Front end Cluck

[Stefan122]

Truck had a minor front end Cluck but figured it would go away after I upgraded my suspension, everything (Shocks, springs, track bar, ball joints, drag and track link) have been replaced other then the radius arms and steering damper yet the sound is still present. Could it possibly be a radius arm bushing? How could I "test" them.

 

[Wanderlust073]

Clunk? When you turn or when?

 

[Rockcrawlindude]

Sounds like you may have a chicken

 

[Rockcrawlindude]

In all seriousness if you want to test the two things you listed you could. to see if the steering damper clunks you could put the axle on jack stands and have someone cycle the steering. If it has a clapped bushing it might clunk. The radius arms would be tricky to test but you could put the frame on jackstands and try moving stuff around while the axle hangs.

Before doing all that I would check the torque on everything

my front end has always had a clunk under the certain circumstance of dropping the front right tire off something. Since it was new it has done that.

 

[Stefan122]

Clunk? When you turn or when?

When driving, where I live most of the roads are dirt other then highways, so the roads are always filled with pot holes, certain bumps cause the clunk.

 

[flan]

What years your truck? Earlier ones were known to have cab mounts cause clunks. Several lengthy threads on that subject.

 

[Stefan122]

What years your truck? Earlier ones were known to have cab mounts cause clunks. Several lengthy threads on that subject.

2021 Ram 3500

 

[flan]

2021 Ram 3500

Ok I believe they got their **** squared away by then.

 

[DamLucky]

I had a noise similar to what you described. I couldn't see anything wrong with it, but the noise was apparent over bumps and corners. It irritated me for weeks.

I finally figured out how to replicate the noises I was hearing. My dealer techs found a stone had lodged itself up in a space somewhere between the passenger side radius arm and the mount.

 

[Riccochet]

Also check for play in the sway bar bushings.

 

[g00fy]

I feel like a vaguely remember a thread where somebody had a clunk they couldn't chase down, and finally one day they discovered one of their brake caliper brackets was a little loose.

 

[red]

I've had a clunk in my 2020 3500 since day one. Several trips to the dealership and cab mounts didn't fix it. I finally threw the towel in on this issue.