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Old Aug 2, 2009 | 11:16 PM
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New to the site! Looking for some help!
 
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Old Aug 2, 2009 | 11:18 PM
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Just installed 5" RC lift and when I take off from dead stop I get a clunking noise!
 
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Old Aug 2, 2009 | 11:42 PM
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Welcome to the forums! Be a little more specific. Where abouts is the noise coming from and first off, what year ram you got? 2wd or 4wd?
 
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 09:01 AM
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Its a 2007 2500 megacab 4X4. The noise is hard to locate. Almost feels like something is sliding. Thought I might not have the u-bolts tight enough on the rear axle. Tightened them and still does it.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 11:53 AM
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welcome to the forum, a little off topic but throw some pics up of your rig when you get a chance
 
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 02:16 PM
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Welcome aboard man! Good luck with that noise!
 
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 06:37 PM
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ya welcome to the board and hop ya find that noise. They can be tricky at times
 
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 07:15 PM
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Bad shocks? Other than that, I don't know. Welcome to DF, though!
 
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 10:43 PM
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Crawled underneath with rear tires off ground! Appears that the noise may be from the drive shaft. U-joints are all tight, just appears to be some slack in the rear drive shaft. The yoke slid out about 2 inches when I installed the lift. Dont know if that is causing the slack or not. The 4" blocks were angled to allow for driveshaft angle.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 10:49 PM
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Dont some people have this problem sometimes with leveling the front with coil sapcers? If so, could it be related?
 
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