Ok Iv got a noise coming from my left front; its sounds like there’s extreme play in something (clanking sound kinda like what your hitch sounds like when you hit a bump at a higher speed) on the front end. After work today im going to take a better look and try and figure it out.

It happens when traveling down a gravel road or when I hit a small bump, when going over speed bumps or curbs it doesn’t happen (slow speeds) it also drives fine and still goes down the road as strait as it ever has.

Im thinking it’s the shock, I believe it happened when I hit a pot hole though. If you guys think its something else, ill check anything you guys suggest, and could you give a quick how to, to check the part you suggested.

Thanks a head of time

 

how many miles are on the truck?

 

39,000

 

Id like to get this fixed today... any ideas

 

get up under there and see if anything is loose or looks like it has moved..i dunno what it is. but something seems loose

 

it was dark when i started hearing it, and i drove the car to work so i just wanted to know if there where some parts to look for...

i grabed the shock, cv, and a couple of other things but nothing felt loose

 

sway bar endlink get busted out?? thats what mine was

 

I just got under there and shook this **** out of everything… nothing moved, could it be the shock

 

So the final thing i checked, should have been one of the first...

a guy at word told be break pads have "rattlers" (those metal tabs to hold the pads tight so they don’t rattle) and they fall out (at least hes had a few do them) and he suggested I look at those. Well after checking everything else I figured what the hell.

Im embarrassed to say but one of my caliper bolts was backed out about a turn and the other was about half way out and you could turn it by hand. Now I put loc-tite on the bolts last time I messed with my pads so is there anyway to explain why the would come loose? I checked the other side and they where a b!tch to back out.

 

did it kinda click when you drove it??, mine does that, it clicks when i turn and even when i'm going straight. I can feel it in the wheel, and i have gotten under the thing but nothing looks outta ordinary.

 

sounds like your half shaft is done for ^^^^

Good call on the calipers.. make sure you lube them up good with silicone lube so your pads slide easily...

I had a noise like that, i replaced both front shocks, it ended up being my step bars...