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Weird Rubbing Noise Under Different Circumstances?

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Old Oct 29, 2013 | 11:15 AM
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Okay, I get a rubbing noise coming from my truck when I turn the wheel's but only after driving for a bit, if the engine is off and I turn my wheels left/right I get no kind of sound or rubbing noise, but when I start the truck and drive for awhile under highway speed's or city speeds when I turn it sounds like a nullified rubbing sound coming from around the underside of the bed of the truck, doesn't sound like it's coming from the front.

If I spray it with something like white lithium grease, and just coat a few joint's/bushings in front and in the back of the truck it will go away for about a day or two if I don't drive it under high speeds, as soon as I start driving high speeds, the noise comes back, but only when I need to turn, and in the process of straightening the wheel. And won't go away unless I spray the array of random parts lol.

It's an annoying rubbing sound, and I swear it doesn't sound like it comes from the front of the truck but like just in the back under the truck bed. And it's only while turning while moving.

Majority of the bushings on the front are ones that I can refill with grease, and seem to be in okay shape, I cannot see any that are severely worn, or torn.
 
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Old Oct 29, 2013 | 11:18 AM
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will it make the noise at low speeds? If it will, drive it enough to get it to start being noisey, then have someone try and figure out where the noise is coming from. (outside the truck.)
 
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Old Oct 29, 2013 | 11:22 AM
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After it has been driven at high speeds, as long as I don't spray it it will, it will make the noise just backing up to get out of the driveway. (wheels turned)
 
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Old Oct 29, 2013 | 11:24 AM
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hmmmm, get a 2nd person if can be reproduced at slow speeds in a parking lot.

Tossing out possible items are leaf spring bushings, control arm bushing, shock bushings....
 
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Old Oct 29, 2013 | 11:30 AM
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It Might be the leaf spring bushings, could that cause a rubbing noise when turning? Because when I spray the mechanism on my 2000 Dodge Ram that connect's them (both sides), that's when it seems to go away the most often, but comes back after driving higher speeds.
 
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