xcmountain80

I know I had mentioned it in post pasts but the noise has progressively gotten worse. I went ahead and changed the sway bar end links and sway bar bushings as a PM measure but still have a horrendous creak groan crank out of the rear of the vehicle in any type or articulation. Whether it's entering my slightly angular driveway or exiting a parking spot the noise haunts me to no end. I lifted the entire thing off the ground and found my body lift spacers were 1/2 a turn loose but that's not an issue as they have been tightened and the noise still persists. I though perhaps one or a few of the rear bushings located in the linkage but can't figure which one it may be. Any ideas would be great.

Aaron

mjwalfredo

Not knowing exactly what creak groan crank sounds like in the real world , I just want to say that my truck makes noises during similar situations. I tried putting Armor All on the rubber weather stripping for all the doors and it went away temporarily but came back once the Armor All dried off. Could that be the same noise you hear?

xcmountain80

Have sourced it to the panhard bar (I think) I had an issue some months back where the upper bolt went missing and I noticed it hanging there while refueling. I replaced it with another nut and bolt combo but not sure it was the right dia.

Aaron

xcmountain80

So I pulled the bike rack off the spare tire out and pulled on and off of a 6X6 post in the driveway alternating sides until I was certain what it was. I pulled the upper panhard bolt and found that the metal part of the pressed bushing had rubbed a spot in the metal on the inside of the upper mount and created a notch of sorts. I was able to put a washer in between the panhard bar and mount and re inserted the bolt and tightened it down. No creak not a sound out of it! Let you know in 1000 miles.

Aaron