[popstop785]

I tried to search this but since I have no idea what I am searching I wasn't able to find anything.

My jeep is under warranty and I would rather know what the problem is so I can tell them where to look when I take it in. SHOULD be easier for them to fix I would think.

Anyway, when I drive my jeep and hit a small bump or simply just driving anywhere... I feel a slight popping in the steering ever so often. I can only feel it when I drive and it feels like it is coming from the steering column behind the brake pedal...? It is hard to explain... just a popping feel in the steering wheel/column as I am driving.
I think I read about this issue in posts before but I cannot find them. It was like a joint that is loose or something that is not lubed properly.. or both?

Any help would be really great.

 

[popstop785]

Possibly the trackbar?

 

[popstop785]

This will be the last time I will bump this. If I don't get a response... I'll just have to take her to the dealer and hope the idiots can understand what i'm trying to explain as the problem. Ha ha ha!

 

[jeepjones]

If it's under warranty take it in, just don't tell them you went offroading (if you did). It could be just about anything from a bushing, track bar etc.

 

[King of Beers]

Offroading does not void your warranty.

 

[popstop785]

It doesn't but I would rather be smart and not tell them I have removed the sway bar links in the past. Not that I did anything wrong or crazy... just don't want them to find a reason to blame me.
I'm not sure what the trackbar is... but it sounds simple.

 

[ncossey]

Its not the trackbar or the swaybar links, its the joint in the steering shaft. If you find the steering shaft amd squirt some lithium greese under that black sleeve and the popping will quit for a little while.

 

[Johnniedada]

I may be having close to the same problem. I have a 2010 JKU with 4700 miles. If I turn the wheel right and then back left, the front end will slightly hang and then pop to varying degrees. I can be moving or sitting still. I have been under the front and the problem appears to be around the front passenger side wheel. Been to the dealership once but the front end guy wasn't there so I will be going back.

 

[popstop785]

WEll I am taking her in this thursday. The poping has got worse and now there is leaking all around the trackbar and dripping small puddles under it when it is parked.
Any idea why the trackbar would fault like that? And the puddle is not oil... it is like a hydraulic fluid.

Good thing I have a warranty still left on the thing. Save me some $$ Ha ha!

 

[bamajeeper]

Sounds like your power steering box leaking. already had to take my 2010 JK in for a replacement { warranty} at 2500 miles.