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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 08:53 PM
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I have a pop noise in the front end when turning. It has to be at all-most full lock. I just installed a new Rustys trac bar and stabailizer shock and was fine for a week. Now it is making this noise all the time. Any ideas. XJ is fully stock.
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 08:59 PM
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loose track bar bolt?
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 09:08 PM
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i have checked all the bolts could this be a ball joint
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 09:18 PM
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i had the same issue after fixing some death wobble with a new track bar steering stabilizer and tie rods, ended up being the ball joints
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 09:20 PM
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thats what i was wondering. did yours make the noise when turning into a drive way or things like that
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 01:59 AM
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into driveways, etc. but mainly when i had to turn really hard to get into a parking spot, thats the most common i remember
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 02:01 AM
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yeah mines about to get all pulled apart n get new stuff put back under it, mine pops when i turn sharp
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 07:21 AM
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Mine does the same thing and I have checked the trac bar bracket and it seems tight. How hard are ball joints to replace?
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 10:03 AM
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everytime someone came to me with that description, it was the track bar bolt at the axle. it's possible the mounting hole became ovalized.

but yeah, also check the frame mount bolts for the track bar mount.
also could be ball joints or even axle shaft u-joints.
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