Clunking when turning left

[88lance]

Actually just replaced those, I noticed that the bushings were loose on it so I thought that may be it, so I replaced them last weekend.
Unfortunately that wasn't the case on mine, but it was probably good to get the bushings swapped out for some tighter ones anyway

 

[88lance]

Got to mess with the Tahoe over the weekend, and had someone watch the tie rods while I moved the tire.
When I was by myself, I could tell the tire would move but it was hard to tell what was moving underneath or if the opposite tire was just moving with it.
With someone watching they was able to verify that the inner tie rod on the driver side moves around a lot before it moves the other tire.
Neither tire seems to move up or down like ball joints.
So I went to RockAuto and ordered inner and outer tire rods for both sides. I'll swap those out next week, that should get rid of the clunking, unless I missed something.

 

[OR VietVet]

Got to mess with the Tahoe over the weekend, and had someone watch the tie rods while I moved the tire.
When I was by myself, I could tell the tire would move but it was hard to tell what was moving underneath or if the opposite tire was just moving with it.
With someone watching they was able to verify that the inner tie rod on the driver side moves around a lot before it moves the other tire.
Neither tire seems to move up or down like ball joints.
So I went to RockAuto and ordered inner and outer tire rods for both sides. I'll swap those out next week, that should get rid of the clunking, unless I missed something.

Pay close attention to the spots that the inner tie rods attach at the center link and at the knuckles for the outer tie rods. They have a tapered fit. You want to be sure that the tapers are not wallowed out. Clean and look. What you ran in to was exactly what I was talking about. Needing a second set of eyes.