I'm having some trouble diagnosing a front end clunk and could use some advice. I went wheeling a few weeks ago in a rock garden and managed to break a rear sway link, pop a hole in the exhaust, and create a clunk in the front suspension. I've fixed everything else but am having trouble figuring out the source of the front end clunk. Relevant mods are Delta 2" radius arms, Ironman FCP shocks/2" lift springs, and Ironman front panhard/steering link/steering stabilizer. I also had the front sway disconnected while wheeling so did have some extra articulation when whatever happened happened. This suspension has been on there for months and was previously noise free.
The clunk seems to be coming from the passenger side. While the truck is sitting still, if I jerk the wheel left I can make it clunk, but if I jerk the wheel right there is no clunk. Truck drives straight with no wandering, and no signs anything is off other than the clunking sound at low speeds over uneven surfaces. I've put a wrench on all the suspension connections and wheel lugs and everything feels tight. I tried muscling some of the parts around and could not reproduce the clunk. The tie rod ends do not appear busted. Unfortunately I don't have anyone available for now to jerk the wheel around while I inspect underneath, so I'm looking for some advice to help narrow down what I should be looking at. All comments and speculations welcome.
The clunk seems to be coming from the passenger side. While the truck is sitting still, if I jerk the wheel left I can make it clunk, but if I jerk the wheel right there is no clunk. Truck drives straight with no wandering, and no signs anything is off other than the clunking sound at low speeds over uneven surfaces. I've put a wrench on all the suspension connections and wheel lugs and everything feels tight. I tried muscling some of the parts around and could not reproduce the clunk. The tie rod ends do not appear busted. Unfortunately I don't have anyone available for now to jerk the wheel around while I inspect underneath, so I'm looking for some advice to help narrow down what I should be looking at. All comments and speculations welcome.