{"id":5226,"date":"2019-10-20T20:23:08","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T00:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/?p=5226"},"modified":"2019-10-20T20:37:15","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T00:37:15","slug":"lower-control-arms-clunk-xj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/lower-control-arms-clunk-xj\/","title":{"rendered":"Lower control arms clunk &#8211; XJ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tracking down and repairing the clunk in my front suspension.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>For a while now, my 1988 Jeep Cherokee XJ has had a clunk sound that can be felt on the floor whenever I go form stopping to going.  It is especially bad when swapping from reverse to forward.  I removed a control arm bolt and found the mounting holes in the axle were oval-shaped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"812\" height=\"609\" src=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ovalhole.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5227\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ovalhole.jpg 812w, http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ovalhole-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ovalhole-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Made some washers that fit tight on the bolts and welded them over the holes.  When I build a new axle I will use heavy-duty tabs here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"747\" height=\"560\" src=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/washer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5228\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/washer.jpg 747w, http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/washer-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Some people have wondered how I have been able to live with stock lower control arms for this long.  I thought I would share some of the secrets inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"560\" src=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/controlarmpipe.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5229\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/controlarmpipe.jpg 420w, http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/controlarmpipe-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a piece of pipe pressed inside each arm and welded in place.  This allows the arm to twist as intended but not bend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"560\" src=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/controlarmspacer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5230\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/controlarmspacer.jpg 420w, http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/controlarmspacer-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At the axle end bushing, there is a spacer welded in place to prevent the arm from collapsing and loosening up the bushing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And visible from the outside are lower control arm skids on the mounting tabs on the axle.  As you can see they have taken a lot of abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"560\" src=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/controlarmskid.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5231\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/controlarmskid.jpg 420w, http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/controlarmskid-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tracking down and repairing the clunk in my front suspension. For a while now, my 1988 Jeep Cherokee XJ has had a clunk sound that can be felt on the floor whenever I go form stopping to going. It is especially bad when swapping from reverse to forward. I removed a control arm bolt and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/lower-control-arms-clunk-xj\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lower control arms clunk &#8211; XJ&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[210,6,231],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5226"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5226"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5234,"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5226\/revisions\/5234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}