Inquisitroy

I recently bought a 4.5" rough country lift with new leafs, shocks, and coils all from rough country. Everything went well untill I took it off road. I went into a ditch and up a slope and it made some really strange noises. It was as if someone was hitting the bottom of my cherokee with a sledge hammer repeatedly. With every inch that I articulated it made such a horrible sound as if it was cracking or breaking. I backed out and nothing looked broken, nor did anything look like it was rubbing. I am fairly new to wheeling, is this normal?

DEVILSTOY

not sure if you got control arms but sometimes they hit the spring perch , and check your lca mount thats welded to the axle i ripped mine off before , but mine makes weird noises all the time and i cant figure it out , its a jeep thing , and if the noise isnt from the front end , check your trans mounts because if thats bad it could cause a banging under your floor , possable ujoint issue as well , give us some more details

Inquisitroy

It sounded bad, I was afraid to move on. Ill take a look at my control arms. I didn't see any rubbing is there something I could look for?

DEVILSTOY

look where the control arm mounts to the axle , look for cracks along the mount plate , and look at the coil spring perch where the control arm sits and see if its got some ware from the control arm hittiing it , snap some pics and post em up

DEVILSTOY

did your 4 wheel drive still work right ? maybe you broke a ujoint or an axle ? could you try be a little more specific

Inquisitroy

my 4 wheel works fine its when my suspension starts to move it sounds like it is cracking or popping.

DEVILSTOY

try to take some pics of the springs and the mounts , and some of the lower control arms

Inquisitroy

here are some pictures it all looks normal and there are no cracks or wear marks. The bump stops look broken but they are not

DEVILSTOY

hmm everything looks just about normal , but something looks a bit weird im just trying to figure it out , and your upper control arm actually looks bent in the one pic not totally sure tho, but that wouldnt cause any crazy noises your hearing

DEVILSTOY

im not sure why you have a over hang on the lip of the spring perch , and did you put those hold down plates back in the bottom of the spring ?

Inquisitroy

The overhang is on both sides of the vehicle. There are set grooves for the spring to sit and it is just below that overhang. I did put the clip back but would the clip really make that much noise?

posjeepxj

x2 on the upper control arm looking bent. did you get it aligned?

DEVILSTOY

just making sure you put em back in , with out them it could cause the spring to bang probly , but i dont have a over hang like that on mine , what year is it ?

Throttle Jockey

any chance the noise is coming from the rear? a broken spring mount would make all kids of noise, especially when you get it flex out and take the load off it

Inquisitroy

It came with a bend in both of them.