What’s making my front end “thunk”?

I have a 2008 trd sport, quad cab, long bed. OME coils in the front, Dakar’s in the rear. When turning hard left, from a stop, and under acceleration, I get a pretty noticeable clunk/thunk coming from the front left. It only does when turning left under acceleration from a stop, as turning left from a stop sign. It did this before the lift, but I reckon it’s gotten worse. Any ideas? Thanks.

 

i would check your shock bolts and make sure they are tight .i had a thunk in my old jeep and it was a rear shock that wasnt torqued down

 

Thanks. I’ll check them. It just seems odd that it’s only on left hand turns under acceleration.

 

Nobody else have any input? Is there another forum I should post in?

 

There was a thread from back in '10 or so that was about this, big discussion. I think it ended up being the bushings on the steering rack. I'll see if I can find the link and post it. Are you having loose steering as well?

Edit:

These should hopefully help.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/steering-column-fix.88077/

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/05-v6-tacoma-steering-rack-bushing-replacement.289436/

This was the original thread that I found, but they all cover the same issue

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/steering-column-slop-on-09-dc.44514/page-3#post-1586717

 

Is it only under hard acceleration? if you turn the wheel hard to the left and casually drive forward is it a problem?

 

Check torque on lower control arm bolts. Manual states 100 ft lbs.