Figured out what the "clunk" sound is

[sreilly77]

So the other day I posted about hearing a "clunk" (even though I spelled it wrong the other day) sound from my front right wheel when I go over a bump or turn left in the Jeep (again, I drive a 98 Laredo 4x4 4.0L). I found out that it is the spring because I went up my driveway today and I heard the clunk and the front right of the Jeep was leaning. The spring had popped out. When I jacked up the Jeep, the spring popped back into place. So I'm hoping I can rule out the possibility of a bad spring. However, is there something that holds the spring in place from popping out like that? I've compared both springs on both sides in the front and everything looks exactly the same. I see no abnormalities. Is there something I'm missing? Help me out. Thanks guys.

[sreilly77]

Nevermind I figured it out. The spring clamp is not sitting in place properly.

[dksob81]

My spring clamp wasn't sitting in place on the spring it was bent up not reqally doing anything at all, so I removed it, flattened the clamp out using a vise and tightened it down and it took it'shape again.

[sreilly77]

Originally Posted by dksob81

My spring clamp wasn't sitting in place on the spring it was bent up not reqally doing anything at all, so I removed it, flattened the clamp out using a vise and tightened it down and it took it'shape again.

Yeah that is exactly what I did to my Jeep today. But get this! When I was raising my Jeep up on my lift, the Sway Bar Linkage came out of the grommet too and I was like are you kidding me??? So I had to replace that to and since I did one side I also did the other.