
Originally Posted by
Gizmo42
Poked around under the rodeo when I got home looking for the source of the annoying new rattle. Didnt find it
Better keep looking...I had a front drivers side rattle on Metal Masher on Friday, thought I fixed it when I found the loose diff bracket axle bolts, but no...went to change a leaking tire last night in the parking lot of the North Platte, Nebraska Taco John's and found that 2 of 3 nuts on the drivers side upper ball joint were missing! One bolt/nut was intact, one bolt was still there, loose, and one bolt/nut was gone entirely. That could have been ugly at 75 mph!
Moral: If you are out shaking the bejeezus out of your vehicle on wheeling trails (and Gemini Bridges Road), chances are you loosened some fasteners... check 'em!
Oh, and I got home OK, stayed in North Platte and this morning I got some new bolts etc and got the UBJ secured...
95 Trooper with a buncha stuff nobody here cares about...