Brake noise and a down travel question. Pics included

Was a nice day in nor cal and had windows down. I noticed a sound I had heard before. Almost like a washer on a bolt was slightly loose. Just a slight noise. Got home and jacked up the truck and determined it to be a pin on the front brakes.
while it was jacked up I decided to measure my down travel. It appears it came in at a whopping 1". Does this seem normal or is something preventing it from going down further? I have a dobinsons 2.5"ish lift with jba(not a fan) upper control arms. Everything else is stock.

 

Stock swaybar links, or extended?

 

Stock. I asked about the extended ones but have yet to purchase.

 

@shifty`
If the suspensionmaxx extended links will make a difference i will order them right now

 

If you want to know if it'll make a difference there's an easy test.

Detach one end of your links on each side. Jack up and test again. Get more travel? If so, your links are the limiting factor. Simple, quick way to check.

I see you've got JBA uppers and Dobinsons springs. Can't tell what they're riding on. You should have a good 1.5" - 2.5" lift depending on your setup. The latter half of that range I'd expect to benefit from extended links, but ... use the above suggestion to test first so you're not throwing money at things. It's what I'd do.

 

@Shifty Sounds good. If i take one off do i risk it being a pain in the ass to put back on? I assume I would just reattach and look in the manual for torque spec. No harm in it not being in the exact same position prior to removal?

 

Its easy if you have a flat spot to park. It can be a pain to re-attach if your on a side hill or something. Position doesn't matter. You just need both wheels at close to the same level of suspension flex, whatever that happens to be.

Having a jack handy is a good idea, you can use it to lift up one side or the other if your spot isn't flat enough to just simply re-attach the joint. Or just jack both wheels off the ground and then it doesn't matter.

 

Just an update. Any noise or pops i would get occasionally have completely disappeared so far. Front end feels smoother but i dont know if this is in my imagination. Just not hearing the occasional pop is worth the price of the extended links. Everyone with a leveling or lift of some sort should put an extended sway link. This ends my ted talk.

 

Looks like a little mid travel setup. If the goal is off-road, have you considered just removing the front sway bar?

 

Has potential consequences. https://www.tundras.com/threads/new-brakes.116091/page-3#post-3091180

 

I read the thread, but still don’t follow the consequences?

I ran no sway bar on my T100 for 15 years.

I wish I could find old pictures of it rolling into a hard turn on three wheels, but there on an old phone or computer.