Unexplained thunk.

[Spike555]

2004 Land Cruiser. 246k.
I recently had the lower ball joints, outer tie rod ends and upper control arms, all sway bar bushings and sway bar end links replaced as well as a alignment.
All four shocks, calipers, rotors, wheel bearings.
Now the steering is really tight and there is a thunk in the front end.
From park into gear, thunk.
Going over bumps, tight turns (u-turns) coming to a stop, shifting into reverse…everything is tight. I cannot find where the noise is coming from anywhere.
I am assuming the tight steering will loosen up with time, but right now when I turn the wheel I have to turn it back, it won’t re-center on it’s own.
I do not know if these things are related or not.
Any ideas?

 

[JunkCrzr89]

Front diff bushings, hub flanges, outboard CV axle shaft (splines), driveshaft needs grease, etc. Lot of possibilities here…

 

[Spike555]

It’s coming from the center of the front end, so front diff bushing sounds like the most plausible.

Prop shafts were just greased with a PM 1,000 miles ago.
All other work was just done last week.

 

[halbeezy]

2004 Land Cruiser. 246k.
I recently had the lower ball joints, outer tie rod ends and upper control arms, all sway bar bushings and sway bar end links replaced as well as a alignment.
All four shocks, calipers, rotors, wheel bearings.
Now the steering is really tight and there is a thunk in the front end.
From park into gear, thunk.
Going over bumps, tight turns (u-turns) coming to a stop, shifting into reverse…everything is tight. I cannot find where the noise is coming from anywhere.
I am assuming the tight steering will loosen up with time, but right now when I turn the wheel I have to turn it back, it won’t re-center on it’s own.
I do not know if these things are related or not.
Any ideas?

if you don't mind me asking, what did you pay for all that work?