Clunk noise from the front end!!
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Clunk noise from the front end!!
I have a 2006 Z71 Silverado and as the title of this thread says, it clunks in the front end. It sounds to me like it's coming from the left front. It does it when you are going over bumps, especially small ones in, say, parking lots. I can feel it in the steering wheel also when it does it. Do I have a shock going bad or something? Thanks in advance.
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If your I-shaft has been replaced, then it could your lower steering gear bearing, it's right at the end of steering shaft before it exits through the firewall, its plastic with metal ball bearings! The orginal is white and the new replacement is green in color and the white one will develope a few thousandths of play after some time, but the new green replacement will fix the issue and this information is per a few GM truck techs I work with not too long ago. If anyone needs pics of this part and a number i can help....
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I had a thump sound from my front end, it was worse when pulling into a driveway with the wheel turned or anything with a bump. Left side too. It turned out to be a wheel bearing. These wheel bearings are a known GM problem, I've written a letter to GM with my recepts for the purchases but we'll see what they can do. I can tell you out of the 5GM 1500s we run in our fleet (only purchased to keep our fleet pricing discount) they have ALL had wheel bearing issues.
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