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93 ZJ Front Suspension

Discussion in 'Grand Cherokee' started by TinyInkognegroT, Oct 9, 2019.

  1. Oct 9, 2019 at 9:27 AM
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    I have some popping when I reverse and turn my wheel to back out and sometimes it pops when I drive from reversing and turning the wheel the opposite way. Below I have some pictures and video of my front suspension, if anybody sees anything out of whack can you let me know? Also, I've never replaced anything with front suspension so I'll need a remove and replace the Toro on the parts that I do need to replace.
     
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  2. Oct 9, 2019 at 9:30 AM
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    Pictures are from driver to passenger sidePHOTO_20191009_092529.jpg PHOTO_20191009_103727.jpg
     
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  3. Oct 9, 2019 at 9:32 AM
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    This looks bent...

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  4. Oct 9, 2019 at 9:34 AM
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    Does this upper control arm bushing look off and bent?

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  9. Oct 9, 2019 at 10:02 AM
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    All your tie rod ends looks decent.
    The biggest issue I see is that upper control arm bushing. Remove the arm from that bushing and take a look at it but it definitely looks like bushing is fubar'd and the bolt is hitting the back of the mount. Odd though that bushing looks fairly new, the bolt certainly does. I don't recall my upper control arm bolts being torx.... you might look at replacing them with hex head bolts. It may not even be the right size.
    The sway bar link is bent, you could disconnect it from the bar to see if it was causing the sound though I suspect it's the upper control arm bushing/mount.
     
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