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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 12:14 PM
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Weird Rubbing?

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
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 12:33 PM
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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.
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 12:46 PM
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oh ok so noting to serious
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 01:40 PM
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oh ok so noting to serious
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
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 10:27 PM
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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.
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Old Nov 21, 2007 | 09:30 AM
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I would like to see those pictures too.
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Old Nov 22, 2007 | 07:43 AM
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Steering stops

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.
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Old Nov 22, 2007 | 10:21 AM
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thats the same spot on my truck.
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Old Nov 26, 2007 | 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by DISRUPTOR
It sounds worst when turning in uneven terrain.
yea thats the only time i hear it is when im on uneven terrain
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Old Jan 15, 2008 | 01:35 PM
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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?
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Old Jan 15, 2008 | 02:01 PM
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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.
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Old Jan 16, 2008 | 09:35 AM
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can you get the antisieze compound at any auto parts store?
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