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Several months ago i replaced the orginal front axle for one out of a 94 XJ. During the swap i replaced all front end bushings, ball joints, u-joints, and axle seals. I also installed a rough country adjustable track bar (The truck has an unknown lift that came with it). The front end was aligned right after the swap. After the swap i noticed a hard clunk when going around tight turns mainly switch backs, and when hitting bumps while turning. I had the mechanic that performed the alignment try to search for the cause, but he couldn't narrow it down. The one thing he did notice was that the sway bar had some witness marks at the bushings where it looked like it had been shifting side to side. When i got it home i disconnected the sway bar and took it for a ride, and the noice was gone. Thinking that this was an issue with the bushings binding i went and greased up all the sway bar bushings, put it back together, and the noise was back. Today while doing some electrical work i noticed that some of the grease had made its way onto the passenger side coil springs. I went and check the drivers side and there was grease on the frame rail and the road grime had been scraped away. So it looks like this issue may be with the sway-bar or sway-bar links. I did my research before performing the axle swap, but maybe i missed something. Do i need to get a different sway-bar for the 94 axle and/or different end-links? Driver's Side: Notice the vertical scrap on the frame, just above the sway-bar end-link. Passenger's Side: Notice the grease on the coil spring, above the sway-bar end-link.

I am doing a chevy 350 swap with a ax15 into my 86 longbox. I was going to use zj springs and spacers for a few inches of lift. I figured they held up a v8 so Th ey should be fine. But was recently told that they may not be enough to.hold the weight. Any info or comments would be greatly appreciated as I'd like my truck to be proper.

I have been chasing down a front end death wobble for the last several months. I have replace almost all the steering and suspension components at this point. See list below for what has been replace, what has not. I have also listed the symptoms for easier reading. Here is the gist of the history of the problem. It started out as the typical hit a bump on the highway and the front end shakes mercilessly and your heart skips a beat. I took it to a driveline specialist and they replaced the track bar and the steering dampener. To no avail I might add, the rest of the work mentioned here I did myself. I took it to get the wheels balanced and the shop said my steering knuckle on the passenger side was bad. I replaced it, and when I took the old one back to napa, they said there was nothing wrong with it and it didn’t really need to be replaced, bummer, but I left the new one in anyway. As the months passed I kept replacing stuff and it would seem to get a little better but not go away. There has also been a consistent clunk whenever I back out of a tight parking space and cut the wheel tight. Then suddenly two weeks ago I couldn’t go over 30 mph or it would wobble and I didn’t even have to hit a bump. So I replaced the center link, tie rod end and lower control arms. This has still not fixed the problem! It is better, I can go 45 or 50 before hitting a bump and getting the wobble. I think I am getting there but I’m running out of parts to put on and with the new center link, tie rod end (at the wheel) and control arms I have a much worse crunching clunk when I turn the wheel tight left at back up or starting speeds and an occasional clunk when turning at higher speeds, this is new! :shake: I did make sure that all the tie rod ends center link connections were nice and straight when I put it all together. The center link and tie rod ends at the wheels appear to be ever so slightly tilted now that it is all settled in, but it is not by much. (Should I re straighten them?) Not sure what I should do next, besides a front end alignment. I’d like to wait until I’m done with new parts to do that. As I was typing this up it occurred to me that the crunch and clunk could be the steering knuckle on the driver’s side. How do I check that out without actually taking that part off? If I remove the wheel would I be able to tell if it is bad by wiggling it? What say ye, any advice as to the next step? Thanks in advance for an help and don't be afraid to tell me if I've done something stupid. It happens to the best of us. Symptoms at this point Slight crunching sound and clunks twice when turning the wheel to the left at start up speed. Wobble comes back at speeds over 45 when hitting a bump. Occasionally clunks when turning left at normal street speed Going downhill seems to make it more susceptible to the wobble New parts I put on myself (except track bar and dampener) Upper and lower ball joints Sway bar links Track bar Lower control arms Steering knuckle passenger side Center link Steering dampener Tie rod end at wheel Tie rod end at center link Power steering gear box Steering shaft from firewall to gear box Rebuilt steering column in cab Front brakes and rotors new last year Rear brakes new last year Parts left that look to be in good shape still Sway bar itself looks fine Pitman arm looks fine Coil springs, look fine Shocks, only 3 yrs. old and seem fine Tie rod bar itself, seems fine Drive axel, seems fine Parts that may have wear Upper control arms could use being replaced but I was nervous about getting the bushings out of the axel, I don’t have pneumatic tools Steering knuckle driver’s side not sure how to check if it’s stable