My truck has 180k on it and the front end is 100% stock no maintenance.

When i go over bumps or cracks in the road my front end makes a clank-clank-clank sound coming from both front wheels. It sounds like some metal hitting each other. Almost like metal wheeled roller skates.

any ideas?

 

have you checked your ball joints and tie rod recently? mine used to squeak like hell until i have the ball joints replaced.

 

nope i havent checked anything. i will chek those though! what exactly does a tie rod look like? :o

 

at the bottom of the pic. its connected to the spindle. not the greatest pic but what i got for now

 

i see it! thanks man. how can you tell if its bad?

 

If you don't know what you are looking at, you should be able to get a free front end inspection somewhere.