Hello let me start by saying ive never posted on this forum before. Let me also state i know close to nothing about suspension. I recently installed black magics brakes 15 in big brake kit. Ordered directly from @mrblaine. This is a phenomenal kit, best brakes I've ever had. I have 31s at the moment but plan on getting bumpers and moving up to 35s in the future so that's why i went for the kit now because the brakes needed replacing and i dont have a whole lot of money. Rather spend the money now then spend the money on new calipers and everything just to replace them. Anyway a little background on this jeep.
Its a 2004 jeep wrangler and had a soft top from the factory but P.O. put a hardtop on it.
its got 102000 miles. '
Im finding most things being original and replacing them.
it has a 2 in puck spring lift from teraflex on top of the spring(cant wait to get rid of this )
Now to the problem when braking really hard it seems im getting a clunk first things first i checked all the caliper bolts and everything from the brake job, everything was tight as expected. i checked all the lower control arms and upper control arms, all were tight . noticed the front axle u joints had a little play and look original. (going to replace those soon).I dont see the u joint being the cause of the clunk. now let me state the cluck only happens when going to a complete stop quickly not when just braking or going over bumps.
I decided to put an old action like cheap camera i had facing to make sure the calipers weren't moving. so i did and in the video i see my calipers look fine although i noticed my bump stops or what i think is the bump stops( small boot contacting the axle) and when i brake it hits it and thats when the clunk occurs.Im going to post the video hopefully i figure out how . lol
Is the thing i think the bump stop is suppose to contact the axle like that? I think all of this is the original components. So could my shocks and springs be worn out? could it have to do with the 2 inch spring puck lift? Or is this normal and not the source of the clunk i am hearing. @Jerry Bransford @mrblaine
Its a 2004 jeep wrangler and had a soft top from the factory but P.O. put a hardtop on it.
its got 102000 miles. '
Im finding most things being original and replacing them.
it has a 2 in puck spring lift from teraflex on top of the spring(cant wait to get rid of this )
Now to the problem when braking really hard it seems im getting a clunk first things first i checked all the caliper bolts and everything from the brake job, everything was tight as expected. i checked all the lower control arms and upper control arms, all were tight . noticed the front axle u joints had a little play and look original. (going to replace those soon).I dont see the u joint being the cause of the clunk. now let me state the cluck only happens when going to a complete stop quickly not when just braking or going over bumps.
I decided to put an old action like cheap camera i had facing to make sure the calipers weren't moving. so i did and in the video i see my calipers look fine although i noticed my bump stops or what i think is the bump stops( small boot contacting the axle) and when i brake it hits it and thats when the clunk occurs.Im going to post the video hopefully i figure out how . lol
Is the thing i think the bump stop is suppose to contact the axle like that? I think all of this is the original components. So could my shocks and springs be worn out? could it have to do with the 2 inch spring puck lift? Or is this normal and not the source of the clunk i am hearing. @Jerry Bransford @mrblaine
