Still clunking
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From: Airdrie Alberta
You can buy replacement links for the sway bar and swap them out. It is a 20 minute job tops. You could rebuild the ones you have with a better bushing but you will need a 20 ton press to do that. I replaced my links and I still had a clunk but the squeak was gone?????? So I replace the sway bar bushings themselves.....not the ones in the link ends but the ones in the support brackets. No more clunk.
I just used a ball joint press, took some fudging but it worked well.
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From: Wake Forest, NC
I've know it was the sway bar bushings, but I just replaced mine tonight. I don't know why I hadn't spent the small amount of money to do it sooner.....
oh yeah, time.
Truck SEEMS to ride smoother too. But it could be mental since I don't hear the clunking anymore.
oh yeah, time.
Truck SEEMS to ride smoother too. But it could be mental since I don't hear the clunking anymore.
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From: North (by God) Carolina
How many bushings are under there?
I've had that same kind of clunk for about a year now. The mechanic ( a euphemistic term, I think) says the only thing he can find is some kind of bushing worn out, maybe, and he put some kinda rubber doohickey thing in and said "see if that makes a differnce." It didn't.
So, considering the fact that it sounds like there's 'bout 200 different bushing underneath that thing... anybody got a list of all the bushing and thangs one could swap out for urethane?
Thanks!
99 reglar ol' SD - it handles my hunting and fishin OK, though.
So, considering the fact that it sounds like there's 'bout 200 different bushing underneath that thing... anybody got a list of all the bushing and thangs one could swap out for urethane?
Thanks!
99 reglar ol' SD - it handles my hunting and fishin OK, though.
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Check out Energy Suspension. I replaced by track bar and sway bar links with their bushings. No more cluncks.
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They make a complete kit that covers all the bushings. Try this link.
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I noticed a slight improvement in tracking but I made a bunch of changes at once (yeah not the best method of finding what works). I flushed the PS fluid and also changed the sway bar link bushing when I did the track bar bushings.
The torque on the track bar bolts for a 2000 is 369 ft-lbs. My 1/2" torque wrench stops at 250 ft-lbs so I went to that and then just gave it everything I had with a breaker bar.
BTW that link you gave is where I bought all my bushings.
The torque on the track bar bolts for a 2000 is 369 ft-lbs. My 1/2" torque wrench stops at 250 ft-lbs so I went to that and then just gave it everything I had with a breaker bar.
BTW that link you gave is where I bought all my bushings.
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From: MN
They make a complete kit that covers all the bushings. Try this link.
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