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I thought I was doing so well not needing to do any work on my truck and then this noise showed up….
when go over bumps or sometimes even just uneven terrain I will get a pop noise that to the best of my ability to describe it sounds like it has a loose shock mount the bumpier the road the more it pops/clunks.
the truck is a 96 rcsb with a 350 4wd
in fairly recent times it has gotten all news tierods, idler arm, idler bracket, pitman arm, all new ball joints, brake hoses, 2 front shocks, control arm bushings, brake calipers, steering gear box, oil cooler lines.
i think that’s all? The sound was not there after all that work so I do not believe faulty work is to blame?
I’ll try to go through everything I have checked in order.
jacked the truck up and checked all directions on the tire up, down,left, right, in out. Etc no loosness
thought maybe my sway bar links were loose so I shook them and tried to get a clunk out of them with no luck. Although I did find one was slightly tighter than the other. I equaled them out but if anything maybe made it worse maybe….
jacked it up again looked around checked rods and ball joints again and found nothing.
hunting season opened and that means a lot of dirt bumpy roads and I feel like it has gotten worse sometimes if I put my foot over the front cab mount I can feel the pop almost like maybe it’s my cab mount. But looking at the cab mounts it’s snug and appears intact
tonight I decided to take a little frustration out on it and took a rubber mallet to all the parts I could but all I found was a loose bolt in my grille guard but it certainly was not the source of the noise I also beat on the calipers a little bit
so I set my phone up and recorded the suspension as I bounced the front end as hard as I could and I could replicate the noise but I don’t see anything obvious in the video.
I checked the bolts on the shock mount and compared each side the only difference I found was that the driver side looked like it may have had some dirt build up like from a oil leak but I’m not sure if it’s from the shock or if it’s from my oil cooler lines I replaced about 3 weeks ago.
im stumped. I don’t think it’s anything serious that’s going to cause a wreck but it is driving me crazy. Has anyone had a similar issue?
my 3 suspects are the cab mount, shock, or the sway bar.
when go over bumps or sometimes even just uneven terrain I will get a pop noise that to the best of my ability to describe it sounds like it has a loose shock mount the bumpier the road the more it pops/clunks.
the truck is a 96 rcsb with a 350 4wd
in fairly recent times it has gotten all news tierods, idler arm, idler bracket, pitman arm, all new ball joints, brake hoses, 2 front shocks, control arm bushings, brake calipers, steering gear box, oil cooler lines.
i think that’s all? The sound was not there after all that work so I do not believe faulty work is to blame?
I’ll try to go through everything I have checked in order.
jacked the truck up and checked all directions on the tire up, down,left, right, in out. Etc no loosness
thought maybe my sway bar links were loose so I shook them and tried to get a clunk out of them with no luck. Although I did find one was slightly tighter than the other. I equaled them out but if anything maybe made it worse maybe….
jacked it up again looked around checked rods and ball joints again and found nothing.
hunting season opened and that means a lot of dirt bumpy roads and I feel like it has gotten worse sometimes if I put my foot over the front cab mount I can feel the pop almost like maybe it’s my cab mount. But looking at the cab mounts it’s snug and appears intact
tonight I decided to take a little frustration out on it and took a rubber mallet to all the parts I could but all I found was a loose bolt in my grille guard but it certainly was not the source of the noise I also beat on the calipers a little bit
so I set my phone up and recorded the suspension as I bounced the front end as hard as I could and I could replicate the noise but I don’t see anything obvious in the video.
I checked the bolts on the shock mount and compared each side the only difference I found was that the driver side looked like it may have had some dirt build up like from a oil leak but I’m not sure if it’s from the shock or if it’s from my oil cooler lines I replaced about 3 weeks ago.
im stumped. I don’t think it’s anything serious that’s going to cause a wreck but it is driving me crazy. Has anyone had a similar issue?
my 3 suspects are the cab mount, shock, or the sway bar.