i heard a creaking almost popping like noise when doing a tight turn going into a parking spot. my steering wheel was max turned to the right and there was a rain gutter type thing before the parking spot and when i went over it, is when i heard the noise. any ideas?

 

is it still doing it? or maybe its cause you ran over the rain gutter?

 

tie rod ends, welcome to the club...lol

 

nah only does it when im doing maxed out turns.

 

oh...no new tire sizes that possibley may be rubbing? if not like he said welcoem to the club buddy!

 

Sounded like mine 2 weeks ago, lower ball joint on the passenger side replaced and all is good now.

 

dangit.. was hoping i would be lucky with the front end issues lol. i cant tell which side its coming from. also i noticed alot of pull on the steering when going over somewhat rough road on the freeway (uneven road/cracks/bumps) like if i go over something at speed limit it will pull me a little bit

what should i be looking for under my truck if i wanna self diagnose any front end problems?

 

Mine was pretty bad..when I was driving it, it sounded like the springs on the drivers side were squeaking. When I parked it in the driveway, i just bounced the front end(by hand) on both fenders one at a time, the drivers side appeared fine, I got under the passenger side and listened, while my son was bouncing it, to where the noise was coming from and put my hand on the lower control arm and you could feel the resonance from the squeak where the ball joint is.

I am by no means a subject matter expert and I was due for a free oil change anyway so I got them to take a look at this to confirm my suspicions and they did.

 

it's usually either tie rod ends, sway bar links or ball joints. These fail because of the junk struts.

 

i took it back into the dealership where i got it and they said the buschings on the stabilizer bars(?) were bad so they replaced them free of charge. we'll see if that was the issue when i get it back today.