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Most definitely. I have a rear endlink with a bad bushing and it's making a popping noise when I drive over something just right. Same would go with the front and it's an easy visual inspection. Have you looked at them yet?
Oh I've looked at them before and they are all cracked up and dry rotted. Never even thought they could cause it
 

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My pop, thunk, clunk whatever has been there since i drove the thing off the lot new in jan of 2013.... only on left turns....59,000 later and its still there..... doesn’t bother me enough to look for it
 
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My pop, thunk, clunk whatever has been there since i drove the thing off the lot new in jan of 2013.... only on left turns....59,000 later and its still there..... doesn’t bother me enough to look for it
With my luck if I don't try to fix it I'll hear a loud pop and watch my tire go rolling away
 

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Did you have your keys cranks up at one point and recently lower them?

If it's only when you're turning that your hear this popping noise I feel very strongly that it is your CV axles.
 
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Did you have your keys cranks up at one point and recently lower them?

If it's only when you're turning that your hear this popping noise I feel very strongly that it is your CV axles.
Yeah I did lower the keys a little bit because the back settled a bit and the truck was squatting. What would that do though?
 

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When I first got my 05, I had a popping going on, checked ball joints, tie rods, changed the cv’s. That wasn’t it, torsion bar cross member mount. If you live in an area with snow and salt, there are rubber mounts on each side of the crossmember that help it flex as the torsion bars twist, the salt drys out the rubber mount and it wont flex as it should and starts to pop as it moves.
 
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When I first got my 05, I had a popping going on, checked ball joints, tie rods, changed the cv’s. That wasn’t it, torsion bar cross member mount. If you live in an area with snow and salt, there are rubber mounts on each side of the crossmember that help it flex as the torsion bars twist, the salt drys out the rubber mount and it wont flex as it should and starts to pop as it moves.
Yeah I live in Maryland and everything on that truck is rusted underneath so I guess that's a good possibility. Didn't realize how many different things could be causing that pop. This is going to take a while to figure out
 

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Yeah I live in Maryland and everything on that truck is rusted underneath so I guess that's a good possibility. Didn't realize how many different things could be causing that pop. This is going to take a while to figure out
Yeah, pretty much anything that moves.
 

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