Front suspension sounds/noises

[scottminor]

Could it just be the size of the tires and one of them slipping on the ground?

[Scarsman]

I'm sorry! Yes, to answer your actual question; no, it is not normal to hear a popping noise from your front end. The tires wont be the issue for sure. The front diferential is an open differential, so the tires wont be slipping.

My money would be on the ball joints first. The differential could make popping noises, but only if something really bad was wrong. And then you would hear and feel it more than just while turning.

I would find a good front end shop and have them check out the whole front end. How many miles are on your truck?

[seventwozero]

A popping or tapping noise is usually a bad ball joint... I know, I'm having mine done next week My truck has 70k (and change) miles and the joints were bad when I bought it although they were probably making that noise around 65k. How many miles are on your truck? Big aftermarket tires would speed the wear on the joints too.

[Quijy]

I have a clicking sound but it is not the front end at all. It is the torsion bars clicking in the new keys I have to lift the front end. No click prior to but we did confim it by changing the keys back. So if you have your front end tweaked up with the torsion bars that may be what you are hearing. Mine is a click from under the seats when there is a sudden change in loading on the front suspension.

[vandy0090]

prob your ball joints. i was out of the country for a bit and my wife missed her service apt. when i got back one of her ball joints had gone dry and started popping. i lubbed her up pretty good but to no avail. now i get to swap them out. but thats where my bet would be

[scottminor]

I have not heard it in a while. I am thinking it was torsen bars making some noise.

[HumminNBoatin']

Do you feel it in the floor under your feet? Could you also consider the sound to be like an oil canning sound? If so you might want to re-torq your body mounts.


I did my ball joints at 90Kish miles. In fact I have 110Kish miles on the H2 now and I think at this point I have replaced every single front suspension/steering component. I do a alot of offroad and I run 37's so i tend to wear things out faster than most.