shifty

Ok this is a weird sound coming from the front right whenever i make a sharp left hand turn. sounds like its 2 metal pieces rubbing together and making a scratching noises i guess. It doesnt happen all the time just every once in a while it'll happen. Its blowing my mind and i don't know if its bad and something i need to fix

eric-the-red

If it's a 2nd gen it could just be the steering stops. The plastic caps wear out and metal contacts metal. Some grease will help.
Or it could be the wheel bearings. Turning left loads the right front wheel bearing so it could be going.

shifty

oh ok so noting to serious

eric-the-red

Noisy steering stops are not serious, but wheel bearings are. Put some grease on the steering stops and if the noise goes away you're good. If not you may have to replace the bearings

magicninja

I got the same noise, It was the steering stops. It was bare metal, when I checked it. ill try to get some pictures up if you don't know where it is.

WI_Mike

I would like to see those pictures too.

DISRUPTOR

thats where they are on my 92 pickup. Note that the plastic caps are used to the metal , so i too have the same metal grabbing sound which seems pretty nasty but not to worry at all. It sounds worst when turning in uneven terrain.

magicninja

thats the same spot on my truck.

shifty

yea thats the only time i hear it is when im on uneven terrain

shifty

it is the steering stops because i can see were they are rubbing. now where do i put the lub? just on the bolt that is hitting the stop?

eric-the-red

Put some on the end of the bolt and some on the steering stop. I found grease doesn't last very long, but then I live in a rainforest. I had better success with antisieze compound.

shifty

can you get the antisieze compound at any auto parts store?