Kristo

Alright guys, I will admit im not the smartest guy out there, but this seems really simple and im now upset. I bought all new Currie Johnny joint arms. I installed only the lowers. Springs and shocks were all ready done months ago so that is straight up all I touched was the lower arms. I used a rachet strap to help pull the axle to make room for the longer arms. i made sure both arms were the same length and installed them to about 75 ft lbs of torque, i got out the got out the grease gun and greased everything up, when I drove it sounded like i was making popcorn, a ton of poping sounds. verything drove fine and i checked everthing is tight and there is no play in the arms, currie said they should not make these noises?

ClassicX

That's real hard to diagnose like this... I have those arms and they don't make a sound. Is the nut on the arm tight enough? (if their adjustable).

Kristo

Porbably not, should the jam nut be really tight, cause it is not. Ill try that, like I said im a rookie. they sound real bad.

xjmarc

I grease my joints before I put them in and move them around to spread it out. If you put them in dry then put the grease in it's prolly just at the zerk and not all in the joint.

ClassicX

The nut should be tight enough to stay put I guess. I really cant imagine control arms making that sound. Maybe something else is loose? When u installed them, did it increase the length a lot from what it was? Maybe you messed with the pinion angle and you're hearing your drive shaft?

stev-o

X2

Kristo

My front drive shaft isnt even on , LOL , I didnt grease them till they were all in, Its sounds so bad a wont drive it so im gonna take them off and start over, it really wasnt any big deal to put them in and its kinda crazy how noisy it is, ill let yall know

caged

could be the track bar. if you moved your axle, the track bar had to of moved.
quick and easy, check there.

Kristo

you know caged thats what im thinking that the trac bar or drag lik got tweaked movign the axle forward, thanks I havent been able to spend much time lookin at it im gonna check all axle links and also measure everthing and kae sure the axle is where it should be

Gatchmo5710

Make sure the jam but is tight as crap. And make sure ur joint is packed with grease and way tight.

Kristo

OKAY had some time to get it all taken care of the stock trac bar was really close to the bracket and I thought it was hitting it and making the noise, nut it was actually because the jam nut wasnt tight enuf, problem solved, jam nut!
This case is closed

stev-o

Glad to hear

Xjtim

Dude I'm running the same arms...tighten the hell out of those jam nuts...mine worked loose one day an I got the exact thing you're describing...I though the axle was coming apart...

SeriousOffroad

You didn't remove the caster clevis did you?

odgreen

He fixed it...