Name that noise! Front end/suspension?

[atalarico]

Hey all, my rig has recently developed a worrying clicking/clunking noise. It seems to be coming from the drivers front suspension area. It is generally worse when the steering wheel is turned to the right. It makes it just driving down the road too.

Here's a video. Any ideas? I tightened up the sway bar linkages because they were pretty loose anyway. That didn't help. Eddy and I rebuilt my CVs last year, and my entire steering rack was replaced when I bought the car.

I appreciate any help you guys can give. I was going to take it in for an alignment soon anyway, so if we can't figure it out here, then I'll just ask them what they think and then try to fix it myself.

Front end issue - YouTube

Edited to add: The video is still "processing". I figured it would only take YouTube a few minutes to process a 2MB video...but I guess not.

 

[atalarico]

One thing I'm going to go try after searching through the forums is just tightening up my lower control arm bolts. They might not have been torqued right after my last alignment.

 

[atalarico]

I'm going to try replacing the sway bar linkages, but I replaced those last year or the year before? I mean, they were garbage ones anyway, and they look pretty rotted now, but yeah.

 

[88xtraSR5]

That lower ball joint seemsto be moving alot in the video, but I wouldn't say thats where the noise is coming from. If you have access to a mechanics stethoscope or a long metal rod, you could put it to your ear and try to narrow it down that way?

 

[Yoter]

The sway bar end links dont seem tight enough, I dont think thats related to the noise, just an observation. They also dont seem worn I would worry about replacing them just tighten them up.

 

[afg10000]

Control arm bushings?

 

[t4r4life]

i was gonn say control arm bushing too