2014 dodge ram 1500 clunking noise

sgillette19 · Jun 19, 2017

Hello everyone, so about 2 weeks ago i put a Rough Country 6 inch lift on my truck. Its a 2014 dodge ram 1500. A week after I started hearing a popping noise up front. Now 2 weeks later i have a clunking noise in the rear end, when going over bumps or when going into a turn.. seems louder going into a turn when the weight is shifting. Sounds like the spings in the back are moving or rubbing loud.. the back has the spacers above the springs, and the front has the factory springs with the new struts are longer, so no bigger springs. All end links, drops brackets, sway bar etc have just been torqued and still hear it. Dont know where to go from here. Also installed the new rear shocks they recommened.. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you..

808ram1500 · Jun 20, 2017

Have any pics of the rear panhard bar drop bracket?
There are suppose to be 2 bolts holding the bracket down and not just 1. If you have just 1 bolt, that might be your problem.

sgillette19 · Jun 20, 2017

Will check when i get home and send pic. Ty sir

02ramboi · Jun 20, 2017

sgillette19 said:
Will check when i get home and send pic. Ty sir

Beautiful truck by the but I installed a lift on mine as well and it does the same thing clunk coming from the front everything is tight only thing I can say which I haven't done yet the shock might be a little loose by the top mount try tightening it down a little and see if that helps

4.7 v8
Hi flow cat/flowmaster exhaust
7 inch lift/5 inch lift
20 inch falken wildpeak at3/33's

sgillette19 · Jun 20, 2017

Will check but have just went through everything with torque wrench . Ty sir.. driving me crazy,lol..

808ram1500 · Jun 20, 2017

Quick question. What position did you install the rear shocks? Shock body in the up or down position? I installed it with the shock body up like how it's pictured in the RC lift instructions. The stock ones was in the down position with the piston facing up.

02ramboi · Jun 20, 2017

sgillette19 said:
Will check but have just went through everything with torque wrench . Ty sir.. driving me crazy,lol..

Lmao trust me same here bothers me like crazy I had just read that on another forum that's why I said let me let you know I know anything helps lol

4.7 v8
Hi flow cat/flowmaster exhaust
7 inch lift/5 inch lift
20 inch falken wildpeak at3/33's

sgillette19 · Jun 20, 2017

808ram, heres the pic

sgillette19 · Jun 20, 2017

Heres driver side rear spring, looks funky, or no???

sgillette19 · Jun 20, 2017

Heres passenger side rear spring

sgillette19 · Jun 20, 2017

Not sure what you meen, panhead bar drop brackets.. only drop brackets in the back are break line and sway bar link end brackets. Rough country 2.0 rear shocks and the 4.5 spacers that mount above the springs. Thats pretty much all on the back.

Dangulo · Jun 20, 2017

Your shocks look like they are upside down and my rear spring spacers are on the bottom not the top like your describing but my kit is Maxtrac.

sgillette19 · Jun 20, 2017

Nah not upside down, lol. Yeah these spacers are designed to be on top with a big washer and long bolt.

808ram1500 · Jun 20, 2017

Your shocks are the same as I got mine. That's how the instructions said to do it so that's what I did. I might flip it the other way round just to see if it makes a difference.

The 2nd pic confirms you did indeed put 2 holes into the drop bracket for the rear panhard bar, I think that's what it's called? The bar keeping the rear suspension. Aligned and springs from popping out.

sgillette19 · Jun 20, 2017

Gonma call rough country and ask about the shocks. Thank you sir..

sgillette19 · Jun 20, 2017

Go to you tube and type in 2014 dodge ram rough country 4 inch lift, there s a video and shows the shocks on wrong.. pretty much same kit. So we might b wrong,lol

808ram1500 · Jun 20, 2017

sgillette19 said:
Gonma call rough country and ask about the shocks. Thank you sir..

Lmk what they say.
Oh and it's called track bar. Lol!

sgillette19 · Jun 20, 2017

Will do check out that video on YouTube

808ram1500 · Jun 20, 2017

sgillette19 said:
Go to you tube and type in 2014 dodge ram rough country 4 inch lift, there s a video and shows the shocks on wrong.. pretty much same kit. So we might b wrong,lol

Yeah I watched it a million times before I did my 6.
Noticed it also. But the paper instructions that was given has a picture that specifically shows mounting it how we have it mounted. Go figure.

sgillette19 · Jun 20, 2017

Yep done just how the pic shows but video shows upside down, really confused, let ya know what they say after i talk to them

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