Clunking Noise

It's the skid plate, add rubber washers to the bolts and see

 

My 08 Tundra did the same thing. Torqued lower control arms and that took care of it.

 

I have the same issue and just discovered it's my theft plate for the cats. The plate is flexing a little. Was going to add bigger bolts and washer. But I think I'm going to use @goodmorningdear advise and add rubber washers.

 

I had a clunk and it turned out to be the sway bar. Removed it, clunk gone.

couldn’t slide it out so I cut it!

 

Same sound as that video posted. I'm installing new front calipers because I swear it's the front pads shifting. I put some gorilla tape on top of the calipers to reduce clearance and it almost elimated that sound. I think for some reason there is just too much play in the pads on these Tundra calipers.

 

I have a 2019 crew cab tundra TSS and it does the same thing from day one. The dealer told me it's the brakes or the four-wheel drive, I've taken it three times, and they keep telling me the same thing and it's normal. Maybe this might qualify for a recall.

 

I think the dealership is talking about the ABS check that clunks after every start up when you start moving forward. It's definitely not the brake pads shifting like I originally thought. I'm still dealing with this and I think it's the steering rack bushings. Take a look at my youtube video showing the movement in the rack when the wheels are being turned https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypUKJIGiJNU

Please let me know if you check yours and how much movement you have in the rack?

 

No that is not normal. Unlikely it's bushing related. Looks like the bolts are loose. Did you check and make sure they are tight?

 

I just had neck surgery but I'm going to check mine too as soon as I can

 

They were so tight I had to put a 3' bar on my 1/2" to get them loose. I had the whole rack moved forward to drive out the bushings and replace with the energy suspension urethane bushings but there just wasn't enough room. Alot of people have been able to do the swap with the rack in the truck(see forum link below) but I'm going to drop the differential and just remove the rack to do it. These rack bushings have an inner and outer rubber sleeve connected by a few vertical pieces to allow for some play and reduce feedback into the steering wheel. However, with larger tires/lift it wears them out and you get the play that I have. Interesting thing is after having it apart reassembling and torquing to 89ftlbs the sounds has been gone the last few days but I'm sure the movement is still there.

https://www.tundras.com/threads/anyone-replacing-their-steering-rack-bushings-w-35s.61354/

 

I just dropped the front diff and removed the rack to replace the bushings. I have video of steering rack movement with OEM bushings vs Energy Suspension polyurethane bushings at the end of the install video below. This video shows you how to to everything A-Z on a 2007-2021 4x4 Tundra to replace the steering rack or replace the bushings when the rack is out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvZyCfiFCzI

 

Thanks for making the video, I have a low speed clunk that mostly happens while going over uneven terrain but there isn’t always rhyme or reason to when it clunks. It also seems worse when the truck is cold vs hot. I don’t notice it at higher speeds. The sound is similar to the video earlier in this thread but doesn’t happen just going forward or backward.

Did replacing the bushings fix your clunk? I have new Energy suspension bushings but haven’t installed them yet. I’ll have to record my rack while turning and see if mine has that much movement. I have 64k miles and it’s been lifted for most of that.

 

You're welcome. Hope it helps you out! The noise is gone that I had when coming to a stop. I haven't reversed with the wheel to full lock to see if I still have the loud pop. I did notice a difference in temperature before I did this job. When the weather was cold it seemed like the noise was less from the OEM rubber bushings. When it was hot it seemed to make more noise as if the rubber was more pliable or something. The best thing to do is film your rack like I did and see if you have movement. If it's not moving than your noise is coming from a swaybar link, ball joint or even bad top plate on your coilover/strut which was another noise I fixed. Here is my video on that...

https://youtu.be/fDCLIRQbGkM?si=CcwY2TpDeN1GyZiV

 

Check the four bolts on the crossmember support where it's bolted to the transmission. Mine drove me crazy for years before seeing the fox on YouTube. Thank you to the member that posted that fix.

 

Thanks for making this video. For clarification, while filming this, was your truck on jack stands or on the ground on the tires?