HELP WHERE IS THIS COMING FROM??

All right tacomaworld please take a look at the video that I have posted below and tell me what you think answer the survey survey it only happens when I jump up-and-down on my slider or I turn the wheel to the left to the right of jack the truck up and move the wheel to the left or right and when the wheels are in the air it does not make the sound it only makes the sound it seems like when there’s load on the truck so sounds like maybe a ball joint but not sure!

https://youtu.be/BDTVx18-ATQ
https://youtu.be/O88xEdI9bA0

 

Ball joint?
Tie Rods?

This is one of those times, it’s better to be there and see it, feel it and hear it.

 

Since it only happens when it is weighted I would guess it is one of two things Upper or Lower Control Arm Bushings.

Have someone do the Movements while you search with a mechanics stethoscope at various locations.

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Jack it up, take the wheels off and start seeing if you can move anything by hand. If a joint is bad, you’ll be able to move it by hand. That way you can eliminate those possibilities

 

I agree I just can’t figure where it’s coming from. Sounds like inner tie rod or rack bushings

 

That’s a good possibility.
And If it is, hopefully OP doesn’t have the bolt/alignment cams that are seized.
As for the bushings.....well they to can get seized too.
Some guys have resorted to a bottle jack and a torch.

I’d probably just buy new control arms.
I might even go aftermarket on the lower

 

I agree. I did a set of seized bushings ONCE.

I'll never do that again. EVER.
If I can't get new arms I'll pay some other poor sap to do the bushings for me.

 

Take a look at the bolts for your skid plate. I see an aftermarket skid in the first video. I had a customer with an eerily similar noise- metal on metal contact. Turns out one of his skid plate bolts had backed out and the resulting gap caused the noise.
The reason you hear it while turning the wheel while the tires are on the ground is that the frame is flexing ever so slightly under the tension created by the grip of the tires. The skid plate is mort likely rubbing on the mounting point.

that’s my educated guess at least.

 

I actually had that thought too! I will try and remove skid and see if that fixes problem. Sounds like it could be coming from that area! Thanks for the input. Very helpful!

 

It looks like those are 1st gen spc ucas. Which are super squeaky, I had the same issue with mine. I gave them a call and they had an upgrade program, I can’t remember the terms exactly but it was a no brainer.

 

Mine are the version right before they switched to the cast arm. I have x-axis bushings and the newer style joint. It’s not the bushings. They are the exact same ones as the cast arms.

 

Probably not the ucas. What about the radiator supports?

 

I’ve got the energy ones. Never had an issue from them before. Had them on for over a year. Doesn’t sound like it’s coming from there.

 

Based on the sound it sounds like it's coming from the top, but that's a very familiar sound to me and not something to worry about as far as i can tell. Any time I've flexed out a rig off road at slow speeds is when I hear that.. I always just assumed it was the springs and ignored it with no negative consequence..