Help me diagnose this noise.

[thebrandon]

I have a very weird noise coming from the front end that I just can't seem to figure out. It sounds very similar to bad rubber bushing, but I don't know which one, or if that's really it.

Some info:
-The noise seems to be coming from the front drivers side
-The steering rack is less than a year old and came with new rubber bushings and inner tie rod ends.
-I have white line poly lower control arm bushings that have roughly 1000 miles on them
-I have Total chaos upper arms with brand new poly bushings
-my lower ball joints are brand new and are OEM Toyota ones
-My swaybar is not connected

The noise has a clunk to it sometimes, and can really be noticed when turning or when going over bumps that move the truck side to side.

Any ideas?

 

[threadlessclimber]

I had a front end squeak that drove me crazy because I couldn't replicate it--turned out to be my hood was out of alignment but that didn't have a clunk. Another thought is that there is a shield in front of the radiator that uses plastic hardware that came lose on my truck and would kind of clunk over bumps. Just my experiences.
Hopefully someone has a better idea of what could be going on. Good luck--things like this can drive you to drink.

 

[nor_cal51501]

Did you install your UCA's yourself? If so, did you use the grease they sent along with them? I've heard people putting those in before and not using the grease on the bushings and those bushings going out quickly and causing a clunk when they wear prematurely. Also, double check that your uniball is secured in the cup properly with the c-clip. Also, I noticed that you have the SS 1.2, I've read about a few users with this lift have issues with the spindle making contact with the spring, the solution was to rotate the spring a bit, and others also installed limit straps. I'm thinking you may have two different issues. 1. The UCA bushings. 2. Spindle contacting the spring. Give those items a look over and let us know what you find.

 

[thebrandon]

Did you install your UCA's yourself? If so, did you use the grease they sent along with them? I've heard people putting those in before and not using the grease on the bushings and those bushings going out quickly and causing a clunk when they wear prematurely. Also, double check that your uniball is secured in the cup properly with the c-clip. Also, I noticed that you have the SS 1.2, I've read about a few users with this lift have issues with the spindle making contact with the spring, the solution was to rotate the spring a bit, and others also installed limit straps. I'm thinking you may have two different issues. 1. The UCA bushings. 2. Spindle contacting the spring. Give those items a look over and let us know what you find.

I installed and used the recommended grease that TC says to use. I grease them regularly too. I'll have to double check the spring to see if it is hitting the spindle or not. I did go up a notch on the billies recently.