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?

 

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!

 

I'll give that a shot, see what happens. Thanks

Dave

 

Check the u joints mabey.

 

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!

 

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.

 

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.

 

Had the same problem only when turning right though.. figured out it was the steering stabilizer.

 

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.

 

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.