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Old 10-30-2012, 12:29 PM
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Comes from the driver side front wheel. It happens almost without fail when I go from reverse to a stop. If I try to brake slowly and softly I can avoid this pop occasionally. I can also feel the pop through the floor board. This developed after I installed the RC control arm drop brackets.

Its a 4.0 automatic and I have 31's w/ stock gears and a d30 in the front. About 4.5" of lift.

I have ironmanandy's LCA's and I haven't gotten an alignment since i installed the drop brackets so the lcas could be too long causing a bind somewhere? but only in reverse...? Or maybe a bolt is loose somewhere. Just tossing out what ive thought of so far. What do you think?
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Have you checked the u-joints?
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I haven't, would that make such a sound? Its just one solid pop/thud. Tomorrow I'm going to try and wiggle everything I can get my hands on to see if anything is loose under there.
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I forgot, one time when I went over a speed bump at a slow speed it did the same pop. But its only done that once.
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Only on bumps huh? Maybe check all the bushings. Control arms sway bars make sure your shock is bolted down tight. Just do a check on everything that moves. U-joints make a clunk sound any time the vehicle is driving. Straight corners bump or not. Also check the wheel hub. that could as well have play in it
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