Still good, no thumping? I’ve had this since purchased. At first, I thought it was perhaps a cv or similar because it sounded rpm dependent. I now can replicate it at speeds under 5 mph at will. Here’s the part that tells me it’s probably the same issue you had …
If I’m in my driveway, not...
Sad news! When few shops would serve the Xterra community with armor, Shrockworks stepped up. Top quality. Their lead times certainly hurt their business though
Most of the big name kits add more travel. As always though, with IFS and stock track width… you’re really limited to cv axle bind. There is a chart floating around the forum that lists this but can’t seem to locate.
I wonder if contact with the bumper is why? The video showed an added washer to take up some slack in the bolt (so that the bolt doesn’t contact the bumper) . Maybe Ford figures there’s no need if you just run the bolts from the other direction? I suppose metal vs plastic rear bumper might play...
It’s interesting that this install shows installing the bolts from the backside of the frame cross brace , where as the Ford install shows removing the bumper and installing the bolts from the outboard side of the rear frame cross brace