Help with front end clunking sound

[Greygen4wolf]

Just wanted to see if anyone out there knows what that clunking sound on gen 4 rams I lifted my truck 6 inch on a bds lift kit with fox coil overs and after a couple weeks I started hearing a front end clunking sound at low speeds and when I hit a bump can anyone help me it’s driving me crazy it’s a 2015 ram sport with 61000 thousand miles

 

[Quick_Shifter]

Just wanted to see if anyone out there knows what that clunking sound on gen 4 rams I lifted my truck 6 inch on a bds lift kit with fox coil overs and after a couple weeks I started hearing a front end clunking sound at low speeds and when I hit a bump can anyone help me it’s driving me crazy it’s a 2015 ram sport with 61000 thousand miles

Could be a few things: I would check in this order
#1 The fender liner could be hitting the reservoir to the Coil over
#2 Front body mounts
#3 Your control arms were tighten when the truck was in the air and not on the ground that will bind up the bushings

Can you explain the sound you're hearing is it metal on metal?
Is it just 1 single clunk or does it continue (Clunk, clunk, clunk)
Did you do the lift or a shop do it for you? and where all the bolts re torqued at 500 miles?

 

[Ratket]

I would bet a control arm is loose, upper or lower, I know mine came lose, I took it back to the shop and they sent it back to the alignment shop for another alignment and then they ran through the lift one more time.

But man when I hit a bump I thought stuff was gonna come flying out.

 

[Greygen4wolf]

I had a shop do it and it’s a clunk clunk clunk sound

 

[Quick_Shifter]

I had a shop do it and it’s a clunk clunk clunk sound

Metal on metal? Is it a soft clunk or more of a bang

 

[Greygen4wolf]

Soft clunk

 

[Quick_Shifter]

Soft clunk

I’m going to go with the wheel well liner hitting the fox reservoir. Try shoving a towel or old T-shirt between the reservoir and the plastic then drive through a known area where it makes the noise

 

[Quick_Shifter]

Also another member reported his cv axle was just skimming the bottom of his coil over only on the passenger side.
Did the shop that did the install re torque everything after you drove it for a bit?

 

[Greygen4wolf]

Yes I took it back Monday and they reloosend everything again and I hear it less now even though they told me nothing was wrong I can still here it but not like before the sound is less now after retightning all the bolts but I feel like in a couple more days it will be back to square one with the noise ‍

 

[SOKY_RAM]

I bet its an improperly placed washer on the strut assembly.

Or not since i just saw that it has fox coilovers....

 

[Quick_Shifter]

Yeah the fox coil overs do have washers but the top mount of the coil over is threaded and a bolt goes down through the top of the strut tower. They are also only torqued to 24 ft lb’s

 

[Quick_Shifter]

Yes I took it back Monday and they reloosend everything again and I hear it less now even though they told me nothing was wrong I can still here it but not like before the sound is less now after retightning all the bolts but I feel like in a couple more days it will be back to square one with the noise ‍

Did you try the towel between the resi and wheel well?