a big difference.

Diesel

No.

Track bar/tie rod loose, or axle u joints.