Clunk in Drag Link

Khaedyn

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For context 2006 tj with 2 inch lift on 31s all installed correctly no issues until I had a skid on black ice last week towards the passenger side going from like 40 to a stop. Now steering shakes like vibration wise from 50-55, and there is a single clunk when turning. Already rotated and rebalanced the tires still the same exact issue. Not sure if it had death wobble or not but it feels almost like it wants to and I mean it kind’ve did but only once on a terrible road. Got under it today and moved everything and I mean everything is seeming to be in place just a clunk at the end of my drag link (not pitman arm side it’s the other end I believe the knuckle?) bushing looks to be in pretty poor shape and when I twist in it to max it out I can make it clunk like when I’m steering it or when I accel/decel. Only one clunk at a time tho. Genuinely think this is the problem but if anyone has any other input please let me know, and let me know how and what I would do/ need to buy to fix this. I probably won’t end up doing it because classes are kinda killing me but I will certainly need the correct parts to get it fixed. Thank you!
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Did you impact anything with your tires when skidding from 40-0 mph ?
IF you did... I would look at the condition of your control arm mounts, control arms and control arm bushings.
I agree with Tronner to cycle the steering while you observe the TREs and steering other steering components.