I have a 99 Durango with 119k on it, 5.2 V8 and 4WD. Over the weekend I replaced my ball joints and tie rods. I know that I need to replace the hub bearing on the passenger side and I will do that soon. However I've noticed on the way to work this morning that there is a thumping noise when I turn, not as I am turning the steering wheel but as the car is going around a curve. Sometimes it will make this noises when going over a big rise in the road, the kind where you reach the top and start going down and you can feel some "free fall" as you start going pack down the rise on the other side, kind of a roller coaster feel, it would sometime clunk/thump then.
To replace the balljoints I removed the axle nut and then the wheel hub which allowed me to remove the entire steering knuckle and that provide the easiest access to the lower ball joint. Before I did all this I did not have this problem. If I damaged the CV joint in the drive shaft would that cause this clunking noise? Could this be the bearings in the wheel hub? Like I said, all new Moog balljoints and tierods. I also had new tires put on it yesterday.
Thanks in advance.
To replace the balljoints I removed the axle nut and then the wheel hub which allowed me to remove the entire steering knuckle and that provide the easiest access to the lower ball joint. Before I did all this I did not have this problem. If I damaged the CV joint in the drive shaft would that cause this clunking noise? Could this be the bearings in the wheel hub? Like I said, all new Moog balljoints and tierods. I also had new tires put on it yesterday.
Thanks in advance.