Clunking noise after some gravel roads?

[iboughtatahoe23]

Random intermittent Popping/clunk noise after some gravel roads.

I drive 2014 Tahoe 173k miles and I went shooting outside of town on some gravel roads. There was some loose gravel with some waves I didn’t see and I hit it kinda fast and was flying over them like a dune buggy. Now I’m hearing some popping noise on the left side I think. It is not dependent on anything it seems to just happen when ever. I hopped on both sides and rocked the car and no noise. I looked under the car and it looks fine. No broken pieces. No loose pieces. Anything else I can look at ? It’s really kinda scaring me. Don’t want my wheel to just fall off. It’s happened to me before riding in a friends civic.

 

[wjburken]

Check your sway bar links and bushings.

 

[iboughtatahoe23]

Check your sway bar links and bushings.

Ok thanks for the reply. What exactly am I looking for?

 

[wjburken]

Ok thanks for the reply. What exactly am I looking for?

They would look like the items circled.

Located on the rear side of your front wheels.

 

[petethepug]

Typically the culprits are those sway bar bushings, motor mounts, ball joints and upper / lower control arm bushings (UCA/LCA).

At 173k miles you’re ready for new bushings, about 75k miles ago. It’s least expensive to purchase the new UCA, LCA since they’ll have all the new ball joints and bushings correctly pressed in. Labor to remove & press in new bushes is nuts. Get poly sway bar bushings kit. On the bar, poly is best.

 

[iboughtatahoe23]

Typically the culprits are those sway bar bushings, motor mounts, ball joints and upper / lower control arm bushings (UCA/LCA).

At 173k miles you’re ready for new bushings, about 75k miles ago. It’s least expensive to purchase the new UCA, LCA since they’ll have all the new ball joints and bushings correctly pressed in. Labor to remove & press in new bushes is nuts. Get poly sway bar bushings kit. On the bar, poly is best.

So it’s gonna be expensive in other words? Cool.

 

[iboughtatahoe23]

They would look like the items circled.

Located on the rear side of your front wheels.

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Ok and this photo is showing bad ones? Or.

 

[wjburken]

So it’s gonna be expensive in other words? Cool.

Man, get back inside and off the ledge.

You haven’t even looked any these items. These are simply possible things to look at.

Ok and this photo is showing bad ones? Or.

The picture I posted was what they would look like normally. A broken sway bar link will be very obvious. A bad bushing a little less obvious.

 

[petethepug]

Nope. 1st find a magnet and see if your UCA & LCA are aluminum or steel. You may have one of each.

So it’s gonna be expensive in other words? Cool.

 

[Fless]

Ok thanks for the reply. What exactly am I looking for?

A mechanic.