WretchedSS

Well that clears that up about the jounce bumpers, thanks for that. The tires are ridiculously worn down. I've been waiting to get new ones for the fact I deploy next month and didn't want to buy brand new tires before deployment when itll sit for a year. But a while back before they were so worn the truck still was veering off to the right etc. I'l have to look into the pitman and idler arms. I'm nowhere near aa smart person in vehicles. One of my soldier buddies is the guru so I have him translate and install things haha. Im hoping after the ball joints, sway bar link kit, shocks, and tie rod ends eliminates some of my problems. Thanks for the reply, i'll check the pitman and idler arms.

Thanks for the Welcome. It has 107k. I ordered some Balljoints, sway bar links, Tie rod ends and new Bilstein heavy duty shocks, the truck definitely needs them regardless so i'm hoping in the process of installing these it takes care of my issue.

Hi. First of all, like to say I love my 04' SS. Recently she's been giving me problems. Maybe some of you truck savvy folks can help me? I'm in the Army, stationed in Louisiana, and the roads here are TERRIBLE. A few months ago, I noticed a 'rattle' per say when I am driving over light cracks, and rocky/bumpy roads. It sounds like someone is under there dangling keys. So I took it in to get looked at by a mechanic, and they particularly found nothing wrong with any of the suspension/tie rods/ball joints etc, they said nothing was noticably wrong. Now today, on my way to work, i stopped to grab something to eat, I was pulling out of a parking spot and had my wheel cranked all the way to the right, and I hear a LOUD -crank crank crank- so to speak, sounded like something was breaking, (metal). Now I noticed after the fact that the mechanic had greased the hell out of my ball joints. They're worn, I can tell you that, they're cracked but there not totally bad. I noticed he picked at the bushings and took some of the rubber out from them and replaced it with the grease. The handling on the truck, is bad. It always wants to veer to the right, now I know it needs an alignment, but I dont think an alignment will fix my jingle, crack, and pop noises, so i'll wait to get that done. One thing I noticed is i'm constantly riding on the little rubber bump stops is this normal?, which I believe are there for support just incase the Shocks go bad? Any real big bumps the truck likes jumps and almost feels like the front ends wobbles and feels like i'm going to lose it. I'd really appreciate some help, i'm not vehicle savvy at all, so if i'm leaving out some information i'll respond with it.. i'd apreciate the help.. Thanks WretchedSS