Loud popping noise and creaking while steering

thats great..
seems to be a problem these days...
might have to quit my job and start doing alingments

 

the nj guys are a bunch of ditch diggers...

 

This is interesting, mine started doing the exact same thing a few weeks ago. I checked everything in the front end and it all seemed tight. I took it to a repair shop and the said that the same thing. I was thinking it was the ball joints, but they seem good. I've been looking through lots of threads trying to find similar problems, and this thread was right on the home page this morning. I'm going to check this when I get home.

TW is great!

 

yeah man, i went through the same stuff as you. tight snug and all. but i had my buddy turn the wheel while the engine was cranked and me under there watching the joints move and popping. it was only moving just a little bit but it was moving for sure. just got back from th shop and its all quiet again.

 

I got a chance to get undermy tacoma and check the cam bolts. They did not seem to tighten any, but the popping noise is gone. Awesome!

 

I have check everything under my truck, no luck, the noise is still there. I have taken the truck several times to the dealers, still under warranty, no luck, I'm getting frustrated with the noise. I have king shocks, all pro upper arms, stock lower control arms. I all post a video to see if anyone can help

 

i may have this problem

could i torque it while the truck is on the ground?
will i hurt the alignment?

 

was it just loose? or completely missing? jw

 

sub'd

 

Having the same issue. Creaking when turning. New rack n pinion, new tie rods and lower balljoints... I don't know. At alignment shop now. Will have them torque cam bolts to 100lbs and see what happens

 

It's 155 ft lbs if you are 2wd

 

Good looking out. Found a couple bent tabs... Apparently common with our trucks. In the meantime found the uniball adapter bolt was loose. Fixed my squeal creak. Feeling dumb I didn't find the simple fix myself...