Do you get any pulsation in the steering wheel when it makes the pop?
Perhaps a quick check of the CV joints is in order...
-- -Josh 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L""Jon"" <jonsdak@midmaine.com> wrote in message news:av4hh7$ie6$1@bent.twistedbits.net... > > Hey all, > My dad wanted some sand for his driveway, as we're supposed to get more snow > tonight. He usually borrows my truck and gets some, but he's working today > and worried that it'll be snowing by the time he gets home, so he asked me > to go get it for him. No problem, so I go up to the town garage, one on the > officials is my neighbor, so he did me a favor and had a guy come out with a > bucket loader. He put maybe half a bucket into my bed (barely sagged my > Sport suspension), enough to make a nice, even taper of sandup the middle of > the bed, with equal room on each side. Now, however, as I drove home, I > noticed a popping noise on sharp corners (turning from one road to another, > mostly), just a quick, pop-pop, or pop-pop-pop that lasts through the corner > and disappears when the truck is heading straight again. > Once again, the suspension is hardly compressed so I doubt it's bumpstops or > anything like that, and nothing is rubbing when the truck's sitting still. > I know the truck's center of gravity shifts on corners, slightly tilting the > truck in the way of the corner, so I'm thinking maybe something on either > side, in the rear? > Do you have any ideas? > TIA, > -- > -Jon > jonsdak@midmaine.com > http://jonsdakota.tripod.com > 1996 Dodge Dakota Sport 4X4, 3.9L V6, 42RE, 3.92:1 8.25 axle, "BackRack" > Headache Rack, Dodge Motorsports decals, steering wheel cover, and front > license plate, diamond-plate bedrail covers, Lund VentVisors, Lund > BugShield, Jensen MP-3310 CD/MP3 Receiver, Pioneer TS-G1347's in front, > TS-A5713's in rear > > >
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