Strange clunk noise from front suspension

did the phone conversation lead to any answers????

 

Colton, are you working today?

I can drive by the bank, since its only two miles away.

 

typical Colton.

 

shit. the phones in the other room.

 

My bad I was at the gym way to long last night then all my buddies called me up for some $1 bowling.. Can I call you today?

Yes Brian I'm off today.. Whats up man?

 

I just visited Chris4x4 in person *blush* lol... We came to no solution as to what is causing the "clunk" noise.

Brought it to alignment shop and they wont admit fault and cant figure out what it is either.

I Just took re torqued everything and removed the skid plate and sway bar hoping that might fix it. NO luck again. It could be the tie rod ends or most likely the rack and pinion.

 

My brother in law was gonna help me with everything but now is leaving to Utah tomorrow back to work for 2 weeks!!

 

I had a strange clunk in my Plymouth that started right after I got it back from the shop. It clunked whenever I turned left, but clunked louder whenever I turned right. It only happened if I was going over about 10 MPH and on a rough road it clunked erratically all the time.

The mechanic swore that they did everything right and it wasn't their fault. they stared at it about 10 minutes and said everything's fine.

I went home and I started just banging on the A-arms and tie rods with a rubber mallet to try and find it but I didn't hear a thing. I finally got exasperated and wacked that mallet on the inner fender and it clunked!

Turned out I found a Snap-On flex head ratchet that had got left under the hood, and slipped down between the inner & outer fender. Needless to say I kept it.

 

Hahah nice.. I think I found the problem with my clunk problem. I believe it is the dust guards for the brakes. They are hitting my new spindle I think... I will no for sure by the weekend when I yank them off. Ill keep you all posted.

 

my coilovers are off my truck and i have no clunking going on, i piut the 5100's back on and man what a difference, my coilovers are getting rebuilt tomorrow so i will find out what happened to them.

 

Indeed we torqued that up and clunk went away. Chris4x4 is my hero.
We also changed spark plugs, in cabin air filter, and full synthetic oil change!!

Also I still get a little bit a noise coming from the font when backing up at full lock. Its the dust gaurds for sure but I'm not worried about it cuz I rarely hear it.

Thanks Chris!!!!

 

I have had the same problem ever since I got my 06. It had 14k on it when I got it. I thought it might have some thing to do with the spacer lift I had so I got Icons and TC UCAs. did not help at all. I tore apart my second intermedeat stering shaft. It has a lot of side to side play in it. and at the point it conects to the steering colum it has this giant rubber bushing that I think servs as the steering sablizer that our trucks don't have. I feel exactly what you are describing except only in the steering wheel. New second intermediat shaft is $250. Im going to try that when I get home. What do you think Chris????