Okay this has been pissing me off since i bought the truck in mid feb.
It's a 2001 dodge ram, ext cab, 4x4

When i hit bumps in the road or my neighborhood, i hear this front end clunk, it sounds like its coming from the passenger right side towards the front. Me and my dad are both mechanically inclined but i have to say this one sure stumped us. Since hearing the problem we have replaced
-2 new front shocks
-All 4 ball joints
-Both Pass and Driver side wheel hubs
-Front wheel u-joints
-Stabilizer Links
-Tie rod ends (that needed to be replaced)

Also today i jacked it up and i started to inspect the heat shields on the exhaust,cat converter and towards the manifolds, The exhaust and cat were fine. but the heat shield that cover the pass side manifold was so rusted and when i touched it, it was hitting metal and i was 99% sure i found the problem, after removing it, i took a test drive and i still hear the damn clunk!!!!! I really need this noise gone. Any help will be much appreciated, Thanks

 

Welcome to DF. First, before anything else, please read this.

Have you checked the track bar?

I will move this to the 2nd gen section for you.

 

He already has 2of the same thread here in 2nd gen. Maybe you can merge them together?

 

now 3. LOL.
track bar. see the other post.

 

I had a 'clunk' in my front end too, ended up being the front, driver shock was a bit loose. The lower bolt has been known to loosen up I guess, even after I replaced the shocks thinking they were the issue... Crank it down as hard as you can with a breaker bar, then call up a much bigger friend to help Hope that helps!

 

Check your cab mount bushings for wear.

 

good call. if the clunking is directly under the passenger or driver's feet, its the lower shock bolt. torque to about 105-110 to silence it. as said - big breaker bar tight.

 

Me and a buddy just installed 2 new front shocks, and we torqued them pretty good, ill get back under there as soon as i can and really crank them down. thanks