Click/Tick sound from front end at low speed and turning?

Payton34 · July 30, 2015

I thought I had rock stuck in the tires but I don't it sounds exactly like stones are stuck in the tire treads. I hear it at low speed and low speed turning. Maybe a CV but only have 9000miles or a brake pad sticking.

Bdkfl · July 31, 2015

Have them check the steering stop maybe? Ours was not lubed from factory and has been lubed twice already in our 21,000 miles of ownership.

Kerrslight · July 31, 2015

Is it only when your turning? I've got a ticking sound in my steering wheel. Can't really hear it when moving, but when I'm sitting still and turn the wheel you can really hear it.

20SierraL8T24 · July 31, 2015

I had a lower control arm ball joint fail at 16500 miles. Might want to check them out. Mine was squeaking though.

Payton34 · August 6, 2015

^{I can only hear it with windows down I do not hear anything inside or there is nothing felt through steering wheel. It only happens while moving and turning there is no tick if I turn the wheel while stopped. It doesn't happen everytime I turn so its a little harder to figure out.}

Robert.jean1 · August 6, 2015

Wheel bearings when going bad make a distinct clicking sound. Almost, to me anyway like a small stick in the spokes of a bicycle.

That might not be it but I would say most likely.

Payton34 · August 6, 2015

I have thought could be wheel bearing, a cv joint, or U joint but it isn't a constant tick. It is just a single tick when turning and it happens at about 1/4 turn left or right while moving. I am having a BDS shop lower my coilovers an inch next week and will have them make sure everything is still tight on the lift parts if they don't find anything wrong with the lift I will be taking to the dealer. They will probably tell me the lift did it what ever it is but we will see.

Robert.jean1 · August 6, 2015

Oh. A single Click? Like something is binding but only for a moment? Can't say I have ever heard something like that but would think it would be visible.

Payton34 · August 10, 2015

Dealer had it all day said they didn't hear anything and inspected everything and do not show anything wrong.

Robert.jean1 · August 10, 2015

Well then you must be a crazy person who is hearing things. ?

FormerFordGuy · August 13, 2015

I have a similar issue. I dropped it off the dealer today and they called to say the steering rack needed replaced. I asked what may have caused the rack go fail and his response was " bad luck, we've replaced a couple others too".

Bdkfl · August 13, 2015

I have a similar issue. I dropped it off the dealer today and they called to say the steering rack needed replaced. I asked what may have caused the rack go fail and his response was " bad luck, we've replaced a couple others too".

our steering stop has been lubed twice and is clicking again for the third time. If I wasn't in the GM replacement process I'm sure they would be replacing the steering stop.

arsonfnder · August 26, 2015

Is it only when your turning? I've got a ticking sound in my steering wheel. Can't really hear it when moving, but when I'm sitting still and turn the wheel you can really hear it.

I have the same issue. What was your solution?

Kerrslight · August 26, 2015

I have the same issue. What was your solution?

Still haven't been able to have it fixed yet. Had it at the dealership twice for service and other minor issues, but first time I mentioned this I told them it only happens when I'm not moving and turning the wheel. I showed the service tech and he verified he heard it. Upon picking the truck up, the mechanic told the service rep the noise has something to do with the leveling kit I put on. I called bs, but they said they couldn't fix it.

Second time, I brought it up, I forgot to tell them it only happens when its sitting still so they said they took it for a drive and couldn't recreate the problem. Another thing I might add that I have found is it only seems to happen once the truck is warm. That being said, when they couldn't recreate the problem, I took the tech outside to show him, but evidently the truck wasn't warm enough and it wouldn't make the sound. By the time I got home, you could easily hear it.

I read somewhere that someone else had same problem and it was related to the steering gear hanging up on something. I will mention again when I go in for service in the next couple of weeks.

Payton34 · August 26, 2015

Dealer said everything looked good but I am hearing the tick/click more now. It isn't the steering I determined. I am almost sure its a U joint. I here the click when hitting the gas from a rolling start.