FYI Diagnosis of Creaking and Thumping Noises

[Desert Dan]

I'll check the brake cable too.

[StarsnBars]

Hey Dan,,, I had a rear leaf spring break on me. It was broke right were it curls around mount, It made some clunking noise till it finally spit out the broke curled part of the leaf. You can check by eyeballin that area and more importantly running your fingers around curled part of leaf and checking for cracks on the leaf. Mine had solid rust at the break site so I drove it that way for quite awile, Just a thought,, see ya

[Desert Dan]

Thanks Starsnbars

I wish the rear leaf springs had a double wrap and both ends in case of main leaf breakage

[StarsnBars]

[aggiehummer...er]

Check your exhaust manifold heat cover, sometimes that bolt comes loose.

[NEOCON1]

also check the cross member that supports the front diff. a few have had problems with front diff carrier bushing assembly .