A popping noise started on the right side of my front end yesterday noticable only when making right hand turns or stopping. What could this be could this be a bad hub? how hard is it to fix?.

I've got the same exact noise. Same symptoms too.

I'm thinking it's either a radius arm bushing or pivot arm bushing. Wild guesses though.

check the lower shock bushings, mine were GONE and i heard that popping when turning or stopping or over bumps, turns out without the bushings the friggin shocks were rotating and clicking the mounting eyes against the bracket

Great idea Scott. I'll check that.

Thank you Skank, the worst part was that happened with the brand new skyslacker shocks i JUST installed at the end of summer
Both front bushings GONE, so i just robbed some bushings off old CJ (yess jeep) shocks i found in the shop. These shocks were skyjacker lift from the 80's andwere are a MUCH strnger rubber compound than the ones i got in 2008...thanks skyslacker

If that is your problem then its real easy to replace without even removing the shock, i did it with the truck on the ground,but im lifted so you may have to jack up the frame (not under the axle because you will have to compress the shock more to get it back in) Then simply unbolt the bottom, compress it enough to gte out of the bracket, swap bushings (WD 40 very helpful) compress it enough to get back in the bracket and bolt it up.

I found that laying flat under the truck and using a bench press motion works best for compressing the shocks since you can cup the bottom cause just pushing up while grabbing them wont work, your hands will slip before you move it (at least with my nitrogen charged shocks )

Skandocious said:

I've got the same exact noise. Same symptoms too.

I'm thinking it's either a radius arm bushing or pivot arm bushing. Wild guesses though.

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That could be it but i just replaced my radius arm bushings so prbly not i will check into the shocks they do seem really stiff and seem to be leaking so time for new ones.