Okay so i have this growling/crunching/poping noise from the driver side wheel area when i make a right turn. It gets much worse after i have been driving the truck on the highway. Going straight is fine and turning left is fine. I took the hub off and it seemed fine. While i had everything apart i pulled the stub shaft to replace both the seals because they looked pretty bad. Put everything back together with the original hub and the sound went away for about 2 days. After it came back i took it apart again and replaced the hub. The noise is still there. Any ideas? I wouldnt think that the new seals made anything change for this kind of noise... maybe coincidence? Somewhere in the suspension maybe? I read one post somewhere about the plastic things between the leaf springs or something like that causing his truck to make some wierd noises while turning... so i looked at mine and they are definatly broke/wore but im not sure if that is even worth the time taking apart just for it to not be it. Maybe ill stick a screwdriver between it and take it for a spin to see if it makes a difference before i take it apart. At this point im lost... suggestions please.

Thank you


**addition**
I took it through a rut going slow and when the front end droped into the rut going straight it made the same noises... donno if this matters but possibly in suspension like i was thinking?

 

Ball joints. Do a search. Lots of info on testing and replacing them.

 

I would agree with Kent. Jack up the front end and see if you can wiggle the tire up and down. If it moves that way see if it will go left and right. If yes, bad hub, if not, bad ball joints.