Soo went and did some light trails today in my 00 rango, got stuck pretty good, there were massive ice bolders in the pond I went into. Ripped up my front bumper pretty good. And when I finally got out my front end was making a dirty popping creaking noise. But only when I turned left. So when I got home I checked the ball joint, wheel bearing, tie Rod End. And everything seemed fine.

I did some Google searches and I seen stuff about the mid shafts and or the allignment. Has anyone had this problem? And if so what was the fix?

 

Regrease everything. After any 4 wheeling u should really change the diff fluid and regrease everything. Although making ur alignment good again isn't a bad idea

 

check your cv axels as well. there shouldnt be any play in them. just grab it and wiggle. the first one i blew was on some easy trails and would have never expected it.

 

Alright, I'll check that stuff tonight. Thanks.

 

Seems to be the front driver axle. how bad is that to change?

 

My first time took about 3.5 hours. Second was a little over 2 hours. Isn't that hard to do.

 

The hardest part of doing my ram(almost same setup) was getting the hub bolts out, but a little heat gets em out great

 

Alright thanks guys!

 

Btw it was the axle, mine was destroyed!
took roughly 1.5-2 hours.