New to this site. I used to be on Trailvoy, way back in the day. I had Mark Mc's original 2.5" lift on, started a family, went back to stock, now I need a reliable hunting rig, so I've got back to the dark side. When I first lifted my trailblazer I was going the young, dumb, mall cruiser route. Now I'm trying to do it right, and have a reliable rig that can handle some offroading and bouncing through the hills. Just got the lift reinstalled. Put stiffer springs up front, with bilstein HD's. Z71 tahoe/avalanche springs in the back-no block. Got a zone body lift on order to help clear the 285/70/17.
Now to the purpose of the post. I don't have the rear springs in yet, because they haven't been delivered yet. All I've done at the rear is mount the adapters and new wheel/tire setup. When backing out of the drive I noticed a clunk from the rear. My initial thought was adapters/wheels weren't torqued, but I checked, and they are. When I grab ahold of the rear wheels I can rattle the axle. I could see it was actually in the lower attachment of the panhard bar. I know the panhard bar centers the axle when lowering/lifting. Is there a chance the lift from the tires alone are causing the panhard to rattle like this? Would replacing it with a massive adjustable panhard help alleviate this? I planned on purchasing one anyways, just not this soon. In addition to the panhard, how essential would their adjustable control arms be?
Sorry, it was long, but any help is appreciated.
Now to the purpose of the post. I don't have the rear springs in yet, because they haven't been delivered yet. All I've done at the rear is mount the adapters and new wheel/tire setup. When backing out of the drive I noticed a clunk from the rear. My initial thought was adapters/wheels weren't torqued, but I checked, and they are. When I grab ahold of the rear wheels I can rattle the axle. I could see it was actually in the lower attachment of the panhard bar. I know the panhard bar centers the axle when lowering/lifting. Is there a chance the lift from the tires alone are causing the panhard to rattle like this? Would replacing it with a massive adjustable panhard help alleviate this? I planned on purchasing one anyways, just not this soon. In addition to the panhard, how essential would their adjustable control arms be?
Sorry, it was long, but any help is appreciated.