I had some noises on my 1998 Passport that eluded me for a long time. Smiley sat in the passenger side once and figured it out.

My hood's hinge joint was loose and was rattling. I put a small piece of rubber under the hinge and closed the hood. No more rattle. I checked and rechecked shocks and everything else till Smiley found it was the hinge. I had opened the dash and was tightened every screw I could get to. It was driving me nuts.

The other noise I was getting was the rear window rattling. A bit of black tape around the hasp fixes that for a long time.

As for your noise on the drivers side, I'm at a loss.

Joe

 

Noises such as a clunk in the front right.... Under the front right fender are your window res and your antenna. the window res has a tube that comes back toward the door and goes through the lower A pillar/firewall as well as the antenna wire. these have a tendancy to rattle around in there, and the antena wire is thick and heavy so its a substantial noise. pull your inner fender skirt and zip tie those to the inner body/frame of the truck. this may be your culprit.

 

Here are a couple of Left Field possibilities:

Sound #1:
Since yours is a 2nd Gen, it *might* be the passenger-side hood mount/hinge…
Several years ago I went for a ride in BigPoppa’s Passport, trying to help identify an odd ‘clunky’ sort of sound -- Once the source was located, not only could I hear it, I could actually see the edge of the hood moving up-and-down in perfect unison with the noise.

Sound #2:
Have you checked to see if any of that 3M Rubber Spray is making contact with another surface somewhere? â€" It’s probably a long shot, but it seems to me like that might cause a squeaky/creeky/groaning sound.

You did say "ANY" :wink:

[EDIT]
I see Joe already replied to #1 8)

Cheers!
Smiley

 

heh, you guys rock. I'll go check it all out right now! If I STILL can't seem to identify it, i've got a video camera and i might be able to capture a sample of the noise 8)

the rubber I applied MIGHT be a possibility ill look thru and everywhere where it's applied in that location.

-steve

 

Welp, Checked out the hood hinge, seems to be tight! Closing the hood and hitting the corner of the hood pretty hard did no good at reproducing the sound. Didn't rattle or clank.. just a thud of my hand against hot black metal

I checked the battery, its super duper tight. Checked the adjustable rubber stoppers for the hood, adjusted high enough to the point it makes the hood hard to shut. . . Took out the plastic shroud around the wheel, the antenna cable was secure tight in a rubber grommet along with the rear-windshield washer hose. Put it all back together. Looked some more, nah-thin.

Could it be something to do with the right torsion bar making my right wheel make clunking noises ? i mean.. to me, looking under neath everything looks great. But i'm not an expert! Maybe something is loose or adjusted incorrectly. Could it be ball joints ?... I'm not even sure where to look when it comes to the ball-joints, i just read about it all the time around the board.

EDIT: I have a broken stud on the front right wheel...
BUT, the thing is. When I'm stopped and i jingle the stud around with my finger, it sounds different from what it sounds like inside the vehicle while driving. Also, it seems to me that If i am driving around 40mph and hearing the clunking still... it couldn't be the stud because of the centrifugal force holding the stud in position of it not being able to move.

Looking on the board for similar things..

"bad lower control arm bushings" .. Where and how to I check this?

"bad sway bar bushings" They LOOK okay lol.

 

take it to a frontend/alignment shop. and just have it checked. they will be able to tell you right away if the balljoints, or anything else are bad/loose/worn.
have them SHOW you.

 

rule out that stud by jamming in some bubble gum and see what happens

//bc

 

rule out that stud by jamming in some bubble gum and see what happens

You owe me a non-root beer covered keyboard.

Now that's funny right there.

Good stuff. I'd use silly putty myself.

 

possible sqeak could be from the swaybar bushings being dry and since the swaybar rotated in the bushing when you lifted it that could be the culprit,take swaybar loose and grease the bushings or try to spray wd40 or similar into the bushings.

 

ah the clunk, such a reassuring sound, have a look at your tie rod ends,

do they look like this?

1st looks fine doesn't it?

....on closer inspection....i think the term is..."as dry as a nun's ...."

drivers side is still wet but leaking non-the-less

in mine you can feel the clunk in the footwell, and i know that to be it

hump the sides of your car... got a squeek?

-
next, those plastic wheel well guards, rubbing on the bumper? i cut mine down because they were grinding on the bullbar making it squeek

 

get beefy ones from Matt at Inde4x so you can grease those suckas.

 

Matt doesn't sell anything for the rack and pinion steering systems.

Joe

 

well crap.
I'm commenting on the pic above and now realize that it is not his.

:roll:

 

this just solved my problem with the clunking Im having when offroading in my rodeo. I need to call up matt and get some new boots for my driver side tie rods. Mine seem to like to clunk when in 4 low going up hills. If Im wrong correct me please. Also, my cv boots on the outside on both sides are torn right now.

 

boots - get mechatech. or get new ISUZU CVs from underdog in oregon (or washington)

The tie rod rubber - get some new ones for cheap or get poly (energy suspension) from any auto store and replace them unless of course the balls are worn and water damaged.

 

That squeak is probably your lower ball joints. Whatever side you turn to that makes the squeak is the culprit. Put new ones on and grease anything that looks like it needs grease.

I get the same exact clunk but when turning slightly or hard. I still haven't figured that out.

 

get beefy ones from Matt at Inde4x so you can grease those suckas.

i am, but because i am in australia, i am going to get a heap of stuff shipped at the same time (3" lift kit, sway bar disconnects, etc...)
should be no longer than a month at the most until i can afford it- waiting on a tax return

 

Sound number 2 definately sounds like a bottom ball joint to me - had exactly the the same thing a couple of years ago, just like a squeeky barn door

 

It sounds like it might be the wheel bearings. It is a pretty involved but straight forward procedure. My 96 Trooper manual recommends repacking them at 30k mile intervals.

Raise your truck and put it on stands. With the wheels off the ground, grab the top and bottom of the tire and then push on the top while pulling on the bottom. Then reverse the procedure. Look for any looseness in the tire. There should not be any play. If nothing else is loose i.e. balljoints, tie rod ends, links, etc. then it probably is coming from the wheel bearings.

 

With a knee on the front bumper, bounce the front end up and down. Do you still get the door creak? A good possibility could be either the upper or lower control arm bushings. Just got back from looking at a '94 4x4 Rodeo, and it had bad uppers, same creaking. A visual inspection can be made by lifting the rubber flap under each fender. You should be able to see rubber all the way around the washers at each end of the control arms. If the rubber appears torn or cracked, they are worn. In my experience, the bushings usually make noise before the ball joints.
If yoou decide to check the ball joints, I suggest you google "how to check ball joints". There are plenty of sites out there with instructions and pictures. Dennis

 

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