DogHouse
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Has anyone seen/heard of the entire bushing assembly coming off the front shock stem? I was hearing a rattle coming from the front right corner of my Jeep for about the last month, chocked it up to a loose heat shield or something as it didn’t happen all the time. Well, fast forward to two days ago and it now sounds like my whole right front wheel is going to fall off. I got under the Jeep and began to tap things with a rubber mallet and wasn’t able to replicate the rattle I was hearing. Fearing a unit bearing or blown ball joints, I put my jack under the right side of the axle and still found nothing. I then lowered the Jeep and I finally heard it. My son was standing by the tire and pointed to my shock shaft as he saw it move. Then I looked closer and saw the nut on the shock stem had backed all the way off and both rubber bushings and concave washers were gone. No parts stores had them in stock anywhere around me so I had to order the new ones which will be here Wednesday.