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Old 09-11-2007, 05:26 PM
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Front End Popping Noise

My truck has developed a popping noise, or more of a "POW" when turning at low speed. The noise is coming from the front end somewhere. It just started 3 or 4 days ago. The noise usually comes when the steering wheel is turned almost all the way. I lifted my truck and shook the tires top and bottom, no movement. Checked all the links, all seem tight. Any suggestions?
Old 09-11-2007, 05:53 PM
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on my control arms i have had to go back and tighten them a couple times but the noise comes more when stopping. check the bolts on the trac bar and make sure that they are goodentight!
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I'll give that a shot, see what happens. Thanks

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Old 09-11-2007, 07:48 PM
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Check the u joints mabey.
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i had a poping noise too and i replaced the track bar bushings and it went away. 5k miles later i hear a pop every now and again. i need to figure out something too!
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my track bar pops too mostly due to play from having a 2" lift with out a longer track bar. the hole for the pasenger side bolt has some play.
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Leonard

Checked all bolts and they are tight. I moved the wheel and didn't see any binding in the U-Joint. Still perplexed. Guess I need to wait for it to fail more before finding out.
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Had the same problem only when turning right though.. figured out it was the steering stabilizer.
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i bet its your track bar. do a dry park test. get someone to wiggle the steering wheel on dry ground slowly back and forth (not a lot) just enough so the wheels thinking about moving and then look at the track bar and i bet its moving at one of the joints. they go all the time.
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Ok, noise has stopped. Whoever snuck over while I was sleeping and fixed it, thanks lol. Oh well, we'll see how long it lasts.
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