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Clunking noise when truck flexes - help

Discussion in 'Suspension' started by princecolby, May 18, 2019.

  1. May 18, 2019 at 11:16 PM
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    whatstcp

    whatstcp currently drunk so don't listen to me

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    You can check the cam bolt tabs to see if any of them were inadvertently flattened by excessive torquing. Firestone techs ended up flattening mine so I had to replace them with TC gussets. There were other contributing factors.

    Every side of the cam bolt should have two little wing tips on each side of the oval bolt. If you can only see one like in this picture then you have a problem.
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  2. May 18, 2019 at 11:21 PM
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    LOL I understand the tab thing, they are still there. The noise I am encountering started before Firestone ever laid a finger on the truck. I have been trying to resolve this for a couple of days now after the swap, just took it to Firestone to get aligned today.
     
  3. May 23, 2019 at 10:53 PM
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    Went ahead and marked up everything with a sharpie, went out to a loading dock with two friends determined to figure out what was moving or striking and making the noise.

    From inside the truck to me it sounded like it was coming from the front but both guys on the outside said it sounded like it was coming from the middle almost directly under me. I kept going at different angles, going up the side of the loading dock with the back wheels first, which also made it pop, but then suddenly it just stopped making the noise. Tried a couple times from different wheels and couldn't get it to pop, flexed the truck out fully.

    Makes me think maybe it had something to do with some frame or bed or body flex and unrelated from the suspension. Bushings looked good and all the sharpie marks lined up still
     
  4. May 23, 2019 at 10:58 PM
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    You might be onto something there.

    Tacomas are known for having crappy body mount bushings. Google search "radiator bushing mount Tacomaworld".

    Could be the radiator bushing mount that are known to fail and cause a clunking sound, as well as the cabin mounts
     
  5. Dec 7, 2020 at 7:42 AM
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    Thread revival... Ever figure out what the issue was?
     

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