Clunking noise in steering

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Whenever I turn sharp and the wieght shifts, there is a "clunk" noise in the front end. Whats that?

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Mine: '93 250 LE 4x4 5spd 4:10 Pwr win/loc/mir,cruise,strait piped,fuel pump cranked,diamond plate tool box, CB. "wirenut_21529" on Yahoo Messenger
Moms:'96 Ford B-Series school bus (5. 9 Cummins!)I'm gonna Bomb it!
Dads:'94 GMC 2500 6. 5L Turbo

 

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Wirenut, on my truck I have had the similar thing happening. I finally tracked it down to the front leaf springs. I found whenever I jacked the front end up by placing the jack under the frame the leaf springs seem to shift somewhat - hence when you turn you get the clunking. The fix that I have used and seems to work. Find yourself a parking lot and very slowly do a number of figures eights , this seems to reseat the springs. I hope this helps. Good luck.
Al

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92LE,Cummins,Tach,4x4,5spd,3. 54,Borgeson steering shaft,

 

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Thanks Al! I will try this. and by "slowly doing figure eights" I takeit you mean to NOT do like Piers on his video and do burnouts and donuts in the parking lot! LOL
very tempting though

 

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Wirenut, thats right really slow - I doubt that many of us can do what Piers did. By the way make the figure eights as tight as possible.