You've done a tire rotation, yes? Just for manure and grins.

 

Near Atl?

Have u narrowed down whether it's in the front or rear?

 

Yeah, that would be a bit of a drive.......

 

Maps says ~230 miles 4 hours to Atlanta. The camera I got, being the knockoff of a knockoff it is doesn't record audio for crap (mic is too sensitive), so I still haven't determined front/rear. I keep thinking rear, as I feel it in the floorboard and not the steering wheel.

 

Just for grins

Shake the truck left to right and see if anything moves

Also, check the transmission mount

Does the sound change if you accelerate or brake during the turn?

 

Shook the truck, tried to lift the bed, etc to see if anything was loose, nothing seemed to move, click, or anything. It doesn't seem to be affected directly by the brakes, accelerating harder into the turn makes it more audible/feelable. Haven't been able to check the transmission mounts yet, another issue came up. Went out to grab a few things Friday night, buddy asked me to drive his car to charge the battery (it'd been sitting and the battery died, had to jump it off). No problem, get to the store, grab things, when leaving to merge into traffic, hit gas, car moves, loud bang, car doesn't move anymore. I thought the transmission had grenaded, but it had sheared the driver's side axle shaft in half

Here's you a few pictures of it.

Had to push it up the street until I got it parked in a pizza place's parking lot, all tow truck estimates were 2-3 hours out. Twas about 10:30-11:00PM, he drove out and picked me up, we'd figure it out later. Saturday, got it towed to our workplace, took all day to get it fixed, fighting the entire time. I'll see if I can crawl under the truck for a few looks underneath today or this week.

EDIT: The car was a 2004 Acura TL, apparently it's a common problem with the 2004-2008 year model range. The CV axle has a rubber bushing, or vibration dampener in the middle of the axle shaft. It apparently holds moisture under it and simply continues to rot out the axle until it snaps.

 

So where are we at now? Both front hubs replaced, both rear wheel bearings and seals replaced, front brakes replaced, rear brakes serviced. Spider gears checked, ring and pinion checked.

Have you done a tire rotation? Is the sound only when you steer a specific angle or further??

 

That's about where we're at, haven't done the rotation yet. It happens pretty much through the entire turn range, just as long as it's left. It seems based on load, how hard I'm going through the turn. I really wish I could get some warmer days without rain to see if I can get someone to record from the outside or something.

 

When is the last time you had an alignment done?

I'm specifically thinking in terms of camber. It's a far fetch, but if the shoulder of a tire is wore just right, when you steer, it can do some weird things. Especially shoulder cupping from a poorly controlled shock.

 

Harrumph I say. Lads, I do believe I found my culprit. Again, I can blame it on the previous owners. When I had got the truck, it was obvious to me the front end has had work, either ditched or fender bender. (bumper slightly off, and the overflow bottle had been cut from the bumper mount) Whoever straightened it out did a pretty decent job, impact was obviously on the driver side. assuming this is also why it's red and not factory black, new fender, paint job, (and the driver fender has holes for the magnum logo, passenger doesn't)

BUT ANYWAY this is just preface to what I just found, I've actually inspected the shocks before, at least, the driver front... It has a nice red Gabriel, matches the truck minus covered in road gunk.

Drivers side lower mount looks like this:



Apparently when they redid that side after whatever happened, they put a new shock in. Logically, you would say, why not replace them in pairs? It was not logic. The passenger one looks stock and my problem became obvious.

This is the passenger side:
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Lower bushing has erupted, so when it's loaded, the lower is rattling around. Explains why I felt it through the floor and not in the steering.

Doesn't seem to horrible a job to replace, jack up truck, remove tire, two lower bolts and upper nut, slide out, replace? Does this process seem correct? It's a RWD.
Also, I can't go all out on cost, should I go with a pair of Gabriel or Monroe? (I'd love some Ranchos, heard a lot of good, but a bit out of price range for now... cause of replacing everything else.)

EDIT: Took another look to see where the upper nut is, that is going to suck to get to... But happened to notice I'm also missing the passenger side bump stop. Guess I should grab that as well. Also looking at Rock Auto, thinking about those KYBs, they any good?

EDIT2: Went with the KYB Excel-G, got both fronts shipped for $56. Not the cheapest, not the most expensive. Doing research a lot of people put the KYBs above Gabriel/Monroe, thought about the gas-a-just, but people say they're stiffer. I don't offroad or haul much, so a little softer oem style should do good.