CLUNK?

Hello.

Took my Jimny off road the other day for the first time since i have done my lift, and noticed that there was a bit of a clunking noise coming from the front when i go into a pot hole or dip. Nothing has broken so no worries there fortunatly. I was wondering if it could be sumthing to do with the front springs being bowed? As the lift is just some Bits4Vits spring and shock spacers at the moment, i will get somne castor correction bushes when money situations allow it (also need to do the wheel and kingpin bearings )

So to summerise what is causing this clunk?

Many thanks, Rick.

wasn't money falling out of your wallet into the jimny was it?

possably spring hitting chassis if you have lifted it & not extended the panhard rod thats what mine was doing but once i fitted adjustable rods it was fine

You know i found a quid in there today! Going to need alot more than that for some panhard rods though

HairyBean wrote: You know i found a quid in there today! Going to need alot more than that for some panhard rods though

not much more if you make your own though;)

HairyBean wrote: (also need to do the wheel and kingpin bearings )

So to summerise what is causing this clunk?

Haven't you answered your own question?

If you have fitted the front shock extenders as well as the spring spacers then the clunk is the shock piston bottoming out inside shock.(or topping out depending how you look at it ) The reason for this is the spring spacers provide a 1.5" lift and the front shock extenders are providing a 2" extension, perhaps even more if not fully wound on. So this means you've already at least 0.5" over compression of the front shocks before you hit the holes.

Solution- take the shock extenders off. The spring spacers on the front without the shock extenders work absolutely fine, and the anti roll bars don't allow enough articulation for the shocks to 'top out'. I tinkered with shortening the shock extenders, re threading the inside of them etc so that they were 1.5" too, however because your still using soft and spongey factory sitted springs, they will still compress more than usual because of the spring spacers - thus shocks STILL bump and clunk. Just whip the shock extenders off and get back to the holes and bumps

Thanks everyone for the info.

Done the kingpin and wheel bearings this week, but looking underneath i could'nt see any marks where anything would be hitting so i think Andy is right thinking its the shocks. I made the front shock spacers myself so i can just stick them back in the lathe and shorten them a bit, i'll have to shorten the stubs on the shock too i'm guessing.

If you look at your chassis rail and the spring, you might find chipped paint on your springs or on the bottom corner edge of the chassis rail where it rubs as it's passing over it while flexing. might be on two coils of the spring

, mines done it for ages, must sort that to

Andy